Topics include:

The difference between kanban and conventional ordering systems.
Types of kanbans.
Six rules for optimizing a kanban system.
How to use line balancing and load leveling in regards to takt time and kanban.
When and how to circulate kanban cards.
How to reduce the number of kanbans.
Using kanban as a visual system.
The kanban learning package includes the following:

Leader's Guide
5 copies of Kanban for the Shopfloor
1 laminated job aid: A Kanban Implementation Summary
1 copy of the classic book Kanban: Just-In-Time At Toyota, and additional presentation materials on CD

The video set includes:

4 videos on TPM: Run Time: 74 Min
A Participant's Guide
Facilitator's Guide
TPM pilot flow chart
Overhead Transparencies

Need to familiarize your company with the basic lean concepts? This DVD, part of the Value Stream Management video set,

provides an overview of lean and is a perfect introduction to lean for non-management as well as lean implementation teams.

You'll see lean in action at major manufacturers and learn what results you can achieve in your facility.

The Fundamentals of Lean covers:

Cost reduction principle
The seven deadly wastes
The two pillars of lean: JIT and autonomation
The 5S system
Three stages of application: demand, flow, and leveling
Standardized work
Takt time and pitch
Total employee involvement

The acclaimed 5S System: Workplace Organization and Standardization is now available in DVD. The 5S System DVD is a collaborative effort by the renowned producers of training videos for the manufacturing plant floor: Productivity Press and Tel-A-Train. This collaboration has created the most comprehensive and powerful 5S training tool you'll find anywhere. Now in DVD format, you'll no longer experience interruptions during your training sessions searching, changing, or re-winding tapes. The seven videotapes of the VHS format are now stored in one convenient disk.

Complete with facilitator guides and participant guides, the 5S System DVD is an off-the-shelf product that you can use to train new employees, launch kaizen events, and lead implementation activities with your workforce. It will teach your workforce how to seize control of their workplace, how to own their equipment and most importantly, how to foster an environment of continuous improvement on the shop floor.

Covering actual 5S implementation in plants such as Ford Motor Company, Titleist and Foot-Joy Worldwide, Miller Brewing Company, Exxon Chemicals, Gelman Sciences, Delco Remy, Hyde Manufacturing Company, and Sonoco Products, you'll see how 5S has worked for others and how it can work for you. In short, the 5S System DVD will get you well on your way to a cleaner, safer, and more efficient workplace.

Run Time: 90 Min

Authors: Productivity Press Development Team, Tel-A-Train Imagine a clean, organized workplace; a workplace where every tool, every process, and every expectation is clearly labeled and easily identifiable, a workplace where anyone can understand at a glance what needs to be done in order to achieve excellence. This is the workplace The 5S System can create for you. With a combination of visual control techniques and good old common sense The 5S System will teach your workforce how to seize control of their workplace, how to own their equipment and most importantly, how to foster an environment of continuous improvement on the shop floor. 5S is the basis for any on-the-floor improvement activity. With Productivity's exciting video series, your workforce can follow this step-by-step training program at their own pace and implement 5S in their own target area as they go. With complete introductions to each of the 5S activities their rationale and implementation details, The 5S System will serve as an invaluable resource in your improvement efforts. The 5S System is a collaborative effort between Productivity Press and Tel-A-Train, renowned producers of training videos for the manufacturing plant floor. Through this collaboration, Productivity Press has created the most comprehensive and powerful 5S training tool you will find anywhere. Complete with facilitator guides, participant guides and 7 high-impact video-tapes, The 5S System is an off-the-shelf product that you can use to train new employees, launch kaizen events, and lead implementation activities with your workforce. Covering actual 5S implementation in plants such as Ford Motor Company, Titleist and Foot-Joy Worldwide, Miller Brewing Company, Exxon Chemical, Gelman Sciences, Delco Remy, Hyde Manufacturing Company, and Sonoco Products, you'll see how 5S has worked for others and how it can work for you. In short, The 5S System will get you well on your way to a cleaner, safer, and more efficient workplace. The Package Includes: 7 Video Tapes 1 Facilitator Guide 1 Participant Guide Run Time: 90 Min

The 5S System: An Introduction. Need an overview of the 5S System? Need to get an understanding of what is involved, who should participate, and what it will take to get started? The 5S System: An Introduction will answer the most common questions about 5S. Ideal for managerial teams who want to build awareness of the 5S system, this video will show you what sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain can mean for your company!

Run Time: 15 Min

One of the earliest
advocates of continuing
professional development
and lifelong training,
Motorola’s Bob Galvin
explains how he
instituted one of the
most extensive and
successful corporate
employee education
programs anywhere in the
world. That education
program helped earn
Motorola the Baldrige
Award—the Oscar for
quality performance in
the industrial world—a
goal within the reach of
any company recognizing
it must compete one-on-
one to survive.

Author: Society Of Manufacturing Engineers This video DVD is about the successful partnership between John Deere in Horicon, Wisconsin and one of its suppliers - the R&B Machining and Grinding Company located in Racine, Wisconsin. It provides an opportunity to take a look inside John Deere's supply chain - find out what changes were required to "learn their supply chain." Run time: 21 minutes

Creating a successful print ad involves a dynamic mix of visual theory, consumer psychology, and nuts-and-bolts tinkering. This two-part series provides a thorough grounding in all of the above, familiarizing students with the terminology and working concepts that successful graphic designers and advertising creatives make use of on a daily basis. Although both episodes are rich in detailed guidance, their class-friendly run times make them ideal for coursework in marketing, advertising, design, and commercial art. 2-part series, 19 minutes each. 2011

This program helps students understand the proper space allocation for the main elements of a two-dimensional advertisement, including the illustration, headline, copy, and logo. The discussion covers the question of whether to use a photograph or original art for the illustration, as well as text issues such as overprinting, reverse type, and typefaces. It also provides examples of symmetrical and asymmetrical balance as well as the Kodak rule of thirds. Viewers are introduced to the layout concepts known as vertical half, horizontal half, corner half, white space, bleed, and borders. The conclusion features examples of simplicity, unity, and harmony in layout design. A part of the series Advertising Layout. (19 minutes) DVD is Subtitled

Once advertising students have assimilated a basic knowledge of visual principles, they can move on to more advanced working methods—the ones that garner awards as well as customers. This program shows how to attract a reader’s attention with the layout concepts commonly known as picture window, silhouette, square zero, Mondrian, closure, oversizing, juxtaposition, surrealism, and shock. Examples show how graphic designers direct attention within an ad by using various compositional techniques—such as diagonal, standard, “C,” “Z,” overlapping, and spatial progression. The video concludes with a section on the importance and practical use of headlines and sub-headlines. A part of the series Advertising Layout. (19 minutes) 2011

Named one of the most- admired executives in the electronics industry as president and CEO of Motorola, Kodak’s chief executive explains how Motorola’s single-minded pursuit of quality—not just product quality, but quality in how the company treats its people and customers—has helped the American electronics firm achieve nearly zero- defect production while assuming a position of world leadership in high- technology manufacturing. (35 minutes)

With Productivity's Autonomous Maintenance video training series, you'll learn how to unleash the hidden potential on your shopfloor and dramatically lower your production costs. Each video takes you inside American companies that have successfully introduced autonomous maintenance. You hear managers, shopfloor maintenance workers and team leaders describing how it worked for them. Employees from both discrete manufacturing and the process industry share their methods and successes in implementing autonomous maintenance. Involving all your employees in maintenance activities will benefit your company, because the people who operate the machines on a daily basis understand the finer details of a machine's functionality. They can spot early signs of problems and save your company money by preventing costly repairs and long delays in the production process. Autonomous maintenance is part of total productive maintenance (TPM), a team-based approach to maintenance activities. The goal of autonomous maintenance is to prepare operators to do some equipment care independently of the maintenance staff. The program is a partnership between operators, technicians, engineers, and managers in the running and maintaining of equipment. In other words, it is a "we-centered" approach to equipment management. The equipment is "ours" and everyone has a sense of ownership in the maintenance process. Autonomous Maintenance: Shopfloor TPM Implementation is a team-based program that lays the foundation for other maintenance activities by establishing the basic conditions for a machine's operation.The video set covers the seven-step process for implementing autonomous maintenance: Initial Inspection and cleaning Eliminating sources of contamination Lubrication and establishing provisional standards Training for general inspection Conducting general inspection Improving workplace management and control Moving forward with advanced improvement activities

August 28, 1995. In a year of record bank mergers, Chase Manhattan Bank’s CEO Thomas Labrecque and Chemical Bank’s CEO Walter Shipley sign off on the granddaddy of them all. Their partnership, which created the country’s largest bank, was cheered by the financial world and made the new Chase a more potent global player. For Labrecque, a 33-year veteran of the legendary Chase, the merger was a strategic success. But at the same time, it meant major internal changes all through the ranks: the loss of 12,000 positions and a shifting of roles even at the top. Labrecque, who had served as Chase’s CEO since 1990, stepped down for Shipley. Today, Labrecque helps lead the new Chase as its president and chief operating officer. (30 minutes) Copyright date: ©1998

School is over and it’s time to go out and get your dream job—but what is that, exactly? Determining a career choice, or a career path, is one of the hardest things to do in life. This video helps new graduates and beginning jobseekers clarify their professional goals and find jobs that fit their skills, passions, priorities, and long-term plans. Viewers learn how to use assessment tests—focusing on values, interests, or aptitude and achievement—to identify strengths and challenges; how to make the most of occupational classification systems that describe industries and labor markets in detail; how to obtain references and letters of recommendation that underscore past experience and future potential; and how to explore job training options, whether they involve on-the-job instruction, further academic coursework, or a combination of both. A Cambridge Educational Production. Part of the series Get Hired and Go: The Complete Guide To Getting a Job and Doing It Right. (26 minutes)

Job hunting is about selling yourself—but to make a sale, you have to advertise. From traditional paper resumes to new-media methods of self-promotion, this video explores the best ways for applicants to showcase their talents, accomplishments, and potential value to employers. An in-depth discussion of resume strategy highlights objectives, structure, formatting (both hard copy and electronic), and proofreading, followed by read-aloud examples that help clarify what employers do and don’t like to see. Next comes a detailed look at creating work sample presentations, from basic notebook and photo-album layouts to digital and online portfolios. Visual demos show what might work in industries such as marketing, construction, and culinary arts. Finally, viewers are reminded that social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn are powerful promotional tools, if used wisely and professionally. A Cambridge Educational Production. Part of the series Get Hired and Go: The Complete Guide To Getting a Job and Doing It Right. (28 minutes)