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Description

Lean Management: Mapping Value, Eliminating Waste and Sustaining the System

Embedding a Lean approach that lasts, rather than a series of improvement events with no follow-through

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Lean is often reduced to a few high-profile improvement events and then fades away. Standards are no longer held, daily management routines become less frequent and supervisors revert to old habits. The issue is rarely the tool itself but the management system that should keep it alive day to day.

Two days with a management focus: understanding value from the customer's point of view, mapping an end-to-end flow, selecting the improvement events that genuinely matter and, above all, establishing the daily management routines that make performance visible. This session differs from Yellow Belt programmes centred on running a single project through the DMAIC method.

Learning objectives

  • Define value from the customer's point of view and identify waste
  • Map an end-to-end flow and measure its lead times
  • Select and sequence the improvement initiatives to launch
  • Establish standards and performance management routines
  • Support supervisors in shifting their managerial posture

What makes this programme different

Value stream mapping is carried out on a complete process brought in by the group
Visual management is tested in the room through simulated daily stand-up meetings
The reasons Lean initiatives lose momentum are analysed from real cases of failure

Programme

1Value and Waste

Looking at the flow through the customer's eyes

  • Define what the customer actually pays for
  • Identify the main forms of waste within a flow
  • Distinguish overburden and unevenness from waste itself
  • Observe a workstation and quantify non-value-adding time

2Mapping the Value Stream

Seeing the whole before optimising a part

  • Select the product family or process to be mapped
  • Record processing times and waiting times
  • Represent information flows alongside physical flows
  • Build the future-state map

3Selecting and Running Improvement Events

Few initiatives, but taken through to completion

  • Select initiatives according to their impact on the flow
  • Organise a short improvement event with the teams concerned
  • Build a work standard with those who will apply it
  • Verify that the standard holds once the event has ended

4Sustaining the System

Management makes the difference

  • Establish the daily stand-up meeting and visual management
  • Address deviations at the moment they appear
  • Shift the supervisory posture towards the shop floor
  • Measure the maturity of the approach and relaunch it

Who is it for

Production managers, department heads and middle managers responsible for deploying a continuous improvement approach.

Prerequisites

Experience of leading a team or managing a process.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.