Workshops and Training

We provide a variety of workshops to our clients.  They are usually an afternoon in length and help you with everything from, how to be an effective book keeper to facilitating brain storming sessions.  Here’s the list of workshops we offer:

• 5S Training
• Process Review
• Book Keeping for Entrepreneurs
• Accounting Software

We’re skilled on various forms of software.  We offer training on the following programs:

Current Workshops

5S training

2 day on-site workshop consists of education, planning, and small kaizen blitz. 

End of workshop takeaway: understanding of 5S concepts, how to boost start 5S, implementation in an area, tools to maintain and sustain 5S.

Process review

3 day onsite workshop review of an area, process or department consists of value stream mapping of future and current states, cause & effect analysis, brainstorming, best practice, and control processes.

End of workshop takeaway:  identification of non-valued added activities and 7 wastes, future state process and high-level implementation plan.

Bookkeeping for Entrepreneurs

3 hour workshop introduction to bookkeeping; what is it, why it is necessary, what the benefits of a good system are, and what questions it answers.  You will learn that bookkeeping is a core function of every business, that it is the basis for all financial reporting and decisions. 

End of workshop takeaway:  learn a simple bookkeeping system and how to use it for tax reporting and financial statements.

Accounting software

1 day training on accounting software individualized to client business; QuickBooks Online, Xero Accounting, Sage One. You may even find utility in our lean accounting program.

End of workshop takeaway:  how to enter sales and expense transactions, learn the useful reports for daily management, GST and PST calculations and remittance.