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Dates: <\/strong>January 12, 2027 (Final Day to Register: Jan 7) | 8:00am – 12:00pm ($499 early registration; $799 after 12\/1\/2026)
\n<\/span>Place: <\/b>MWSU\u2019s Houlne Center for Convergent Technology<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/b>Cost:<\/strong> $499 early registration; $799 after 12\/1\/2026<\/span>
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Registration is Open!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

This workshop walks individuals through the concepts, principles and understanding of Lean, followed by a simulation to engrain the learning with a comprehensive, hands-on activity. The more people participating from your organization, the better results you will see upon your return to the workplace.<\/p>\n

Participants will learn:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  • The 8 wastes of Lean<\/li>\n
  • Value-Added vs NonValue Added<\/li>\n
  • What 5S is and how to use it<\/li>\n
  • Batch reduction<\/li>\n
  • Quality at the source<\/li>\n
  • Cellular manufacturing<\/li>\n
  • Set-up reduction<\/li>\n
  • Lay-out design<\/li>\n
  • What Kanbans are<\/li>\n
  • Visual management tools<\/li>\n
  • Point of use storage concepts<\/li>\n
  • What Poka Yoke is and how to use it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Cost:<\/strong> $499 early registration; $799 after the stated early registration cut-off.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

    Refunds for workforce development programs, unless otherwise noted on the specific program page, are available at 100% up to 7 days in advance of the start date of the program. Refund requests received 6 or fewer days before the start date of the program, or any time after the start date of the program, will not be approved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-01 15:25:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2789,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1978\/revisions\/2789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/workforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}