Before starting any process within a company, it is first necessary to inform employees and then train them in the different methods of LEAN Management. To implement a LEAN approach, it is important to collect employee opinions, particularly via a monitoring system. In a process of improvement, production processes, it is necessary to set objectives and share them with the various stakeholders of this project.
First, we must look at the different LEAN methods:
What are the 5 steps of the LEAN approach?
A shared project with objectives:
- Set goals
- Make all employees active
- Regular communication
Perform a performance diagnosis:
- Measure
- Observe/analyze the situation
What are the advantages of LEAN Management?
Lean Management increases employee concentration, productivity and therefore efficiency at work improve because employees are not distracted. Production only takes place if there is a real demand not to waste and LEAN allows a better use of resources.
What method should be used to train your employees?
Training through play on large projects is one of the most effective methods, it allows to address serious topics in a fun and simple way. The training games are played in teams, which encourages the different employees to dialogue with each other and find solutions together. This method makes newcomers aware of the company's different ways of working. This allows a better integration of the employee within the teams.
Why use game-based training?
In this type of training, the trainee is an actor of his learning. Being active makes memorizing content easier, when you are an actor you remember 90% of the actions you performed.
There are several approaches for this type of training:
- The framework games, here the game is only a container, the rules and the operations can be adapted according to the theme. It is a means that allows trainers to vary the objectives. There are no precise rules, it is up to the trainer to decide the course and the objective.
- Scenarios and role plays allow employees to use new working methods without causing problems for the company.
- Serious Games, these are mainly in the form of online applications. This kind of support allows employees to train without risk and to test all possible combinations, which is not necessarily the case with "classic" games.
Play-based training allows companies and employees to better understand bottlenecks, mistakes and failure situations. It also allows managers to try new methods because there is no real pressure as it is possible to have in normal times. With this method, the quality of learning is higher because employees feel integrated. The games can be used at different times during the training, at the beginning to assess the level of knowledge of the protagonists or to trigger the desire to learn. They can be used as a common thread throughout the training, the training games can be used at the end as assessment tools and also to check the understanding by the collaborators. These can also be used during workshops, meetings and welcome seminars, whether for a visitor who wishes to discover the range of training games or a new employee.
What are the benefits of game-based training?
- Strengthens corporate culture
- Improves productivity
- Increases employee motivation
- Stimulates everyone's creativity
- Strengthens the social bond between employees
- Promotes employee engagement
- Allows learning with concrete situations
SESA SYSTEMS offers a range of "Training Games" products, this approach allows a fun learning of the different LEAN tips and methods. Several themes exist, first of all the "LEAN MANUFACTURING", the "LEAN Office" and finally the "Visual Management". In order to implement what has been seen, SESA SYSTEMS offers a starter kit for the game "Visual Management", the starter kit allows you to embark on a Visual Management project with the main tools. Additional operating procedures are available for purchase.
