We have announced dates for our Fall 2008 Lean Certification Training Program. All classes will take place at the Doubletree Club Hotel Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, CA.

Course	Date
Lean Certification Program	Aug 13, 2008 - November 13, 2008
Introduction to Implementing Lean	Aug 13, 2008
Value Stream Mapping	Aug 14, 2008
Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, and Mistake Proofing	Sep 10, 2008
Quick Changeover and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)	Sep 11, 2008
Creating Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells	Oct 15, 2008
Material Flow and Kanban	Oct 16, 2008
Lean Production Control and Inventory Mgmt.	Nov 12, 2008

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.

Total Productive Maintenance

Improving the effectiveness of production equipment is one of the least expensive, most effective moves you can make in today's economy. The ability to produce higher quantities of product with better quality using the same equipment can reduce the need for new equipment and additional floorspace and can thus improve profitability. TPM is a philosophy by which companies can achieve better Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

This month's edition features three articles that should help you understand more about TPM. Firstly, we give an overview of TPM Our second article talks about implementing TPM. In our third article, we talk about Toyota's approach to TPM.

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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