Lean Thinking

This Lean thinking training course will utilise a variety of proven learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This training course provides an interactive and participative workshop style that will challenge individuals and encourage lean thinking. This training course will also guide and facilitate learning and individual reflection, as well as using direct input, discussions, case studies, exercises and video. The lessons will seek to integrate theory with practice and will draw upon participants’ own backgrounds, experiences and views and encourage them to relate them to theory.

At the end of this Lean Thinking training course, you will learn:

• To understand lean processes and techniques in order to achieve corporate success
• Critically analyse and evaluate a range of theoretical perspectives of lean thinking
• Apply appropriate lean methodologies
• To successfully deploy lean methods to drive business performance.
• How lean techniques help to achieve greater efficiency

This training course is appropriate for everyone in the organisation but may be of special interest to anyone in both operations and non-operations roles who want to advance their careers by improving their lean thinking skills.

This Gulf Rowad Lean Thinking training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Senior and middle managers across all industries
• Supervisors
• Non-management staff who intend to improve processes within their organisation
• Professionals whose job responsibilities are expanding to include operations decisions
• Anyone currently managing processes, departments or an entire organisation

Organisational Impact

Organisations will benefit from the participants adopting holistic lean thinking methods.

• An organisational culture of lean thinking to create value and to sustain business growth
• Increasing customer satisfaction
• Reducing defects and waste across the whole value stream
• Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of resources
• Engaging all stakeholders in the improvement efforts
• Promoting organisational learning and engagement

Personal Impact

This training course on Lean Thinking will personally benefit the participants by being able to apply the thinking and techniques to identify, evaluate, and improve issues affecting organisational performance.

• Solving problems using Lean Thinking methods
• Applying the Lean Philosophy to work practices
• Enhanced efficiency and consistency in performance
• Improved career flexibility and prospects
• Employing tools and techniques to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction, profitability, and growth