Greenbelt Service 1 Vancouver Spring 2016 Graduation

Congratulations to all the participants that graduated today. It has been a long three months but you are now all officially Greenbelt certified.  All of us here at Lean Sensei have enjoyed supporting you through the program and are excited to see you go and make a difference back at your companies. 

Greenbelt Module 1 in Saskatoon

We are back with Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters this week for the Saskatoon public Greenbelt program. It's always great to see talent come together and to watch them work to the best of their abilities. Keep it up everyone!

Blackbelt Saskatoon Final Presentation

Here are the pictures of the Blackbelt Final Presentation in Saskatoon.

Wow, many creative presentations this week!!

Great job to all of the Blackbelt participants bringing out their unique and creative personalities to the table.

We can see our participants' confidence through their smile in the group photo which was taken after the presentation.

To learn more about our Blackbelt programs please visit our website or contact our office at the number 1-604-264-1000.

Module 2 Value Stream Mapping in Dixon

We took out the Value Stream Mapping Kits and had the Greenbelts at Bay Valley Foods last week examine their procedures. Things went well with the implementations and everyone seems to have enjoyed themselves!

We will see them all again in a few weeks. Hai!

Toronto Greenbelt Module 2

To recap last week, things went well as the Greenbelts in Toronto were introduced to the Value Stream Mapping exercise and were able to implement their plans in the Kaizen.

Greenbelts at work in the E.D. Smith Foods facility.

Feeling good at Meridian Credit Union!

Keep up the good work everyone! We will see you very soon in Module 3.

Greenbelt Service 2 Vancouver Spring 2016 Kick-off!

Greenbelt Service 2 Spring kicked off this week. Scroll through to see all the team building exercises they got up to over the past couple days. 

Japan Lean Tour Day 4 Report

April 14th, Thursday

Day 4 - Toyota Day

It was the last day of the plant tours. In the morning, we have visited Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. Preserving and utilizing the old factory and industrial heritage at the birthplace of Toyota, this facility was established by the 13 Toyota Group companies. Centered on textiles and automobiles, the site introduces the industrial and technological revolutions through real machines and moving exhibits.

After having a authentic Japanese meal at lunch, the last place we went was Toyota Motomachi Plant and Toyota Kaikan, where you get to see the robots that plays the violin, the latest Toyoya models and the concept cars. 

  

Breaking News: Japan Earthquake Update

We are saddened with the news that Japan has been hit again with a major earthquake of scale 6.5 several hours ago, the largest one since the 2011 earthquake. However we did want to let you know that all 35 of us are doing fine here in Nagoya as the quake was centred far away in southern Japan. Our hearts are with those who lost their homes or have been injured (the photo is downtown Nagoya where it's undisturbed).  Updates can be seen at www.japantimes.com