LEAN 101
A Shared Approach Leads to Better Results

Lean 101 is a four-hour, hands-on introduction designed to align your team around a shared understanding of Lean principles and practical improvement tools. This interactive session helps participants see waste more clearly, solve problems more effectively, and begin working toward common performance goals. Through real-world examples and simulations, Lean 101 explores the most common forms of waste found in production, service, and office environments, and demonstrates how Lean tools can be applied immediately to improve safety, efficiency, and quality.

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
8am to noon
Exact Watertown Location TBD

What You’ll Learn

• Intro to Lean Principles: What is Lean, and how will it help our business?
• 8 Wastes: How to spot and correct commonly overlooked wasteful work practices
• Problem Solving Tools Including 5 Whys: A new approach to solving problems often offers a faster solution than retrying the methods we have used in the past.
• Standard Work: We often think all of our workers are doing tasks in the same way, but that is rarely the case. Standard Work is a method to find the most effective methods and make them accessible to everyone on the team.
• Error Proofing: There are often ways to subtly change processes and reduce errors.
• 5S: A proven method to create a more efficient, orderly, and safe workplace.
• Visual Controls: Simple ways to compare expected vs. actual performance to reduce error and rework.

Lean 101 is ideal for teams looking to get started with Lean, establish a shared improvement mindset, and identify quick-win opportunities to enhance performance across their organization.