An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Lean Thinking
The Philosophy of Increasing Efficiency and Improving Customer Value
Course Overview
Lean thinking is the cornerstone of an efficient and lean enterprise. This Lean Thinking training course provides a comprehensive coverage of lean techniques that enable organisations to create more customer value with less resources. Lean Thinking has successfully challenged traditional mass production practices, by providing ‘leaner’ processes and supply chains with less waste. Lean Thinking promotes a positive mindset where employees are encouraged and motivated to search for problems, to think and solve them proactively.
This training course covers the essence of Lean Thinking that Lean is all about maximising customer value while eliminating waste, saving money and building continuous improvement. This requires not just the creation of a lean enterprise for each product but also the rethinking of conventional firms, functions, and careers, and the development of a lean strategy. This training course introduces participants the philosophy of doing more with less with a focus on production and output quality.
This GLOMACS Lean thinking training course will highlight:
The fundamental principles of Lean Thinking
- Development stages and successful implementation of lean
- Optimising operations
- Lean communication
- Value maximization
Training Outline
DAY 1: Introduction to Lean Thinking
- What is Lean?
- The origins of Lean
- Lean thinking can transform your organisation
- Efficiency and effectivenes
- Conventional operations management versus lean thinking
- Lean in the service industry
- Producing for the customer
DAY 2: Lean Management
- The Principles of Lean Thinking
- Identify value
- Value stream mapping
- Flow
- Pull production
- Pursuit of perfection
- The cost of poor quality
- Leadership
- Develop a lean strategy
- Continuous improvement
- Mistake proofing
- 5 Whys and Identifying Root Causes
DAY 3: How to Reduce Waste
- What is waste?
- The 8 types of waste
- Transportation
- Inventory
- Underutilisation of Skills
- Motion
- Waiting
- Processing (too difficult)
- Overproduction (too much or too soon)
- Defects
- 5S and Kanban
- Cost-push versus demand-pull production
- The costs and benefits of just in time
DAY 4: The Lean Enterprise
- Setting up Lean Thinking in your organisation
- Communicate Lean Thinking
- Policy Deployment
- The 14 Principles of Lean Organisation
- Autonomation
- Total Productive Maintenance
DAY 5: Simple is beautiful
- Workplace complexity
- The cost of complexity
- Standardisation
- Create standard work for flow
- Install business systems to encourage Lean Thinking
- Listen to bottom-up suggestions
- Pay for performance
- Overview
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
GLOMACS is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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About Saudi Glomacs
At Saudi GLOMACS, we specialize in delivering world-class training courses in Saudi Arabia and across various international locations. Our training courses are tailored to meet the unique demands of Saudi Vision 2030 and the Human Capability Development Program, focusing on empowering Saudi citizens and enhancing workforce skills. We offer diverse courses spanning leadership, management, engineering, and technical disciplines to cultivate expertise and drive professional growth. Our flexible learning options—whether in-person, online, or in-house—ensure accessibility and convenience for individuals and organizations alike.
With over 30+ years of experience through the GLOMACS global network, we are committed to delivering innovative, results-driven training solutions. Our expert instructors combine industry knowledge with dynamic teaching methods, fostering practical skill development and long-term career success. By choosing Saudi GLOMACS, you're investing in personal excellence and contributing to the Kingdom’s sustainable economic growth and vision-driven transformation.
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