Lean Leadership Master Class | Lean Training | Melbourne
Victorian companies have the opportunity to learn from one of the world’s leading lean manufacturing practitioners and trainers. As a Toyota factory manager and kaizen leader, Hyodo Sensei has built a 40 year career as a kaizen sensei fostering the Toyota Production System within Toyota, its supply-chain, and more recently within non-automotive companies.
Date: 24 Aug 2023 - 25 Aug 2023
Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm | Timezone: Australia/Melbourne
Training Location: Qantas Maintenance, 96 Operations Rd, Melbourne Airport VIC 3045
Site Visit: Qantas Maintenance
Pricing: AUD 1,295 (excluding GST)
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The master class will be led by former Toyota factory manager and kaizen leader, Hyodo Sensei, together with Shinka Management Director Ben Sparrow.
Our generous host for this 2-day on-site Lean Leadership Master Class is Qantas Maintenance. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided to the participants on both days. This master class will also include a brief business presentation and operations tour of the Qantas Maintenance facility.
Hyodo Sensei
The master class will be led by Hyodo Sensei, a long-time leader in Toyota Production System training and former factory manager at the Toyota factory in Japan responsible for the manufacture of the HiAce vehicle. Now retired as a factory manager, Hyodo Sensei heads the Toyota Dojo (kaizen training arm) of that Toyota factory providing lean training courses for companies in Toyota’s supply chain and Toyota factory tours, and hosts the training component of the Shinka Management Lean Japan Tour.
Career highlights include:
- Factory Manager Toyota Parts Factory
- Factory Manager at Toyota Assembly Plant
- 13 year member of All-Toyota Kaizen Promotion Team
- 27 years leading TPS at No.1 quality ranked Toyota factory
- Consulting globally serving a wide range of industries
Who is this for?
This master class is designed for Managing Directors and Operations/Production/Continuous Improvement/Quality Managers interested in fostering a culture of continuous improvement within their organisation. You will learn first-hand about how process improvement is achieved within Japan’s leading companies, and more importantly, how to implement these practices within your operations.
Particularly relevant sectors include manufacturing, food and beverage, defence, wholesale & retail trade, and transport.
Topics Covered
This two-day master class will focus on the application of lean principles and the Toyota Production System (TPS) to sectors outside of automotive. The course will go beyond theory to discuss how lean thinking can be implemented and sustained within a company.
- TPS principles
- Developing human assets
- Role of top management
- Factory visit and diagnosis
- Factory visit review
- 5S and visual management
- Standardized work creation
- Continuous improvement culture
The course will also include an overview of the operations at the Toyota HiAce factory in Japan, as well as a site tour and mini diagnosis at Qantas Maintenance.
What our lean training participants have said…
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
I have just completed the Lean Leadership Master Class in Brisbane. The training was extremely valuable, especially as it was hosted in a working manufacturing facility. The lessons from the training room could be easily and practically applied to a real life situation which helped to lock in the concepts. Having a trainer with years…
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Engaging Shinka Management was the best thing ever. The training was a great way of getting people on different levels involved on the pathway of improvement. The course was conducted very professionally and in a way that you had to get involved, and it was fun! It was good to see how to prepare and…
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Ankara, Türkiye
I attended the Lean Manufacturing training in September 2026. Although I had heard a lot about it, this was my first training on Lean Manufacturing. I really enjoyed the training – the best part was having both classroom training and observing the methods during the factory visits. Furthermore, I learned a lot about TPS. Thank…
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Santiago, Chile
During 2024, we carried out a project with Shinka that lasted about 5 months, which aimed to improve and perfect our daily management instances, since these had become very time-intensive and with a sense of planning and not performance. After reviewing the current situation and defining our future state, Shinka supported us to refocus our…
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Liepaja, Latvia
The training was intense but had great value because the subjects have been explained in such a clear manner opposite to some European experts who know how to turn lean into some NASA scientific miracle from another planet.
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