Testimonials
Principles of Lean Thinking
Week 1 Peter Hines
"Peter Hines has helped me to gain a better understanding of Lean by highlighting how it is more than a shop floor improvement system using a set of tools. Now I look at our organisation (including our suppliers and customers) and understand Lean by looking at the processes rather than the organisational departments that use these processes. These processes encompass ALL of the extended enterprise. When mapped and improved upon by a cross functional team approach (comprised of players who actually use these processes) employee involvement and understanding follows producing significant real improvements.
Peter then showed how a strategy based approach can be used to develop a plan and method for deploying such a system across the extended enterprise. This formulates and links all of the improvement activities across the extended enterprise and should support and underpin an organisation's mission and vision. The final (and most difficult) question: "How do you go about successfully introducing sustainable Lean into your organisation" then starts to be answered."
Week 2 John Bisheno
Understanding that lean is more than a set of tools on the shop floor in a manufacturing environment. Seeing lean as a way of running any business by understanding its value streams and using a cross functional team approach to make these streams at the pull of the customer and to continuously revisit and improve them. Having this understanding is the first step. Getting your own organisation to understand and embrace this concept then becomes the next challenge.
Mark Worthington
Continuous Improvement Manager
Futuris Automotive Interiors (Aust) Pty Ltd
I personally found the course excellent and thought provoking.
It has given me the knowledge and confidence to engage members of the senior management at ATEC in discussion about implementing Lean Principles at ATEC.
The pace and content of the course was excellent. John on many occasions backtracked and provided additional examples to ensure people understood. I would endorse this course to anyone involved in manufacturing or service industry who is trying to provide a product or service.
W (Bill) Jeffery)
Case Manager Training ATEC
I found the course very informative. The workload was substantial but presented in a logical manner which meant my uptake was good. Peter was good at mixing the day up with presentations, activities and catch-up moments. He was very approachable when I needed some more clarity.
The course content was spot on. In my role I need to implement projects that align with corporate strategy. This course has allowed me to create logical progression from strategy, through issue generation, and on to specific task and projects. I can show project alignment to objectives when they exist, as well as discuss rationally if someone is promoting a hobbyhorse. The course has helped me to more objectively assess blockers and enablers as I drill down into each task, and has given me the confidence that the projects are properly scoped and prioritised to meet company objectives. PS. I have had less trouble getting resources for projects since adopting this approach.
Andy Eskriett
Management Systems Coordinator
Clipsal
Principles of Lean Thinking training has assisted me with a strategic development framework for planning and implementation within the Organisation.
The strategic development rounded my Lean Journey and completed my toolbox. The course was professionally run and the presenters were able to translate learnings into the Healthcare environment.
Judith Bothma
Service Improvement Manager
Whanganui District Health Board
Course clearly understands customer value and delivers beyond customer expectation (Kano's excitement domain).
Course covers entire value stream of learning about lean leadership with no wastes.
Balaji Hiremagalur
Clinical Director of Nephrology
Gold Coast District Health Service District
A great lean course, highly recommended for all industry sectors.
Valog Suhinin
Director Quality and CSH
(Common Sense Manufacturing)
T1 Automotive AP B&F
Fantastic follow up week to the Strategic alignment and development.
Providing methods, tools and techniques to enable facilitation of lean across our business.
Informative, comprehensive and focussed on our needs
Jane Cleasby
MRP Compliance Manager
ASC Pty Ltd
Submarines
The course provided realistic and practical training and tools to enable the successful development and implementation of a lean program.
Andy Keogh
Lean Champion
ASC Pty Ltd
Excellent opportunity to connect lean theory with practical application.
The presentations and discussions that take place provide vast examples of Lean implementation that fuel ideas for your own workplace.
Both presenters were excellent - not the usual course.
Thanks really enjoyable.
Desinta Cummins
Materials Manager
Noble Metal Processing
Materials/Australia
Eye opening experience, providing information, case studies and experience on Lean.
Recommend to any organisation attempting CI.
Facilitators were excellent (both Peter and Garry).
Chris Leikas
ASC Pty Ltd
A valuable course that ties together the key elements of purpose, people and process to show how lean thinking can improve the entire enterprise.
Alister Lee
Principal
Lean Experience
The course was good to ensure that continuous improvement is conducted in a structured way to ensure that effort is focussed at customer value.
There are many tools and techniques explained to aid in engagement and providing direction.
Kingsley Brown
Senior Materials Engineer
ASC Pty Ltd