Welcome to the August 2006 edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean. In this month's edition, we focus on factors for successful lean implementation.

Announcements

Our public workshop series for Fall 2006 has been announced. All classes will take place at the Doubletree Club Hotel Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, CA. We are offering three new courses this Fall including Lean Office, Lean for High Mix/Low Volume Manufacturing, and Lean Supply Chain.

Course (click on date to register/read more)	Date
Introduction to Implementing Lean	Aug 24, 2006
Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, and Mistake Proofing	Sep 14. 2006
Quick Changeover and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)	Sep 28, 2006
Lean Office: Value Stream Mapping for Administrative Processes	Oct 12, 2006
Lean and Value Stream Mapping for High Mix Low Volume Manufacturing	Oct 26, 2006
Lean Production Control and Inventory Mgmt.	Nov 9. 2006
Lean Supply Chain: Extended Value Stream Analysis	Dec 6-7. 2006

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

Successful Lean Transformation

In this issue, we feature three articles that should help you understand more about successful lean transformation. There are several . Firstly, on our Lean Supply Chain blog, we offer you a brief discussion on critical success factors for implementing lean . Our second article talks about setting the proper foundation for lean. In our third article, we focus on lean culture.

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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