A Hands-on Experiential Learning Course: The Aeroplane Game

In today’s challenging business environment, staying ahead requires more than just hard work—it demands smart strategies. The Aeroplane Game©, facilitated by Productivity People, offers a unique, hands-on experience where you’ll learn how to enhance value, eliminate waste, boost quality, engage your team, and increase productivity.

This immersive simulation centres around building Lego aeroplanes and brings Lean Practices and Continuous Improvement principles to life. As you navigate through real-world business scenarios, you’ll discover how to reduce costs, improve processes, and drive exceptional performance. By the end of the workshop, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge and confidence to transform your organisation into an industry leader.

Lean principles discussed & demonstrated during this half-day course:

• Teamwork – Code of conduct, what makes a good team, roles & responsibilities.

• 5S – Workplace organisation & the visual workplace

• Process & materials flow

• Theory of Constraints (ToC)

• Set-Up Time Reduction (SUTR)

• The 8 wastes

• Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Improvement Cycle

• Cost factors

Who Should Attend:

• Company owners,
• Senior Managers,
• Operational management
• Team Leaders

Facilitators:

Geerten Lengkeek

Geerten helps manufacturing and supply chain companies achieve breakthrough performance in their operations. The resulting benefits include sustained competitiveness in cost, customer service and quality, a continuous improvement system and culture, and improved skills, engagement and retention of the people of the enterprise.

Geerten has been in operations leadership and continuous improvement roles for the past 25 years, in a variety of settings globally. His operations experience spans supply chain, procurement, manufacturing and warehousing. He has worked in Primary Industry, Food and Beverage, Engineering, Pharmaceutical and FMCG. He counts among his clients Ballance Agri-Nutrients, Patchell Group, Hustler Equipment, Cedenco Foods, OPAC and EastPack kiwifruit, Sequal, SCA, Fulton Hogan, Synlait, Westland Milk Products and Fonterra.