Lean Standards Training
Build stable, efficient, and flexible production processes.
Behind every excellent production system lies a set of stable, repeatable, and optimized processes. This Lean Standards course combines the core capabilities from our three lean tools training programs—SMED (Quick Changeover), Work Standards, and Pull Production. In hands-on simulations and practical workshops, you’ll learn how to reduce setup times, standardize work, maximize equipment availability, and synchronize your operations with actual customer demand. The result? More flexibility, less downtime, and processes that run as smoothly as they were designed to.
Understand how to run your environment in an optimized way
Stabilize equipment, reduce changeovers, and increase uptime
Unplanned stops and long changeovers can cripple even the best-designed processes. This section focuses entirely on our SMED training and shows you how to drastically reduce setup times and increase flexibility. You’ll learn how to separate internal and external setup tasks, streamline changeover steps, and build standardized methods that keep production flowing. The result: faster changeovers, shorter lead times, and more responsive operations.
There is a reason, why F1 pitstops are so fast!
Minimize lost race time in your production!
Establish robust, repeatable standards
Without standard work, continuous improvement collapses into chaos. This section, drawn from our Work Standards training, teaches you how to define and implement practical standards that drive both stability and engagement. Learn to balance work content across stations, define cycle times, create visual work instructions, and involve operators in the development of the standards they follow. Work Standards are the backbone of every Lean process, and the baseline for improvement.
We love the intuitive Lego building standards.
Make yours just as easy to follow!
Make pull systems part of your process DNA
Building on the Pull Production training, this section shows you how to apply pull principles not just at a system level, but embedded within your core processes. Learn how to connect work standards, TPM, and setup reduction into a seamless, demand-driven process. Explore how pull systems, from simple kanban loops to more complex CONWIP and hybrid setups, help keep WIP under control and align output with actual customer needs.
Kanban, CONWIP, POLCA, MTS, MTO? Implement the best pull option for your system!
You will Learn:
Within the course, you’ll gain a solid understanding of Lean stability and flow principles:
Principles of Lean Standardization
Quick Changeover (SMED) techniques to reduce setup time
Internal vs. external setup task separation
Pull production in process design
Implementing Pull Systems and Kanban control
Work Standards
Building and sustaining Standardized Work
Creating a stable foundation for flow and flexibility
For more details, also see the Lean Tools training sessions: Quick Changeover (SMED), Pull Production, and Work Standards.
Requirements:
Lean Advanced Training or equivalent level of experience is recommended.
Target Audience:
This course is well-suited for participants seeking an expert understanding of the subject matter.
Price: €1990.- (excl. VAT)
Duration: 3 Days (24 Hours Total)