Lean Approach and Industry 4.0 Training

The concept of Lean first appeared in the 1990 book The Machine That Changed the World. According to John Krafcik, lean production is “a production method that achieves the highest quality, lowest cost, and shortest lead time by using minimal resources; responds appropriately to customer demands; and manages all production factors in the most flexible way while fully utilizing their potential.”

The term Industry 4.0 emerged as a concept supported by the German government’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s 2020 strategies. The government allocated a high budget for advanced technology studies under this initiative, which was institutionalized as the Platform Industrie 4.0.

• Comparison of Lean Production Practices in Europe and Turkey
• Lean Production Principles
• Definitions and Types of Waste in Lean Production
• Lean Production Tools and Their Purposes
• Comparison of Traditional Production and Lean Production
• SWOT Analysis
• Lean Transformation Process Along with Model Factories
• Industrial Revolutions
• Lean Production Case Studies
• Industry 4.0 Concept
• Differences Between Industry 4.0 and Digitalization
• Nine Technological Enablers Triggering Industry 4.0: Big Data and Analytics, Intelligent Robots, Simulation, Vertical and Horizontal System Integration, IoT (Internet of Things), Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Additive Manufacturing, Augmented Reality
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Industry 4.0
• Disruptive Change in Enterprises
• Turkey’s Position in the Global Value Chain
• Possible Effects of Germany’s Industry 4.0 Transformation on Turkey
• Process Management Concept
• Components of Process Management
• Benefits of Process Management
• Process Review
• Process Flow Diagram Concept
• Methods for Creating Process Flow Diagrams

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the concept and history of Lean Production
• Compare Lean Production applications in Europe and Turkey
• Explain Lean Production principles
• Define types of waste in Lean Production
• Identify Lean Production tools and their purposes
• Compare traditional and lean production methods
• Conduct SWOT analysis
• Understand the lean transformation process alongside model factories
• Describe the industrial revolutions
• Analyze lean production case studies
• Comprehend the Industry 4.0 concept
• Differentiate Industry 4.0 from digitalization
• Identify the nine technological enablers of Industry 4.0
• Assess the advantages and disadvantages of Industry 4.0
• Understand disruptive change in businesses
• Recognize Turkey’s place in the global value chain
• Analyze the potential impact of Germany’s Industry 4.0 on Turkey
• Understand the concept and components of process management
• Identify the benefits of process management
• Perform process reviews
• Understand and create process flow diagrams

Who Should Attend?
Operations/manufacturing managers, engineering managers, quality managers, senior supervisors, engineers, and quality technicians involved in operational decision-making.