Lean Management Series
The Lean Thinking & Lean Management Philosophy
Welcome to UniSA Strategic Partnership's Lean site where we provide you
with the key training, skills and knowledge to become a truly lean
enterprise. Our aim is to be a continual source of advanced Lean
Thinking training, research and application across all sectors of the
economy in Australia, through Seminars, workshops, conferences,
networking, publications, certificate courses and formal University of
South Australia courses.
The application of Lean Thinking and Lean Management aligns and
integrates long term business improvement strategies to day to day
continuous improvement targets, ensuring along the way that enterprises
remain above all else customer focused, flexible and ready for the
challenges ahead. The Lean philosophy involves operating the most efficient
and most effective enterprise possible, with
lowest costs and
minimal waste.
Lean advocates the enterprise make smart use of resources, technology,
equipment and the skills and knowledge of employees, suppliers and
customers.
Lean Thinking requires us to manage and develop a competent enterprise, that has capable people engaging in excellent processes and continuously improving the strategic position of their organisation.
The Lean Management practices and
breadth of Lean Tools embrace the
notion that the future enterprise will be capable of meeting and even
exceeding consumer needs and demands in an ever changing competitive
environment. To meet the challenge the Tools of Lean Management
(Originally the Toyota Production System - TPS) are designed to
continually challenge our traditional thinking and paradigms to one that
focuses on the elimination of "Non Value Added" or wasteful work
practices, systems and methods therefore improving business processes.
The University of South Australia's, Strategic Partnerships unit provides a customised approach to each industry partner in the development and delivery of a standardised approach to process improvement.
Explore the Strategic Partnership's lean training web pages for more information..
Have your own enterprise specific training delivered in-house
Contact us to discuss our special corporate rates for customised training to suit your organisation's culture, business sector and improvement strategy.
Contact: Sandra Walker +61 8 8302 0801 Sandra.Walker@unisa.edu.au