Part 1 – How to Make More for Less: 22 February 10.00am – 12.30pm

Part 2 – Practice and Inspiration: 7 March 10.00am – 12.30pm

Do you spend too much time on sales processing, production, packing and despatch and not enough time being creative? Do you have the feeling that things should be easier? Or that you should be getting more out of the business? You are not alone. Every business can be more efficient.

‘Lean Manufacturing’ is a collection of simple techniques together with a ‘continuous improvement’ philosophy to achieve ever increasing efficiency. Lean principles and techniques are firmly rooted in common sense and ease of application. They combine the best of Western working practices with the best of Japanese efficiency to produce a powerful toolkit that has revolutionised whole industries over the last two or three decades.

Don’t waste time, create time – starting with these workshops.

Part 1 – How to Apply Lean Principles to Increase Your Productivity (or How to Make More for Less)

In this workshop we’ll cover:

• Continuous improvement for your business
• Value Added versus Non Value Added Activity -Does everything you do contribute to the end product?
• How to identify what is eating up your time and how to go about reducing or eliminating wasteful activities.
• Techniques for making a workspace more efficient

Part 2 – Practice and Inspiration

In this workshop we’ll cover:

• Techniques to make sure your workshop layout is efficient– explained through a real life example
• Process Mapping – a technique used to root out inefficient or unnecessary activities
• Inspiring examples of Lean in practice from designer-maker studios and feedback

The Trainer

Nigel Rust mentors and coaches small and medium sized businesses in most business topics, particularly where production is required. He has worked in production for 26 years in a variety of roles including production engineer, production manager, sales and marketing and general management. He ran his own small production business before joining the Manufacturing Advisory Service during which time he worked with creative businesses as a specialist adviser.  He is currently running regular workshops for fashion designer-makers as well as working in a mentoring and project-based role.

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Each workshop will begin at 10am. Please arrive on time.

Cancellations & Refunds Policy for Cockpit Arts studio holders

If you need to cancel your booking for any reason please let Emma Thatcher know as soon as possible either by telephone, 020 7419 1963, or email emma@cockpitarts.com  If we are given a minimum 2 days notice of your cancellation, we can offer your place to another person. In cases of cancellations of less than 48 hours or non-attendance on any professional development session, a cancellation fee of £10 will be charged. Cockpit Arts will add this penalty to your next Office Services invoice.

Cancellations & Refunds Policy for non-studio holders

If you need to cancel your booking for any reason please let Emma Thatcher know as soon as possible either by telephone, 020 7419 1963, or email emma@cockpitarts.com. If we are given a minimum 2 days notice of your cancellation, we can offer your place to another person and refund your fee. In cases of cancellations of less than 48 hours or non-attendance on any workshop, the fee will still be charged.