What you will learn

• Core principles and philosophy of Lean Production. Map process flows, cycle time, takt time, and calculate resource capacity and utilization.

• Identify process bottlenecks and suggest improvements to achieve continuous flow.

• Relationship between three main process metrics, inventory, production rate and process time and their importance with respect to Lean Production.

• Understand the concept and importance of takt time. Understand the impact of variability on a process and calculate the resulting waiting times.