Lean Management at FIEGE

Lean Management at FIEGE

Learning Objectives

Understand the importance of Lean Management as a corporate culture within FIEGE.

What do you already know about Lean Management?

The concept of Lean Management as a corporate culture

Establishing a corporate culture emphasizing knowledge, skills, behavior, and mindset.

The impact of leadership on Lean Management success

Shifting from a directive approach to empowering and supporting employees.

The strategy for operational excellence within FIEGE

Incorporating Lean Management through a Workstream called OPEX with clear vision, common goals, and specific fields of action.

The phases of improvement culture development: Kaikaku and Kaizen

Kaikaku phase of rapid improvement, followed by the Kaizen phase of ongoing, daily improvements by all managers.

The role concept and responsibilities in Lean Management at FIEGE

Consists of three roles: Central Lean Manager, Business Unit Lean Manager, and Local Lean Expert, each with distinct responsibilities.

Definitions

Lean Management: An approach to running an organization that supports continuous improvement, a long-term approach to work that systematically seeks to achieve small, incremental changes in processes in order to improve efficiency and quality.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

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Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.