Steven Brown – Lean Foundations

Lean Foundations

By: Steven Brown

Level: Beginner

Duration: 1h 36m

Released: Sep 11, 2017

Description:

Learn about lean: an operations management approach that means creating more value for customers with fewer resources. A lean organization understands customer value and focuses its key processes to continuously increase it. The ultimate goal is to provide perfect value to the customer through a value creation process that has zero waste.

Lean concepts have been successfully applied to every aspect of doing business. In this course, learn the principles of lean and how they are used in processes, production, and services. Instructor Steven Brown also explains how lean thinking impacts the organization, from the overall business culture to day-to-day work activities.

Topics include:

• What is lean?
• Process mapping and reengineering
• Cost and constraints
• Lean manufacturing
• Lean services
• Lean culture
• Lean thinking

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Lean Defined
• 2. Lean Processes
• 3. Lean Manufacturing
• 4. Lean Services
• 5. Lean Thinking
• Conclusion

Author:

Steven Brown is an educator and instructor for LinkedIn Learning.

For 16 years, he taught supply chain management courses at Arizona State University, reaching over 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students during this time. In addition, Steven has 30 years of business experience with a strong background in production management, program management, and process improvement practices at the factory level. He has worked exclusively in the fields of operations management and service operations management and has managed strategic programs and projects in 10 different countries during his business career. Steven is also a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), as designated by the Association for Operations Management (APICS), and was awarded a lifetime certification in 2013.

Steven believes the future of business education is online and lifelong. And that’s why he creates these courses.

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