Lean Manufacturing Events

Impact Washington is hosting a four-day Lean Six Sigma workshop for manufacturers in Spokane and the surrounding areas. Sessions are held every other week on: May 1st, May 15th, May 29th and June 12th. Locations for each class will be communicated closer to the date.

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Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a well-known approach for achieving operational excellence that does more than simply improve production processes. LSS combines the process improvement benefits of Lean with the statistical process control (SPC) benefits of Six Sigma.

It takes advantage of the “value-added” focus of Lean while maintaining the statistical rigors of Six Sigma. This series will include four full-day training sessions with three weeks between sessions for participants to complete project work that is an essential part of the LSSGB program.

About the course:

• Participants learn the principles of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma using the DMAIC process.

• Experienced Lean Six Sigma practitioners teach the classes and support participants in their project work.

• Course material, simulations, and exercises are relevant to the regional industry.
• LSS project work allows the participant to apply class learning to an actual project in their organization.

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Impact Washington is partnering with EDB for Tacoma-Pierce County to provide a Lean 101 workshop.

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Learn how to streamline your manufacturing processes and boost efficiency. This in-person event is perfect for anyone looking to grow their manufacturing business.

The workshop provides a practical overview, real-world success stories, and the hands-on tools needed to apply Lean principles to your organization. The focus is to learn how to deploy Lean in the manufacturing work environment to yield efficiency and improvement. These same tools can also be used across any industry to eliminate waste and improve efficiencies.

Interact with people from other industries.

Apply the tools in a simulation: 5S, Point-of-Use Storage, Total Production Maintenance, Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, Batch Size Reduction.

Participants will:

• Learn how to define value from your customer’s perspective and identify l waste.
• Understand various lean concepts and be able to apply them to simple improvement projects
• Be guided through the transformation of an imaginary company - from a traditional manufacturing environment to a lean work environment.
• Undergo three levels of simulation will be conducted with training and discussion between sessions.

A high level of involvement from class attendees is required.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to network with industry experts and fellow entrepreneurs. See you there!