DAY 1 — COST MANAGEMENT
Day Goal
Learn to see the actual costs of the company, make management decisions based on numbers, and identify hidden losses in processes.
CURRICULUM
10:00 – 17:30
- What are costs and how do they affect company profits
- Cost classification:
- variable and fixed
- direct and indirect
- relevant and irrelevant
- Process losses and their impact on cost
- Break-even point and takt time calculation
- Basics of lean accounting and management reporting (P&L)
- Operational, production, and financial cycle
- Theory of constraints and its impact on profit
- Opportunity costs and hidden business losses
- Process efficiency indicators and value stream
- Decision making:
- make or buy
- launch of new products
- cost reduction without losing value
- Consumer satisfaction polygon
- Cost management business game
- Practical demonstration of cost management tools based on a company that implemented Kaizen
Day Result
Participants will be able to:
- see the company's cost structure
- calculate the economic effect of improvements
- make decisions based on data
- identify hidden losses and profit growth points
DAY 2 — INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Day Goal
Learn to build transparent and manageable information flows, reduce coordination time, and increase task execution speed.
CURRICULUM
10:00 – 17:30
- Information as a production flow
- Losses in information processes
- Organization of Kanban and Scrum boards:
- paper format
- electronic format
- Rules for creating Kanban cards
- Synchronization of manager's assignments with operational activities
- Employee workload management
- How to make office processes predictable and transparent
- Electronic tools for visual management
- Task and status management in real-time
- Building an information center (Obeya)
- Practical business game
- Demonstration of visual management and information flows based on a company that implemented Kaizen
Day Result
Participants will be able to:
- reduce time between assignment and execution
- increase process transparency
- reduce managerial workload
- implement a visual task management system
- increase communication speed and quality
DAY 3 — STRATEGY MANAGEMENT
Day Goal
Learn to form a company's strategy, visualize goals, and synchronize employee work with business development.
CURRICULUM
10:00 – 17:30
- Hoshin Kanri — strategic management system
- Company mission:
- why the company exists
- how to engage employees in mission implementation
- Company vision and difference from mission
- Forming company values and translating them into actions
- Kaizen Triad:
- Setting SMART goals
- Determining point A and target indicators
- X-matrix:
- company strategy on one sheet
- relationship between goals, projects, and KPIs
- Cascading strategy to divisions
- Action plan to implement the strategy
- Info-centers and visual strategy management
- Practical construction of a company X-matrix
- Demonstration of strategic management system based on a company that implemented Kaizen
Day Result
Participants will be able to:
- formulate the company strategy
- link business goals to daily employee work
- visualize strategy and KPI
- implement a strategic management system
- increase team engagement in company growth
POST-TRAINING SUPPORT — 4 WEEKS
- Implementing tools in their own company
- Homework and practical implementation
- Weekly Zoom meetings
- Individual consultations and support
- Analysis of real participant cases
- Monitoring implementation of changes and achieving results
