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)