Specifications include, but are not limited to:The mission of the South Dakota Bureau of Administration (BOA) is to provide engineering services; to maintain buildings and grounds; and, to provide procurement, duplicating, mailing, risk management, space, records, property, fleet, and support services for state government. The South Dakota Legislative Research Council (LRC) seeks a qualified consultant to provide professional services on behalf of the State of South Dakota. The consultant will be charged with providing Lean training, mentoring, and assisting with the implementation of Lean in the BOA. Training needs to address Lean leaders, management/senior leadership, and support staff. Each training element should provide a different angle of Lean training specific to the audience. A. Lean Leader Training 1. Consultant should provide a curriculum for Lean advanced level training including: a. Common and consistent understanding of Lean among Lean leaders b. Introduce them to advanced Lean tools c. Provide them with skills needed to facilitate Lean events (including Value Stream Mapping and Kaizens); d. Provide them with the skills needed to train basic Lean Concepts to support staff and managers/senior Leadership (Lean leaders should be actively involved in the Consultants curriculum for training managers and support staff) e. Provide them with the knowledge and experience to become a Lean Sensei B. Managers/Senior Leadership Training 1. Consultant should provide a curriculum for providing strategic consulting support to senior leadership. a. Provide leaders with the fundamentals of Lean i. Focus on the Process ii. Eliminate Waste iii. Continuous Improvement b. Provide common and consistent understanding of Lean leadership Principal Concepts i. Leaders Standard of Work ii. Visual Controls iii. Daily accountability process iv. Leadership Discipline 2. The consultant should involve South Dakota Bureau of Administration (BOA) Lean leaders in the training process. C. Support Staff Training 1. Consultant should provide a curriculum for introductory level training for employees of BOA including: a. Common and consistent understanding of Lean amongst employees; b. Introduce them to the foundations of Lean; c. Develop their awareness as to the cultural change aspects; d. Introduce them to the basic concepts of Lean including: i. Lean background ii. Defining waste iii. Lean principles
