Training Workshops

Orange County, CA

Introduction to Implementing Lean

08-24-06

Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, Mistake Proofing

09-14-06

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Articles

Offshore Manufacturing and Lean - Lean Supply Chain Blog

The Seven Wastes of the Extended Value Stream

Toyota's Extended Lean Enterprise

New Book

Improving the Extended Value Stream: Lean for the Entire Supply Chain, Darren Dolcemascolo

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Relevant Links

Lean Supply Chain

Lean Enterprise Institute

Superfactory

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Learning to Lean

The Newsletter of EMS Consulting Group, Inc.

May, 2006                www.emsstrategies.com

Lean for the Entire Supply Chain

Welcome to the May 2006 edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean.  In this month's edition, we focus on creating a lean supply chain.

Announcements

Last month Productivity Press released Darren Dolcemascolo's new book Improving the Extended Value Stream: Lean for the Entire Supply Chain.  To learn more about this book, visit our Lean Supply Chain website: http://www.lean-supply-chain.com. 

We have just announced additional training courses for the Fall.  Click here for our schedule.

Lean for the Entire Supply Chain

This month we feature three articles that should help you understand more about creating a lean supply chain.  Firstly, we offer you a brief discussion on lean and offshoring on our new Lean Supply Chain blog.  Our second article talks about the seven wastes of the extended value stream.  In our third article, we talk about Toyota's approach to supplier relationships.

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."