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title: "Continuous Improvement: Lean Manufacturing Training"
description: MCL production leaders had the opportunity to refresh their Lean skills during a Continuous Improvement exercise.
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# [Continuous Improvement: Lean Manufacturing Training](https://www.mcl.bz/blog/continuous-improvement-lean-training)

 Written by [Megan Bies](https://www.mcl.bz/blog/author/megan-bies) | Jun 15, 2018 7:30:00 PM

Our production leaders got a refresher in Lean manufacturing practices this week. Project Manager Janel Falk led the training session, complete with Legos!

The task seemed simple: take the customer order, get the parts, assemble the product, check quality and ship. Janel divided the production leaders into four teams – customer, store, production and supervisor/quality – and timed the process two times.

The first round, the group had a 5.35 minute cycle time from customer order to shipment. Then, they had time to discuss where bottlenecks happened and shared ideas on how to improve the process by [eliminating waste](https://www.mcl.bz/blog/5-best-practices-for-implementing-lean-manufacturing). During round two, the group achieved a 1.9 minute cycle time, reducing the original time by more than 60%!

The production leaders had fun while working together to improve during this hands-on training session.

To learn more about MCL’s commitment to Continuous Improvement, check out [“Why and How to Master the Art of Continuous Improvement”](https://www.mcl.bz/blog/master-the-art-of-continuous-improvement) on our blog.

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