The Institute of Operations Management (IOM), in conjunction with Amnis Limited, are offering an Accelerated Lean Skills Programme (ALSP) for managers.

The Accelerated Lean Skills Programme (ALSP) is a practical, interactive and fast moving programme designed to give managers the essential underpinning knowledge required to plan and run successful Lean programmes.

The course provides the essential underpinning knowledge to enable you to plan and implement your first Lean Events.

Broad Overview
Day 1: Lean essentials
Day 2: Redesigning pathways
Day 3: Making Lean work

Amnis are delighted to be able to offer you the opportunity to download our book 'Uncovering Lean' for free. Based on the popular 'Lean for Practitioners' book, Uncovering Lean will appeal to employees within Manufacturing, Local Government and Healthcare organisations.
 

Amnis are delighted to announce the next open programme of our popular Accelerated Lean Skills Programme (ALSP) in partnership with Hammersmith & Fulham PCT.
 
Over forty five healthcare organisations have benefited from the ALSP's exceptional training and practical advice in the last 12 months alone and it has helped them kick-start their improvement activities, or get flagging Lean activities back on track.
 

Amnis are delighted to announce the next open programme of our popular Accelerated Lean Skills Programme (ALSP) in partnership with Hammersmith & Fulham PCT.
 
Over thirty healthcare organisations have benefited from the ALSP's exceptional training and practical advice in the last 12 months alone and it has helped them kick-start their improvement activities, or get flagging activities back on track.
 

Understanding and applying lean successfully

With less than 1 month to go before the next open 'Accelerated Lean Skills Programme'! Combining expert training with hands-on exercises in an exciting and lively environment, the ALSP delivers real knowledge and real improvement in your organisation.
 
Participants are invited from the NHS, Private Healthcare and other public organisations and the programme covers 3 days of training and a short project afterwards. The dates of the next programme are 24th-26th Feb 2009 and the programme will be held in Oxford.

Following a programme of development undertaken in collaboration with Hammersmith & Fulham PCT during 2008 Amnis and the PCT have agreed to run three 'open' Accelerated Lean Skills Programmes during 2009.
 
The Accelerated Lean Skills Programme is approved by the Institute of Healthcare Management for CPD recognition and successful completion requires participants to undertake and write up a short project.
 

Amnis are delighted to announce their new partnership with Terema (www.terema.co.uk) who specialise in human factors training across both healthcare and aviation.
 
Working closely with clinical teams, and in particular theatre teams, Terema have a strong track record in helping teams to overcome barriers and improve performance.
 

Amnis's Mark Eaton will be presenting at the Advanced Commissioning Course run by the Improvement Foundation to over 170 delegates on the 21st January on the benefits and pitfalls of Lean in Primary Care and across the health economy.
 
With experience of working with over 20 PCTs, Amnis are able to bring to life both the highs and the lows of Lean in relation to a wide range of topics relevant to commissioners, including World Class Commissioning, APOs and building in quality and patient experience into the commissioning cycle.
 

Amnis are delighted to announce the launch of our 2009 Training Brochure.
 
Covering all five areas of the skills and capability building we provide (Lean/Six Sigma, Team & Project Development, Strategic Thinking, Risk & Patient Safety and Organisational Development & Change) the brochure is available in 'soft' copy or printed versions to commercial and public sector organisations who want to improve their organisational capability and skills.