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Lean Accounting

Lean Accounting: Meaningful Information in a Lean Enterprise

After a CFO observed that manufacturing was solidly going forward with lean initiatives, he had this to say . . . "We [accounting] are not going to be the ones to stand in the way OR the last ones on the bandwagon."

Workshop Agenda:

  • 1. Introductions/Overview
  • 2. Participant Self-Assessment:
    • Lean Accounting Self-Assessment Tool
  • 3. Getting Lean Alignment in Accounting
  • 4. Performance Measures, such as...
    • Visual Cell Metrics
    • Value Stream Metrics
  • 5. Value Stream Costing:
    • Standard Cost Accounting vs. Variable Cost Accounting
    • Achieving Accountability and Visibility to Increase Value Stream Flow
    • S Tying Value Steam Metrics and Cell Metrics to Corporate Goals
  • 6. Financial Reporting:
    • What Should Accounting Information Look Like in a Lean Enterprise? - Simple, Visual, Detailed
  • 7. Assessing the Benefits of Lean Accounting:
    • Provide meaningful reporting mechanisms that assist Lean decisions
  • 8. Essentials of Lean Accounting, such as...
    • Visual Workplace
  • 9. Implementation Strategies:
    • Assessing Current State and Visualizing Future State
    • Initiating Targeted Initiatives
    • Value Stream Analysis / Objectives
    • Measuring Progress

Biography on the Instructor

Frances Kennedy

Registration

Location:

Power Partners Inc
200 Newton Bridge Road
Athens, GA 30601

Cost:

$595.00 (15% discount for 3 or more from one company)

Certificate:

.8 CEUs