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Learning to Lean

The Newsletter of EMS Consulting Group, Inc.

October 2011

Faster Changeovers and Smaller Batches

Welcome to October 2011 edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean.  In this month's edition, we are talking about creating reducing batch sizes through quick changeover.

Announcements

We are pleased to announce a new 3-day lean certification and training workshop series to be held in San Diego December 6-8, 2011.  For details, view our press release.  We have also just released a 2-day Lean Healthcare workshop to be held in Orange County on February 22-23, 2012.  For details, click here.

There is limited space available in our upcoming workshops next week in Orange county.  Click here for details and to register.  Below is our schedule for the remainder of 2011; click the date of an event to register.  We can bring any of these courses (and many more) to your facility as well.

Course (Click course name to download description, click date to register)

Pricing (Early/ Regular)

Date (Click to Register)

Location (Click for details)

Quick Changeover and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)	$549	Oct 12, 2011	Doubletree Club Hotel Orange County Airport
Creating Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells (includes simulation)	$549	Oct 13, 2011	Doubletree Club Hotel Orange County Airport
Lean Production Control and Inventory Mgmt.	$449 / $549	Nov 9, 2011	Doubletree Club Hotel Orange County Airport
Lean Certification Program (Blended Learning) - Includes Plant Tour on Dec 9	$1595 / $1695	Dec 6-8, 2011 (Optional Plant tour Dec 9)	Hilton San Diego Airport
3 Day Lean Program: Value Stream Mapping, Continuous Flow and Pull Systems, Kaizen Events and Team Facilitation	$1195 / $1295	Dec 6-8, 2011 (Optional Plant tour Dec 9)	Hilton San Diego Airport
Value Stream Mapping	$449 / $549	Dec 6, 2011	Hilton San Diego Airport
Continuous Flow and Pull Systems (includes simulation)	$449 / $549	Dec 7, 2011	Hilton San Diego Airport
Kaizen Events and Team Facilitation	$449 / $549	Dec 8, 2011	Hilton San Diego Airport

We also continue to offer Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and Lean Manufacturing Certification programs online with discounted pricing.  Click here for online training information.

Smaller Batches Through Quick Changeover

Achieving faster changeovers should not be an end in itself but rather a means to achieving smaller batches.  Shigeo Shingo, the man credited with developing the SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) system, made it very clear through his prolific writings that faster changeovers were always considered a way to build smaller batches- ultimately, to build exactly what the customer wants in the quantity that the customer wants it- just in time.

In this editiion, we have three articles that deal with the techniques of quick changevoer as well as a discussion of reducing batch sizes.

The materials referenced in this newsletter will teach you more about lean and six sigma.  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."