(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute is offering a comprehensive series of lean management workshops for Sept. 18–20, 2012, in Indianapolis. The sessions will address the technical as well as the “people” or social aspects of lean manufacturing and lean service transformations. Registration for the 17 workshops is now open.

The curriculum features information on how to develop lean management systems, cultures, and behaviors. Other workshops will help managers apply lean tools to manufacturing, job shops, services, information technology, and product development.

The workshops will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. The schedule is:

Sept. 18, 2012
• Developing People with Capability for Lean
• Integrating Visual Management Tools and Leader Standard Work
• Key Concepts of Lean
• Lean IT
• Managing High Mix/Low Volume Organizations
• Managing to Learn: The Use of the A3 Management Process
• Standardized Work: The Foundation for Kaizen
• Value-Stream Mapping for the Office and Service

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