Learning to Lean

The Newsletter of EMS Consulting Group, Inc.

March 2009

Lean Implementation: Barriers and Opportunities

Welcome to the March 2009 edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean. In this month's edition, we will provide you with an analysis of barrier to and opportunities for the implementation of lean as described by a group of attendees at the 2009 Signage and Graphics Summit.

Announcements

We still have space available for next week's lean workshops in Orange County, CA. Click on the dates below for registration.

Course (Click course name to download description, click date to register)	Date
Lean and Value Stream Mapping for Business Processes	Mar 10, 2009
Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, and Mistake Proofing	Mar 11, 2009
Quick Changeover and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)	Mar 12, 2009
Creating Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells	Apr 8, 2009
Material Flow and Kanban	Apr 9, 2009
Lean Production Control and Inventory Mgmt.	May 6, 2009

Any of the above courses (plus many others) can be brought to your facility and customized to meet your requirements.

Click here for details on all of our training offerings, both on-site at your facility and public.

Lean Presentations

Last month, we made both of the Signage and Graphics 2009 presentations available to you; in this month's newsletter, we will provide you with a discussion of barrier and opportunities with respect to lean implementation as identified by the attendees.

The materials referenced in this newsletter will teach you more about lean. If you would like to learn more, feel free to call us at 866-559-5598 or visit our website and click on "Contact Us."

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