Lean 101 Workshop with Simulation for Clark County Manufacturers

Schedule

Wed Oct 29 2025 at 08:00 am to 04:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Columbia River Economic Development Council | Vancouver, WA

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About this Event

Join Impact Washington for a Lean 101 workshop designed for Clark County manufacturers, hosted in partnership with Columbia River Economic Development Council.

Learn how to streamline your manufacturing processes and boost efficiency. This in-person event is perfect for anyone looking to grow their manufacturing business.

The workshop provides a practical overview, real-world success stories, and the hands-on tools needed to apply Lean principles to your organization. The focus is to learn how to deploy Lean in the manufacturing work environment to yield efficiency and improvement. These same tools can also be used across any industry to eliminate waste and improve efficiencies.

Interact with people from other industries.

Apply the tools in a simulation: 5S, Point-of-Use Storage, Total Production Maintenance, Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, Batch Size Reduction.

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Participants will:

  • Learn how to define value from your customer’s perspective and identify l waste.
  • Understand various lean concepts and be able to apply them to simple improvement projects
  • Be guided through the transformation of an imaginary company - from a traditional manufacturing environment to a lean work environment.
  • Undergo three levels of simulation will be conducted with training and discussion between sessions.

A high level of involvement from class attendees is required.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to network with industry experts and fellow entrepreneurs. See you there!


Agenda

🕑: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Lean 101 with Live Simulation

Info: Participants will have an understanding of and exposure to applying the following:

Introduction
• Work Teams
• Workplace Organization (5S)
• Visual Controls
• SIMULATION ROUND 1
• Point of Use Storage (POUS)
• Quick Changeover
• Total Production Maintenance (TPM)
• Batch Size Reduction (WIP)/One Piece Flow
• SIMULATION ROUND 2
• Quality at the Source
• Pull Systems/Kanban
• Cellular Manufacturing/Flow
• Standardized Work.
• SIMULATION ROUND 3
• Summary & Wrap-up

All participants will earn Lean 101 Certification.


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Where is it happening?

Columbia River Economic Development Council, 805 Broadway Street, Vancouver, United States

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Tickets

USD 161.90 to USD 188.58

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