Lean Journey Study Mission To Japan Enna: Outline

Tour Japan's Leading Manufacturing Companies

QualityCoach.Net is proud to help sponsor Enna's exclusive study mission to the birthplace of Lean Manufacturing, Japan.

Tour Features:

The tour is an excellent way to learn how to reduce your costs and increase your profit margin company wide.
You will learn how to manage your operations with half the staff needed.
Seeing world-class Lean operations means that you can be profitable at any level of production.
The tour can be semi-customized for groups of 5 or more to get some of the key questions answered for your business.
Group discounts are available.

Enna has access to Lean facilities and top management executives due to their close relationship with Japanese companies and the publications of Dr. Shingo’s works (original consultant to Toyota). This will be a great experience for any leader and student of Lean. You will have one-on-one exclusive access to Japanese Lean thinkers and learn from their experiences and simple solutions.

	Topics to be covered:
	How to reduce the cost of manufacturing, Service Level while dealing with staff layoffs, How to deal with supply chain issues in an economic downturn, How to manage cash flow and lines of credit, How to get more out of your staff and become more productive, How to leverage technology to adapt to the new economy, How to effectively lead change in an economic downturn to prepare for the upswing. Kaizen Training using Toyota's production line (Simulation Dojo)

Lean Principles you will see:
	• Toyota Production System • Employee Empowerment • Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) • Total Productive Management (TPM) • Lean Accounting • Lean Hospital Flow • Visual Management	• 5S in the Office • 5S on the Shop floor • Waste Identification • Mistake-Proofing • Just-In-Time • Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

Observe and talk to workers on the shop floor and get involved in their Lean practices. Japanese companies are eager to share their accumulated wealth of knowledge with international businesses and explain how they have learned from their mistakes and improved overall operation as a result.

Learn from their techniques so you can leverage their experience in order to avoid common implementation and sustainment mistakes in your own factory. The relationships you will build with Japanese host companies will inspire your company in pursuit of continuous improvement for many years to follow. Cultural differences have discouraged many Lean companies from making a trip to Japan. Enna will make sure that such differences in cultures and languages do not stand in the way of your studying Lean principles in the birthplace of TPS.

Enna has arranged experienced tour guides, interpreters, and professors to make your learning experience truly revolutionary. On the last day, you will have the opportunity to visit some unique sightseeing areas in and around Kyoto. This is a prime opportunity to take some time to absorb a unique culture and people as well. Public tour dates: May 15th - 21st and November 13th - 19th, 2011, group dates scheduled on request.

"Excellent well-organized trip. Exceeded all expectations. Definitely an experience of a lifetime. I highly recommend every Lean learner to take advantage of this tour!"

- Jonathon Hutchinson, CEO Gormick Corporation

20 tour 05/06/2012
20 tour 10/14/2012

Or call toll free 1.800.648.9510 for reservation details and for more information.

May 6 - 12th, 2012.
Oct. 14 - 20th, 2012.

$7,995 USD per person. This includes all hotels, meals, misc. expenses and domestic transportation.

Final payment is due six weeks before the tour start date.

Enna also offers Private Tours for any organization that has more specific needs and require a more custom tour experience.