Achieving One-Piece Continuous Flow

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Achieving One-Piece Continuous Flow is a workshop designed to enable you to totally eliminate the 8 Kinds of Waste in discrete portions of your Value Stream.  Continuous Flow is the only place in your Value Streams where you have achieved flow with zero waste.  This is the centerpiece of a Lean System, and must be the cornerstone of your Lean Strategy.

 

 

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Appreciate the difference between One-Piece Flow and “Lot” production.
  2. Spotting poor flow in your Value Stream.
  3. Designing cells for Continuous Flow (eliminating wastes)
  4. Operator Balance Charts
  5. Toggling for Varying Rates of Customer Demand
  6. Machine Balance Charts
  7. Four alternatives for work distribution within the Cell
  8. Materials Handling for the Cell
  9. Direct Response Activities to Support the Cell
  10. Cell Implementation Plan

Who Should Attend: 

  1. Value Stream Leaders
  2. Value Stream Teams
  3. Materials Handlers
  4. Maintenance support personnel

Duration: 3 days

JCM Work Designs/The Lean Sigma Team can design and conduct this workshop to meet your specific needs.  Please contact us for a formal proposal.



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