Businesses in Trafford are being given the chance to become greener in 2024 with free training.
A workshop has been set up for Greater Manchester-based manufacturers to improve operational efficiency, starting in January.
Experts from the GM Business Growth Hub have launched the fully funded, acclaimed 'lean champion' workshop to assist business owners by enhancing quality and efficiency, reducing waste, and achieving tangible and ongoing improvements.
Lean manufacturing is a production process based on an ideology of maximising productivity whilst simultaneously minimising waste within a manufacturing operation. Which put simply, means customers are not paying for waste.
“Being a lean organisation means it is an organisation focused on maximising profit by understanding and delivering what the customer values at all times,” said Anne Campion, head of manufacturing at GM Business Growth Hub.
“If you and your organisation are looking to make concrete improvements in quality, cost and delivery in the coming year and to establish a company culture that values continuous improvement and problem-solving, then the lean champion workshop is an opportunity you simply cannot afford to miss.”
Organisations of any size can capitalise on the benefits. Candy’s Cupcakes, a family run cakemaker in Ashton-under-Lyne, was a lean champion graduate back in 2023. After implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and re-arranging the production line, the company achieved a 15% growth in productivity.
The one day workshop provides participants with a process to identify, prioritise and implement continuous improvement opportunities, the tools to implement and sustain lean improvements and the critical success factors to make real change, and coaching routine through which they can engage others in lean activities, share the learning, teach the tools, form the habits and routines.
The first of the year is scheduled to take place in Trafford Park on January 23. The workshop will then run every month throughout the year.
Manufacturers in Trafford who are interested in attending the workshop should visit GM Business Growth Hub website.
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