AI Day with Toyota

IMPORTANT: The Toyota Plant Tour itself is free and open to the public. Participants are paying only for the training session, meeting room, refreshments and lunch. For this special session, participants are registered together to create one complete learning experience — Lean White Belt training, the Toy Car Manufacturing Simulation Game, morning refreshments and lunch, and the Toyota Cambridge Plant Tour — so that Lean concepts connect directly to real-world manufacturing practice at Toyota.

Step into the world of Lean Thinking at Toyota — the global benchmark for operational excellence. This one-day immersive experience combines a Toyota Cambridge Plant Tour with a hands-on Toy Car Flow Simulation Game, giving participants a practical introduction to Lean principles and to how modern organizations integrate automation, data and AI to improve performance.

During the visit and the learning sessions, participants will observe and explore how Lean systems operate in practice:

• Autonomous robots supporting Just-in-Time material flow
• Sensors and IoT systems monitoring processes in real time
• AI analytics for predictive maintenance and waste detection
• Human and machine collaboration for safety, quality and efficiency

Participants also gain practical insight through hands-on simulation exercises, real case studies from multiple industries, and applying Lean + AI thinking to their own processes. By the end of the program participants earn an AI-Powered Lean White Belt Certification and leave with practical ideas they can apply immediately in their own organizations.

• Date: December 2, 2026
• Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
• Training Location: Holiday Inn Express & Suites Kitchener Southeast, 4355 King Street East, Kitchener, ON, N2P 2E9

• Plant Tour Location: Toyota Cambridge Plant, 1055 Fountain Street North Gate 1, Cambridge, ON, N3H 4R7 &
• OACETT Member Cost: $120 plus HST + fees
• Non-Member Cost: $160 plus HST + fees
• CPD Category: Active

Lean fundamentals

• Origins of Lean and the Toyota Production System
• PDCA (Plan – Do – Check – Act) as the foundation of improvement
• 3Ps: Purpose, Process, People
• 3 Reals: go to the real place, see the real thing, use real facts
• The 9 Lean Wastes (DOWNTIME-P)
• Kaizen as a daily improvement mindset
• 3Ms: Muda (waste), Mura (unevenness), Muri (overburden)

Toy Car Flow Simulation Game

Participants experience Lean through a fast-paced, hands-on manufacturing simulation, learning to identify bottlenecks, flow interruptions and waste in the system. Key operational concepts covered: cycle time, takt time, lead time, processing time and load balancing.

AI-Powered Lean applications

• Jidoka 2.0 — intelligent automation with human oversight
• Predictive analytics for downtime and quality issues
• AI-driven visualization of process flow and waste patterns
• Using data to support better operational decisions

Cancellation by course participant:

A full refund will be provided to registrants who provide a minimum of two(2) business days cancellation notice prior to the start of the course. The course participant will also have the option of transferring their ticket to a different course start date, depending on availability.

Cancellation by Instructor:

Decisions on course cancellations will be made prior to the course start date, early registration is recommended. If you register for a course that is canceled by the instructor, you will receive a full refund.

Info: Toy Car Flow Simulation Game (Round 1, PDCA, Round 2) · Introduction to Lean Thinking (3Ps, 3Ms, PDCA) · Process mapping fundamentals · Value vs waste · The 9 Lean Wastes (DOWNTIME-P) · AI-Powered Lean and Jidoka overview · Kaizen · Cross-sector case studies

Event venue & nearby stays

Toyota Cambridge Plant, 1055 Fountain Street North Gate 1, Cambridge, Canada

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