Lean Logistics
Increasing added value with intelligent and production-related logistics
Contents
Introduction to Lean Logistics
- Basics and differentiation from lean management and lean production.
- Lean thinking and lean philosophy.
Basic lean management methods
- Analysis methods.
- Optimization methods.
- Visual management.
Logistics-oriented value stream mapping
Actual situation - Current State Map
- Recording of processes in logistics and production.
- Visualization of the processes.
- Recording figures, data and facts - customer requirements and bottlenecks.
- Exercise: Value stream mapping.
- Synchronization of processes and work content.
- Exercise: Cycle and bottleneck analysis.
Introduction of new control concepts incl. exercises
- One-piece flow.
- Kanban.
- Route train (milk run).
- Supermarket.
Target situation
- Testing new control concepts.
- Planning new control concepts.
- Implementation of new control concepts.
- Optimization of new control concepts.
.... on internal material flows.
Controlling and key figures
Best practices, dos and don'ts, pitfalls
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- The possibilities offered by lean logistics and how they can be successfully implemented are explained.
- It shows how methods can be used in a targeted and effective way.
- By using these methods, relationships between production and internal and external framework conditions can be precisely analyzed.
Methods
Simulation of a simple production process, keynote speeches, group/individual exercises, practical examples, demonstration
Live online simulation of a simple production process, keynote speeches, group/individual exercises, practical examples, demonstration
Tool
Recommended for
Managers and employees from the business areas of logistics, production, industrial engineering and purchasing as well as supply chain management and sales and process managers in general. Warehouse managers, production planners and production controllers, practitioners and junior managers.
Questions about the seminar content
In this training , you will gain training understanding of fundamental lean management methods, such as analysis and optimization techniques as well as visual management. At the same time, you will learn how to apply these methods in a practical and effective manner. This will help you not only to understand lean as a concept, but also to select and apply the tools in a way that actually makes a difference in your day-to-day operations.
During training, you will develop a better understanding of how to map out and analyze logistics and production-related processes. This includes assessing the current situation, visualizing processes, and compiling figures, data, and facts such as customer demand and bottlenecks. This will help you identify weaknesses more systematically and evaluate opportunities for improvement more effectively.
training provides training guidance on how to better align processes and work tasks between logistics and production. The course content demonstrates how to accurately analyze the relationships between production and both internal and external conditions. This will give you a stronger foundation for streamlining interfaces and more effectively reducing coordination issues.
The training also provides you with an understanding of controlling and key performance indicators in the context of lean logistics. This will help you develop a better understanding of how improvements can not only be implemented but also evaluated in a transparent manner. This is particularly important if you want to not only initiate changes but also make their impact within the company visible.
During training , you training your understanding not only through theory but also through hands-on application. The methods include simulating a simple production process, short presentations, group and individual exercises, real-world examples, and demonstrations. This makes it much easier for you to apply what you’ve learned to your own work and helps you better understand typical challenges in production-related logistics.
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Start dates and details

Tuesday, 19.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 20.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Wednesday, 16.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 17.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Thursday, 10.12.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 11.12.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.