Welcome to the July edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean. In this month's edition, we focus on creating a lean culture, one of the keys to lean manufacturing success.

Announcements

We are now offering a lean certificate program for the public this fall. The program will include seven Thursday sessions and individual projects. For more information, click here. The following individual public courses may be taken separately or as part of a certificate program. We can also bring any of these courses to your facility.

Course (click on date to read more)	Date
Introduction to Implementing Lean	Sep 9
Value Stream Mapping	Sep 23
Creating Level Pull / Kanban Systems	Oct 7
Creating Continuous Flow Mfg. Cells	Oct 14
Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, Mistake Proofing	Nov 4
Material Flow and Kanban (Purchased Parts)	Nov 18

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

We also have created a survey in which you can tell us what types of public courses you would like to see us offer. Click here to take our survey.

Lean Culture

Creating a "lean culture" is often the most difficult part of implementing lean. Many organizations tend to embrace the technical tools of lean while ignoring or de-emphasizing the "soft" side. The truth, however, is that in order to successfully implement lean, a lean culture is a foundational must.

This month we feature three articles that should help you understand more about lean culture. Firstly, we give you a discussion on developing a foundation for lean implementation. In our second article, we talk about how to properly create a lean culture. Our third article talks about Toyota's culture.

The materials referenced in this newsletter will teach you more about the importance of creating a lean culture. If the articles, links, and books to the left have piqued your interest and you would like to learn more, feel free to call us at 866-559-5598 or visit our website and click on "Contact Us."

Best Regards,

Darren Dolcemascolo

darrend@emsstrategies.com

David McBride

davidm@emsstrategies.com

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