GPS Principles & Lean Fundamentals (GPL)
This course takes you step by step into the thinking and behavioural principles
of a Generic Production System (GPS). Instead of focusing on isolated lean tools,
you learn how a coherent system of principles, methods and standards is built –
and how it helps you solve real problems in production and supporting functions.
Across 11 concise lessons you will cover, among others:
- introduction and basic idea of a GPS
- core GPS rules and guardrails
- customer value and the three M: Muda, Muri, Mura
- problem solving and PDCA as a learning routine
- stability & standards as the foundation
- flow, takt and pull as core design principles
- leadership & Gemba presence
- communication, collaboration and culture along the value stream
- transformation roadmap and maturity assessment
The course focuses on practical examples, clear definitions and ready-to-use
templates (checklists, 30–60–90-day transfer plan, maturity radar, Kanban
sizing sheet, SOP template, Definition of Ready/Done).
Who is this course for?
- line and area managers in manufacturing & logistics
- lean / operational excellence professionals
- supervisors, team leaders and continuous-improvement practitioners
- anyone who wants to align an existing production system more systematically
What you will be able to do after the course
- explain GPS principles clearly and apply them in decisions
- understand the links between stability, flow, takt, pull and culture
- connect standards, metrics and routines in a purposeful way
- derive a simple transformation roadmap and assess GPS maturity
