(High Technology Seminars: Cold Spring, NY) -- High Technology Seminars has announced three events for the beginning of 2011:  “Visual Lean Basics—Lean Eyes—Learning to See Waste,” “Human Error Prevention,” and “Root Cause Analysis.”

“Visual Lean Basics—Lean Eyes—Learning to See Waste”

This public webinar is presented by Glenn Tanzman and will be held Feb. 17 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST.

Manufacturing and maintenance are all about processes. Whether a process will function effectively or not is determined by the design of the process and through clear communication of that design, plus a good team effort from those implementing the process.  An effective process design is one in which the tasks and activities are value-adding (VA)—something for which the customer is willing to pay. Waste is the nonvalue-adding tasks and activities (NVA) that we include in our processes, often because of our false perceptions of reality and need. 

Developing the ability to recognize waste is an essential first step on the right path of the lean journey. “Lean eyes” means having that ability.

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