Improving Profitability: Lean Operations FLEXCAST
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2.0 Credits
Member Price $98.00
Non-Member Price $113.00
Overview
In today’s competitive market, businesses face the challenge of delivering maximum customer value while maintaining lean operations. This course offers a solution by diving into the essential tools and principles of lean operations and customer-centric strategies. Participants will gain an understanding of how to enhance business efficiency using the principles of activity-based costing, a method that assigns costs to products and services based on the resources they consume. The course also focuses on identifying and understanding target customers, a crucial aspect in shaping business offerings to meet specific market needs. Additionally, it covers strategies for managing customer responsiveness and key performance indicators, essential for monitoring and improving business performance. By the end of this course, participants will be equipped with the knowledge to streamline operations, focus on customer value, and drive their business towards success.
Highlights
Lean systems. Customer value through target costing. The value stream. Improving capacity management and flow. Managing pull through the system. Achieving perfection.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, business owners, and other operation professionals.
Objectives
Understand the importance of lean operations. Using principles of activity based costing. Understand the concept of target customer. Managing customer responsiveness and key performance indicators.
Preparation
None.
Notice
This is a FlexCast (no exam required) and may be viewed only Monday - Saturday, 5am - 5pm PT. You may take up to one year from the date of purchase to complete the course. Pause your FlexCast and resume at a convenient day during the hours above. Partial credit for 2+ credit courses: If you are unable to complete the course in one sitting, partial credit can be awarded (minimum of one credit). To earn the remaining credits, you must return later and start the course from the beginning. Use chat to ask questions of a subject matter expert during the program.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Francis Ryan, Semper Finance Inc
The 2009 AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader Award winner!
Frank Ryan is president of a management consulting firm specializing in turnarounds, workouts, crisis management, strategic planning and working capital management. He has extensive experience working with banks in negotiating forbearance agreements, loan workouts, capital restructurings, vendor negotiations and bank lending requirements.
Prior to his consulting business, Mr. Ryan was the chief operating officer of a mid-sized manufacturing company. Additionally, he is the chairman of the Audit Committees of two publicly traded companies and has extensive board level experience in the for-profit and non-profit arenas.
He is a retired Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, and has served in numerous contingency operations to include Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He received the “Outstanding AICPA Instructor” award in 1994-95 and again in 2005-06.
Non-Member Price $113.00
Member Price $98.00