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SBTI has a cadre of world class Lean Experts ready to help your team realize quick-hit ROI and instill immediate, lasting improvement.

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SBTI Lean Offerings

For innovative companies looking to drive Lean into their business SBTI provides lean consulting and layered training that is designed to work modularly or in combination to build the groundwork for a successful Lean implementation.

Lean Deployment Awareness, Executive and Champion Training - 1 Day
Learn the Lean Language and benchmark your company against world class Lean
deployments. Educate key leaders in Lean concepts, implementation requirements and
planning. This training is designed for Executive staff that is considering a Lean
deployment and will be involved with the implementation phase of Lean.

Key Topics:
Lean Concepts & Tools
Lean Business Impacts
Lean Implementation Case Studies
Linkage of Lean and Six Sigma
Lean Simulation
Connecting Strategic Plans to Tactical Actions

Lean Tools Awareness Training Workshop for Process Owners- 2 Days
Provide management staff hands-on experience with Lean tools through multi-cycle
simulation. This workshop is great as a kick off session to build program enthusiasm
and ensure common understanding of Lean potential benefits.

Key Topics:
Lean Concepts
Lean Tools
Lean Business Impacts
Lean Implementation Case Studies

Lean Enterprise Training - 4.5 Days
A multi-cycle simulation will teach the Lean implementation process and core Lean
tools. Real world examples are simulated to show how they apply to both
administrative and manufacturing processes. The Lean Deployment Roadmap
methodologies are covered with more in depth tools training.

Key Topics:

Lean Opportunity Identification
Transactional & Operational Lean Tools
Lean Tools Application
Workflow Balancing
Key Tools Knowledge
Lean Assessment
Benchmarking Against World Class Deployments

Lean Kaizen- 4.5 Days Implementation w/ 2 Days of Preparation
Kaizen is a focused, accelerated change event in which key process staff spend 4.5 days
focused on mapping the current process, mapping the ideal future process and
implementing the bulk of the changes required to achieve the ideal future process
during the Kaizen time period. Kaizen is outstanding for achieving sustainable
short-term wins that build program momentum and deliver measurable business
results within 1 week. SBTI Kaizen results average greater than $75,000 per event.

 

Lean Leader®- 4 Weeks of Training & Series 1 & 2 Kaizen Events
SBTI’s Lean Leader® methodology is the most sophisticated in the industry.
Lean Leader® is a high leverage Lean implementation with the distinction of
internalizing SBTI’s expert skills within your company. Transference is successful due to
integrated training of comprehensive Lean tools with hands-on process improvement
and Lean implantation planning. Lean leader courses typically have a return on
investment greater than 10x within the training period.

Designed Curriculum Includes:
Advanced Lean Tools Training
Assessment, Kaizen Prep, Change Management
Kaizen Implementation Series 1 & 2
Project Management, Event Facilitation Skills
IImplementation Design, Management Systems
Best Practice Implementation Benchmarking
Implementation Mentoring


"...we did expect much of Lean but we would never have dreamed of the results we got in the 1st Kaizen events. We managed to change a former batch process to a continuous one by improving the planning process. .. We took out 29 steps out of a 71 step process that is crucial for customer satisfaction. We found ways to drastically lower workload in our customer services."

PROCESS TARGET

EVENT FOCUS

LEAN TOOLS USED

BENEFITS REALIZED

Vertical Unit Chemical Reactor

Turn around time

Mapping, SMED, Visual

$440,000

Accounts Receivable

Reduce cash-to-cash time

process map, supplier alignment

Improve cash-to-cash lead time by 35%

Dryer Boil Out Procedure

Cycle time

SMED

37% improvement of product swap time

Catalyst Load

Maintenance Reduction

SMED, Visual

$125,000

Lab Testing

Reduce delays of lab test results

Process map, VA-NVA, standard work, transition scorecards, supplier/customer alignment

Increase mean lead time of the lab process by 35%

Reactor Startup

Reduce from 8 to 5 reactor startups per year

SMED, flow and pull, NVA, line balancing

$140,000

Master Batch Mixing Area

Reduce inventory, decrease mix prep. time

5S, visual management/work instructions, kanban

Improved floor space utilization by 35%

Batch Mixer Utilization

Reduction of changeover time

SMED, shift transition scorecard, visual management, Poke-Yoke

Decreased downtime due to changeover by 55%

Production of "doffing" Process

Lower inventory, increase yield & lead time

Process map, spaghetti map, VA-NVA, shift transition

Reduced operator travel by over 3,000 ft. per shift (over 50%), reduced WIP by over 50%


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