Welcome to the July 2005 edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean. In this month's edition, we will address the challenges of creating basic stability prior to implementing true one-piece flow.

Announcements

We are offering a public lean certification program. Click here for details. The following individual public courses may be taken separately or as part of the certificate program. We can also bring any of these courses to your facility.

Course (click on date to register/read more)	Date
Introduction to Implementing Lean	Sep 7, 2005
Value Stream Mapping	Sep 21, 2005
Creating Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells	Oct 5, 2005
Material Flow and Kanban	Oct 19, 2005
Lean Production Control and Inventory Management	Nov 2, 2005
Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, and Mistake Proofing	Nov 16, 2005

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

Achieving Basic Stability

Last month we completed our lean implementation series, discussing external relations in a lean enterprise. This month we will cover the tools that will help achieve basic stability necessary for one-piece flow implementation.

This month we feature four articles that should help you understand more about achieving basic stability. Firstly, we give you an overview of basic stability; this will teach you what basic stability is and why you need it prior to achieving one-piece flow. Our second article talks about implementing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM); our third article talks about implementing 5S. In our fourth article, we talk about sustaining a 5S program.

The materials referenced in this newsletter will teach you more about implementing lean effectively. 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."

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