Digital Gear Factory

Thanks to the highly experiential training methodology using mini workstations to produce electric motors, participants guide the company's transformation according to the Lean logic, learning how to manage the main processes in compliance with the time, cost and quality requirements of the market and applying the most appropriate methodological tools to different situations.

The Lean Transformation course is simulated in four rounds, divided into two days. Participants can experience first-hand how in traditionally organised companies, with production islands and a layout that is not always optimised, the 7 typical wastes of the lean methodology can be hidden: waiting times, stocks, material handling, overproduction, etc.

Participants learn how to measure and analyse the collected data using typical Lean Thinking methods and tools such as the Spaghetti Chart and the Value Stream Map with the aim of redesigning subsequent rounds and streamlining production and information processes.

During the different rounds, continuous improvement is implemented by working in teams:

• Increasingly sophisticated tools are known and implemented, such as the yamazumi chart
• The most appropriate methodological tools are applied to different critical situations
• Analysis of the stock management by applying kanban, supermarket, and on-sight management
• Issues such as ergonomics and time&methods are addressed