Workforce Development   Process Improvement   Production Support

Want your business to be more profitable? Go LEAN!

At the heart of the services we offer is a dedication to your bottom line and productivity. Our job is to stay on top of the latest technologies and manufacturing techniques to ensure that whatever your challenge is, we have a professional who can listen and help to solve it.

"The AIM Center and Project Manager Donna Hoying have played a critical role in improving productivity at our plant. They helped us to reduce lead times, implement 5S and TPM company-wide, and apply lean management principles in both production and office processes. As a result, our inventory turns have increased from 3 to 7 and we received a Silver Award from Boeing, our top commercial customer."

Nigel Cranwell
Vice President of Operations
Smiths Aerospace

Lean Certificate Workshops

The AIM Center has a workshop designed just for your business. Each workshop will guide you through concrete steps to get your business in shape to maximize profits. In our workshops, we teach applications with hands-on implementation.

 
Donna Hoying
Just pick the workshop that is right for you and your business. Workshops may be taken by subject or as a complete Certificate package.   Donna Hoying
The Region's Expert on LEAN

LEAN Manufacturing
Certificate Program
4 half-day sessions


LEAN Office
Certificate Program
1 half-day session


LEAN On-Site
Certificate Program
3 full-day sessions


WHO:
Manufacturing, production, maintenance and supply chain professionals representing a variety of industry sectors.

WHO:
Managers and professionals within a wide spectrum of non-production areas.


WHO:
Business professionals and managers who want on-site coaching to maximize their LEAN potential.

Each Certificate Program offers practical, hands-on implementation workshops in LEAN tools such as Value Stream Mapping for reducing lead-time, 5S and Visual Controls for getting organized, TPM and Setup Reduction to eliminate downtime and Error Proofing for creative ways to reduce errors.


SIX SIGMA, LEAN COACHING, CUSTOMIZED WORKSHOPS and
FACTORY APPLICATIONS also available!