(ASQ: Milwaukee, WI) -- While most teens admire engineers’ problem-solving skills and agree engineers are very smart, only 2 percent would invite an engineer to be their date at a wedding, further supporting engineers’ perceptions that society deems them as socially awkward, according to n
Principle: “Embrace scientific thinking.”
Boston
MA
Building Successful Lean Teams Workshop with Jim Benson and Mark Graban: a one-day introduction to lean for knowledge work.
Morning: Jim Benson—Lean for the Office Using Personal Kanban. ThIs half-day class is comprised of a combination of theory and implementation. It applies lean principles and tools to better manage personal and project work to deal with chaos, communication breakdowns, and low morale.
Afternoon: Mark Graban—Continuous Improvement Using Kaizen. The workshop combines lecture, discussion, and a hands-on simulation to allow participants to practice basic Kaizen methods that can be brought back to their organization.
Register here: https://www.universe.com/events/building-successful-lean-teams-boston-t…
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Boston
MA
A one-day introduction to lean for knowledge work, March 31, 2015, 8 a.m.–4 p.m., in Boston.
Morning: Jim Benson—Lean for the Office Using Personal Kanban. ThIs half-day class is comprised of a combination of theory and implementation. It applies lean principles and tools to better manage personal and project work to deal with chaos, communication breakdowns, and low morale.
Afternoon: Mark Graben—Continuous Improvement Using Kaizen. The workshop combines lecture, discussion, and a hands-on simulation to allow participants to practice basic Kaizen methods that can be brought back to their organization.
USA
Boston
MA
8 a.m.–4 p.m. March 31, 2015, in Boston—A one-day introduction to lean for knowledge work
Morning: Jim Benson—Lean for the Office Using Personal Kanban. ThIs half-day class is comprised of a combination of theory and implementation. It applies lean principles and tools to better manage personal and project work to deal with chaos, communication breakdowns, and low morale.
Afternoon: Mark Graben—Continuous Improvement Using Kaizen. The workshop combines lecture, discussion, and a hands-on simulation to allow participants to practice basic Kaizen methods that can be brought back to their organization.
USA
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Several recent articles in national journals support the validity of the Baldrige approach across several sectors, including healthcare and manufacturing.
Milford
MA
JIT: A One-Day Workshop, March 11, 2015, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern, in Milford, MA
The Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership (GBMP) Job Instruction Training course is a one day program designed to introduce the concepts and principles of creating a standardized training process within organizations. Just in time (JIT) is used by many companies, including Toyota as a standardized method of training new hires, as well as cross training the current workforce.
This course is appropriate for all levels and disciplines within the organization. It is especially relevant for employees who are responsible for training new hires and cross training current employees. Also, JIT is extremely useful for companies who use temporary employees.
After taking this course attendees should be able to:
• Understand the principles of JIT
• Be able to set up a multifunction worker training table
• Train employees on JIT concepts
• Introduce JIT to the shop floor
Cost is $399 for GBMP members and $599 for nonmembers.
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