Lean Manufacturing Programme

Host: East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicester)

Cost: FREE

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 is ideal for those aiming to reduce costs, increase profit margins, optimise operations, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve workplace productivity. No prior Lean knowledge is required.

This programme will be delivered over seven half-day webinars weekly on a Tuesday on the following dates:

18th February – 9am to 12.30pm
25th February – 9am to 12.30pm
4th March - 9am to 12.30pm
11th March - 9am to 12.30pm
18th March - 9am to 12.30pm
25th March - 1.30pm to 5pm
1st April - 1.30pm to 5pm

Please note: Delegates must attend all seven sessions. Once you have confirmed your attendance at the first session, you will be sent booking links for each subsequent session.

After the knowledge transfer webinars, a lean project will be identified for your own business. 1-to-1 consultancy from an experienced lean manufacturing coach will then support you implementing your project.

Who should attend:

SME owners, Directors, Senior Managers & Supervisors who are responsible for 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 & 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

What outcomes will be achieved?

By attending this series of webinars you will learn to minimise and eliminate waste (including time), optimise workflow and continuously improve.

Critical takeaways are:

Financial Audit & Defining High Cost Centres – Where can a Lean approach make the most impact?
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 – Saving time across the business
Operational Focus & Making Improvements – Where can a Lean approach make the most impact for business & team growth?
Change Management & Overcoming Resistance to Change – Making Lean impactful for Team Growth
Sustaining Long Term Gains to Impact Profits – Using Lean for long term business growth

Eligibility:

Workshops are open to start-up and established small to medium sized enterprises 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.

Delivered by Dr Chris Brown and Barry Moss

The Accelerator project delivers online webinars and full-day workshops. The webinars are designed as one-hour taster sessions and the workshops as full-day training sessions which are designed to provide delegates with an actionable plan and strategy.

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