IVEPE - COMPANIES ASSOCIATION Announcing the following Seminar to be conducted at IVEPE HOW TO DRIVE A LEAN KAIZEN EVENT FOR RAPID RESULTS Thessaloniki, 11-13.12.2012 A three – day Intensive Course for any Organization in any Industry Course Director Demetrios G. Venetis Chief Executive Officer of Xypnios “INSTITUTE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING” THESSALONIKI, 6th km HARILAOU -THERMIS, GR-57001, TEL. +30 2310 797708, FAX. 2310 797709 ATHENS, 143 LIOSION & 6 THIRSIOU STR, GR-104 45, TEL. +30 210 8257800, FAX: 210 8811360 VOLOS, A΄ INDUSTRIAL AREA, GR - 385 00, TEL. +30 24210 95532, FAX: +30 24210 95185 PATRA, PATRAS SCIENTIFIC PARK S.A., STADIOU STR, GR-265 00 TEL. & FAX: +30 2610910055 IVEPE - COMPANIES ASSOCIATION HOW TO DRIVE A LEAN KAIZEN EVENT FOR RAPID RESULTS Who Should Attend Professionals involved with managing day to day operations, and solving frontline production or service related problems, will benefit from this course including those involved in: · Frontline Supervisors · Lead Employees and Technicians · Department Managers · Process and Manufacturing Engineers · Quality Engineers · Anyone in a Continuous Improvement Role Also, any manager, supervisor, engineer, or employee who has the responsibility of improving an operation or process. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this course, you will have the tools to: · Plan and prepare for a Kaizen Event. · Lead a three to five day Event. · Organize, teach, lead a team of people · Lock in the changes after the Event · Rapidly improve a part of your organization. Course Description A Kaizen Event (or Blitz) creates rapid and radical change within three to five days. This course will explain how to lead a team of people to quickly make improvements within a defined area of your business, and then do it again at a later date, or a different department. An Event can be performed in manufacturing, shipping, sales, customer service, and even in finance and accounting. In fact, every part of an organization can be quickly improved via an Event. Course Director Demetrios G. Venetis is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black with over 25 years of professional experience in the field of Operational Excellence, such as Lean and Six Sigma. He has taught, mentored, and coached over ninety Six Sigma Black Belts and seventy Six Sigma Green Belts, from three continents, and diverse functional backgrounds ranging from hourly associates, engineers, managers, and executives. Many of his students and protégé have cut manufacturing defects by 50-75%, and increased production output, in the range of 25% to 75% within six months of initiation. He has created and operated his own manufacturing company; and has hands on experience in sales, quality, manufacturing, and process engineering. As a consultant, he has interacted with companies from one man shops to 500+ employee operations. Mr. Venetis has academic experience presenting a wide array of training and educational programs in colleges as well as courses, workshops and seminars for manufacturing companies. He is experienced and a proven leader in increasing organizational profitability. He holds a B.S. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Lowell, an MBA from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and invested two years on a Ph.D. in Business Management from the University of Connecticut (the degree is incomplete). Note: English will be used in all lectures and course notes. IVEPE - COMPANIES ASSOCIATION Course Outline DAY 1 What is a Kaizen Event or Blitz? · How you can drive a team of employees to make rapid and radical improvements in your organization within three to five days? The Lean Kaizen Event. Kaizen Prep · What to do 30 days, and 7 days, prior to the Kaizen Event · Roles and Responsibilities; who will Champion the Event? Drive the Event? Who are your team members? The Kaizen Event · Step by step details for each day of a three to five day Kaizen Event 30 Day Homework · What do you have to do after the Kaizen Event to assure and maintain success? DAY 2 and 3 Seeing Waste and Non-Value Added (NVA) · The eight wastes and how to teach your team to see it. Understanding Flow · Creating flow in your operations, and how to teach your team the concept of one piece flow. How to Conduct Time Studies · How to teach your team to conduct time studies Putting it all together: Process Maps and the Value Stream Map (VSM) · Why Map the Process or Value Stream? · What are the tools and methods to guide your team in a Process or Value Stream Mapping Event? The Foundations of Continuous Improvement; a Clean and Orderly Environment · If you can’t see it, how do you know what is going on? And why clutter will choke off any improvement efforts. · 5S; Short, Shine, Set-in Oder, Standardize, and Sustain Why Standardize? · “You can have no Kaizen, without Standard Work” · How to lock in the changes after the event. How can you manage something you can’t see? · Understanding and Implementing Visual Management Timetable: 830 – 1530 Every 2 hours 15’ break 30’ Lunch break 10.00 - 10. 15 11.45 - 12. 00 13.30 - 14. 00 IVEPE - COMPANIES ASSOCIATION Registration Form Ε. 85 HOW TO DRIVE A LEAN KAIZEN EVENT FOR RAPID RESULTS Thessaloniki, 11-13.12.2012 This application must be forwarded as soon as possible to : KEK ΙVEPE Thessaloniki Drosia Thermis, Harilaou - Thermis rd., 570 01, Thessaloniki, Greece Tel. ++30 2310797708, Fax. ++30 2310797709 E-mail: [email protected] (Please type or print clearly) Surname Name Signature Date Job Title Company / Organization Mailing Address Postal Code - City Telephone Fax E - Mail Company VAT Registration Number (Α.Φ.Μ.) Tax Revenue Office (∆.Ο.Υ.) • FEE - EURO 1.700€ includes tuition, texts, course notes, luncheon and beverage breaks. • The discount tuition 1.500€ is for three or more enrollments from the same company, for the same offering. • Pay by Bank Transfer to : ΙΒΑΝ GR71 0120 4140 0000 0008 1393 729, Swift code (BIC): EMPOGRAA, COMMERCIAL Bank. • SUBSTITUTIONS OF PARTICIPANTS BY THE SAME COMPANY MAY BE MADE AT ANY TIME.