Lean Certificate Program

The Lean Certificate Program combines highly-specialized classroom experience and work-related homework to move beyond the basic principles. This program is built around applied learning to truly help you master Lean as it relates to real world situations and problems.

Through this hands-on learning model, you gain an in-depth understanding of the Lean approach and tools. You will use these tools on a real world, work related project. After you complete the intensive classroom portion of the certificate program, you’ll undertake an individual project featuring a before-and-after Lean process review, focusing on error reduction and waste elimination. You’ll achieve certification upon demonstrating successful application of Lean principles.

Anyone seeking to gain a portable career credential in Lean leadership skills, or anyone wishing to share and gain Lean knowledge.

Participants will walk away with these skills:

• Creating a Vision, Mission and Roadmap for Improvement (Strategic Policy Deployment)
• Learning enablers that will insure sustainability of Change (Visual Standard Operating Procedure (VSOP) and Total Productive Management (TPM))
• Using Enterprise Value Stream Mapping to create “Eyes for Flow” and “Eyes for Waste” to identify and prioritize opportunity improvements
• Understanding the methodology of Workplace Organization (5S+1) to improve Safety, Productivity and Profitability
• Recognizing the role of Quality in developing highly effective value streams and work flows
• Applying the Lean principle of Jidoka approaches to zero defect manufacturing•Discussing the Morning Market Process (making quality visible)
• Understanding material flow (i.e. Takt, Push vs. Pull, batch vs. single piece flow)

The Lean Certification classroom experience consists of four intensive days of discussion and interaction, focusing on:

• basics and history of lean
• visual management
• value-stream mapping
• error proofing
• waste reduction
• lean teams and metrics

By completion of this program you will:

• Create a Vision, Mission and Roadmap for Improvement (Strategic Policy Deployment)
• Learn enablers that will insure sustainability of Change (Visual Standard Operating Instructions (VSOP) and Total Productive Management (TPM))
• Learn how to use Enterprise Value Stream Mapping creates “Eyes for Flow” and “Eyes for Waste” to identify and prioritize opportunity improvements.
• Understand the methodology of Workplace Organization (5S+1) to improve Safety, Productivity and Profitability
• Understand material flow (i.e. Takt, Push vs. Pull, batch vs. single piece flow)
• Understand the role of Quality in developing highly effective value streams and work flows
• Apply the lean principle of Jidoka approaches to zero defect manufacturing
• Understand and discuss the Morning Market Process (making quality visible)