Workplace Lean

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Workplace Lean

• IMPACT
• Bringing the Power of Lean
• to the Office
• A product of the Community Colleges of Iowa

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• Workplace Lean
• is a comprehensive
• approach to improving organizational performance
  by evaluating and removing waste from office
  processes and transactions
• program of consultation, implementation
  assistance and training to meet the specific
  needs of your organization.

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Benefits of Workplace Lean

• SMART
• EFFICIENT
• PROFITABLE

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• SMART Decisions
• Harness the power of your workforce..
• to identify the value of your processes and
  transactions impacting your customers
• To reduce waste and unnecessary tasks
• By empowering your employees to suggest and
  implement changes to their work processes
• To improve morale and productivity leading to
  exceptional customer service

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Efficient ProcessesIdentify and

• streamline office processes and transactions
• simplify activities that waste time and hinder
  productivity
• remove silos as cross-functional teams view the
  organization as a whole
• establish success measures that provide
  benchmarks for managing employee and
  organizational performance

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Profitable ResultsImprove workflow to

• increase on-time delivery and increase cash flow
• eliminate non-value added activities to free up
  time to pursue new opportunities
• realize ROI as the organization adapts more
  quickly to the changing marketplace
• support growth strategies and organizational
  flexibility

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Why choose Workplace Lean?

• Unleashes the Power of Lean thinking to office
  processes and transactions
• Ongoing consulting assistance from Iowa experts
• Your customers demand better response time
• Your competitors are becoming Lean

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What clients are saying about Workplace
Lean

• Working as a team, we were able to resolve a
  nagging issue we have struggled with for 10
  years
• The team discovered that we were doing the same
  task in different ways we are now making changes
  to be more consistent and efficient
• Identified steps in the process we could
  eliminate - saving time and effort

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What clients are saying about Workplace Lean

• It was valuable to map our own process in the
  training. It will be easy to apply to other
  processes
• Great to meet as a team to work on issueshave
  not experienced that before.
• I have gained the skills to manage my employee
  teams so they can improve processes and workflow.
  I can see why this works!

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Implementation Goals.

• Two major purposes
• To flow Value to the customer
• To eliminate Waste in your customers Value
  Stream

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Common issues..

• Lack of awareness of the Value Stream
• Roles and Responsibilities are unclear
• Unknown Customer Requirements
• Conflict between functions
• Lack of Communication
• Policies do not match practices
• Work instructions are not documented

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Keys to Successful Implementation

• Involved, Committed Leadership
• Total Employee Involvement
• Clear, Communicated Strategy
• Team Culture
• Systems View of Company
• Process Mentality

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Workplace Lean A Comprehensive Approach

• Workplace Lean DECISION
• A decision making session for senior
  leaders to gain commitment to begin the Lean
  journey, through self assessment, consulting and
  training.
• Is Workplace Lean right for you?

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Workplace Lean Comprehensive
Approach

• Workplace Lean LEADERSHIP
  
• For managers and supervisors,
  this 24 hour program prepares them to
  direct structured change and plan for improving
  the workplace. Managers will learn to manage in
  a Lean team-oriented organization. They will
  learn tools and techniques for eliminating
  waste, improving quality and setting standards
  for evaluating successful implementation.
• How can you sustain the momentum for continuous
  improvement?

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Workplace Lean A Comprehensive Approach

• Workplace Lean LAUNCH
• As a result of this 10-12 hour program, your
  employees will define the Lean workplace, learn
  tools for improving work processes and
  eliminating non-value added activities. Employee
  work groups will apply Lean tools to one of their
  own work processes by developing current state
  and future state maps upon which to build
  continued improvement.
• Are you ready to harness the power of your
  employees working together to creatively solve
  problems?

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Workplace Lean A Comprehensive Approach

• Workplace Lean PILLARS
  
• This full day simulation of office processes
  and information flow uses structured change to
  identify and eliminate waste. The emphasis is on
  learning to use Lean tools and team work to solve
  problems and make improvements.
• Do you need to build an environment that
  encourages team work?

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Workplace Lean A Comprehensive Approach

• Workplace Lean Implementation
  Assistance
• Our experts are available to help you
  throughout your Lean journey with just-in-time
  reasonably priced consulting and implementation
  support. We can assist you to build the
  foundation for continued success through
  sustainable improvements.
• Are you ready to become smarter, more efficient
  and more profitable?

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Workplace Lean A Comprehensive Approach

• A product of the
• Community Colleges of Iowa
• Developed in partnership with
• the Iowa Quality Center
• and
• One Source Training

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How to get Started?

• Contact one of Iowas 15 Community Colleges or
  One Source Training now for more information.
• Click here