Lean Accounting

TechHelp Manufacturing Specialist and Lean Accounting, David O'Connell.

Companies making the transition from traditional manufacturing to Lean soon find that their conventional accounting, control, and measurement systems become a road-block.

TechHelp's Lean Accounting Workshop provides an introduction to the methods of Lean Accounting that are designed to actively support the Lean transformation:

Help grow your business by providing better information for decision-making

Provides Lean-focus measurements and reporting that motivate Lean change

Shows the true financial impact of Lean improvement leading to growth and profitability,

Provides information that is clear and understandable to everyone containing no obscure financial language

Is, itself Lean, Simple, and Low Waste.

If you would like to learn more about Lean Accounting, please contact David O'Connell at Phone: 208-282-3928, Cell Phone: 208-589-5567 or email at ocondavi@isu.edu .

Workshop Topics Include:

Why Lean Accounting is Important
Why do Finance & Operations People think Differently
Lean Performance Measurements; cells, value streams & strategic measurement
Value Stream Costing: replacing standard costs with more accurate and simpler information
Explain why new methods of accounting control & measurement are required as the company introduces Lean Manufacturing and Lean Thinking
Present Lean methods for performance measurements and cost accounting
Lean decision-making: without standard costs
Features and Characteristics Costs
Managing product costing without standard costs
Elimination of wasteful transactions
Financial Benefits of Lean Improvement
Planning & Budgeting the Lean Value Stream
Target Costing: driving the business from customer value
Further Lean Accounting methods aimed at reducing waste/cost
Implementing Lean Accounting: the Maturity Path
Lean Accounting Assessment
Turn theory into practice
Develop a detailed and practical implementation action plant for the short term and the longer term