Value Stream Mapping: Drawing a Current-State Map
By Kaye Krueger
Learners follow step-by-step instructions for creating a current-state map to identify how materials and information flow.
Distinguishing Leadership and Management Activities (Screencast)
By Ann Heidkamp
In this screencast, students read about the key differences between management and leadership activities. They will review typical supervisory activities as either management or leadership.
Records Management: An Introduction to Filing Rules and Indexing (Screencast)
By Kim Olson
In this screencast, learners read an explanation of the file rules and indexing that have been developed by the Association of Records Managers and Administrators.
Business Records Management
By Dar DeBruin-Hein
In this interactive lesson, learners read the rules for filing business records and then test their knowledge in a series of exercises. Immediate feedback is provided.
Cycle Time and One-Piece Flow
By G. Dean Witman, CFPIM, C.P.M., Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
In a series of three interactive exercises, learners explore the relationship between process cycle time and defect detection, and between process cyle time and smaller batch sizes. The techniques of lean/JIT are applied to achieve the continuous improvement (kaizen) goal of reducing inventory by pursuing one-piece flow.
Heijunka
Learners view a heijunka box and read how this tool is used for scheduling production in a pull system.
The SMART Principle
By VickyWeiland
Learners will examine how to use the SMART principle to make sure a goal is simple, measurable, realistic, timely, and holds people accountable.
Kaizen
Learners read a brief description of Kaizen and how it helps to eliminate waste in a process.
Sexual Harassment: Separating Fact from Fiction
By Therese Nemec
In this activity, you'll distinguish between sexual harassment facts and fiction.
Protected Classes
In this activity, you'll identify what constitutes harassment and discrimination of a protected class member.
Code of Ethics
By Barbara Liang
In this interactive object, learners identify the feelings and values that motivate them and others to take responsibility for improving ethics in the workplace.
Waste in the Office
Learners view examples of waste in an office environment and are asked to consider what they can do to eliminate or reduce waste in their own workplace.
Kanban: Your Signal for Action
In this animated object, users view how a kanban signals production to start.
Six Sigma - DMAIC Steps
By Lee Binz
In this interactive object, learners examine the five problem-solving steps of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. Some of the most common measures and tools are listed for each step.
Use Your Learning Style to Boost Your Productivity
Learners will identify their learning style and consider ways to help them retain information in school and on the job.
Writing Effective Business Emails
By VickyWeiland, Rosie Bunnow
The learner will study an effective workplace email being written while a narrator explains the step-by-step process. The learner will distinguish the difference between poorly written and effectively written emails.
Quality Assurance: A Self-Check Exercise
By John Stewart
Learners answer 24 multiple-choice questions regarding quality assurance. Immediate feedback is provided.
Six Sigma Process Performance Analysis
Students examine examples for calculation yield, throughput yield, rolled throughput yield, and payback, each of which is used to analyze process performance in a Six Sigma project.
Task Roles in Effective Teams
By Andrea Krabbe
The learner will identify individual roles that help teams accomplish goals.
Recharging Your Attitude
Learners will determine if they are satisfied with their attitudes and then rank tips for regaining a positive disposition in the workplace.
Problem Solving: Using a Decision Matrix
By Mitch Vesaas
The learner will understand how to use brainstorming and a decision matrix to find the best solution to a problem.
Problem Solving: Using a Run Chart
You'll understand how to use a run chart to describe a manufacturing problem.
Class 2 Levers: Force Input Angles
By James Bourassa, John Rosz
Learners use trigonometry to calculate angular input forces involving Class 2 mechanical levers.
Lean Culture
By Weldon Faull
Learners look through a telescope to see what a company chooses to focus on when making decisions about productivity, reducing waste, retraining, solving problems, and motivating employees.
Kanban
Learners read how kanban is used in production control.