CARLSBAD-- (PRWEB)—November 10, 2004—EMS Consulting Group has announced two additional lean manufacturing workshops to be held in the Los Angeles / Orange County area in early 2005. Attendees will learn how to achieve lower costs, improved quality and productivity, reduced product development time-to-market, and increased customer satisfaction. Focusing on the principles of lean manufacturing, they are designed for business owners, presidents, controllers, plant managers, engineers, anyone responsible for cost management or the manufacturing process, as well as anyone in the organization who can benefit and apply concepts to their areas of responsibility. Participants will have an opportunity to learn, experience, and ask questions about lean manufacturing principles.

Introduction to Implementing Lean is a workshop in which attendees will learn the benefits of lean manufacturing as well as a specific sequence of steps and initiatives required to implement Lean Manufacturing at their organizations. This workshop will be held at the Ayres Inn in Orange, CA on January 27, 2005. Running from 9:00am through 4:00pm, this workshop costs $295 for attendees who register by January 14^th and $350 for those who register after.

Value Stream Mapping is a workshop in which attendees will learn how to target kaizen activities to optimize improvements. They will learn how to create current and future state value stream maps and an implementation plan. This workshop will be held at the Ayres Inn in Orange, CA on February 17, 2005. Running from 8:30am through 4:30pm, this workshop costs $395 for attendees who register by February 4^th and $475 for those who register after.