Lean Manufacturing Programme

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Lean Manufacturing is vital for improving efficiency, reducing waste, and boosting productivity in manufacturing businesses. This webinar series equips SME owners, Directors, Senior Managers, and Supervisors with tools to drive business growth, operational improvements, and long-term cost management strategies.

You will gain insights on minimising costs while maximising output, leading to sustainable success. Applicable across all sectors, it’s ideal for those aiming to reduce costs, increase profit margins, optimise operations, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve workplace productivity—no prior Lean knowledge required.

This programme will be delivered over 7 half-day webinars on the following dates:
• Tuesday 18th February – 9am to 12.30pm
• Tuesday 25th February – 9am to 12.30pm
• Tuesday 4th March - 9am to 12.30pm
• Tuesday 11th March - 9am to 12.30pm
• Tuesday 18th March - 9am to 12.30pm
• Tuesday 25th March - 9am to 12.30pm
• Tuesday 1st April - 9am to 12.30pm

After the knowledge transfer webinars a lean project will be identified for your own business and you can access 1 to-1 consultancy from an experienced lean manufacturing coach to support you implement your project.

Overview

Who should attend:
Aimed at SME owners, Directors, Senior Managers & Supervisors who are responsible for the overall business growth, business improvements and operations.

What's covered:
• Lean Finance – Business Review, Financial Audit, Cost Centres, Accessing Productivity
• Introduction to Lean – Lean Basics, Do’s 7 Don’t, Selecting the 1st project, Understanding Value
• Value and Waste – Waste Reduction Methods, Measuring Change, Flow not Queues
• Factory Overview – Process Mapping, Factory Layout, Workstation Analysis
• Workstation Focus – Mistake Proofing, Changeovers, Making improvements
• Change Management – Overcoming Resistance to Change, Success & Failure, Performance Tracking
• Sustaining Gains – 5S, Auditing, PDR

Outcome

What outcomes will be achieved?
By attending you will learn to minimise and eliminate waste (including time), optimise workflow and continuously improve.

Critical takeaways are:
• Financial Audit & define High Cost centres – Where can Lean impact most
• Introduction to Lean – How to make a positive impact across the whole of the business
• Cost & Waste Reduction Methods – Reducing cost & saving time
• Business Overview & Process Mapping – Save time across the business
• Operational Focus & Making Improvements – Where can Lean impact most for business & team growth
• Change Management & Overcoming Resistance to Change – Make the Lean impactful for Team Growth
• Sustaining Long Term Gains to Impact Profits – Use Lean for long term business growth

Additional Information

Eligibility:
Workshops are open to established small to medium sized manufacturers located in the following local authority areas taking part in the East Midlands Chamber's Accelerator project:
Amber Valley; Ashfield; Bassetlaw; Broxtowe; Chesterfield; Derby; Derbyshire Dales; Erewash; Gedling; High Peak; Leicester City; Mansfield; Newark & Sherwood; North East Derbyshire; Nottingham; Rushcliffe; South Derbyshire.

Please note: Businesses based in districts not participating in the Accelerator project (i.e. Bolsover; Leicestershire) may attend providing they are members of East Midlands Chamber. In such instances, please contact Hannah Kerridge-Smith on 07741 163242 who will approve your booking.

Important:
Please only book if you are confident you can attend. Our workshop places are limited, and by reserving a spot and not attending, you are preventing someone else from participating.
If you miss three or more events, you may be declined access to future sessions.

This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and is delivered by East Midlands Chamber.

This event is available for: Eligible SMEs

18th February 2025

9:00am - 12:30pm

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This is an external event, and you will be directed to a different website.

Members must Sign in / Register to purchase member only tickets

*All our business prices are excluding VAT at 20%.

For further information on this event, please contact Hannah Kerridge-Smith on 07741 163242 or email hannah.kerridge@emc-dnl.co.uk

Presenters & Panelists

Chris Brown

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