Lean Tools Implementation Certificate

This Lean Tools Series has been designed to address, in detail, the tools and techniques you need to implement Lean in your organization. Instead of merely learning and applying one or two tools of Lean, learn all the techniques to ensure you can use the correct approach for your company’s unique situation.

This training combines lectures, simulations and case studies to help ensure you understand not only what each technique is, but also how to apply it to a real life situation. The schedule of workshops allows you to cover the entire training in as little as 3 months.

At the end of this series of workshops, you will be able to:

• Introduce Lean principles to your organization
• Lead a team through Value Stream Mapping
• Create and implement a Lean Value Stream in all areas of your organization, including manufacturing and administrative areas
• Use Kaizen Events

In order to receive a certificate of successful completion for the entire series, participants must pass a short examination given on the day of the course. Alternatively, participants may enroll in individual workshops.

Lean Tools Implementation Certificate Program

Certificate Courses:

Introduction to Lean with Simulation

Lean Assessment - Creating the Action Plan

Value Stream Mapping for Manufacturing

Planning and Implementing a Cell in a Job Shop Environment

Visual Controls and 5S

Error Proofing and Design for Manufacturing & Assembly

Set Up Reduction (SMED)

Total Productive Maintenance

Running a Lean Event

Lean for Administrative and Office Processes

Introduction to Lean with Simulation

View Lean as an overall strategy to operating your business, and understand how to introduce the concept of Lean at all levels of the organization. A simulation will point out how the transformation will take place.

Lean Assessment - Creating the Action Plan

Learn about 52 validated best practices that define a total lean implementation, including the conditions that must exist in an organization as a prerequisite for effective long term lean results.

Value Stream Mapping for Manufacturing

The starting point of the lean journey, creating the current state value stream map helps you “see” where to focus your attention to ensure improvement activities truly create continuous flow from supplier to customer.

Planning and Implementing a Cell in a Job Shop Environment

Once you have the current state map, this workshop teaches you apply the concepts of flow and pull to create a lean value stream.

Visual Controls and 5S

Thorough implementation of visual controls and 5S is a requirement of any lean operation. Learn how to develop routines that maintain organization and orderliness - essential to a smooth and efficient flow of activities.

Error Proofing and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly

Zero defects cannot be achieved if a process relies on inspections and sorting. Learn how to create processes where the chance of making errors is eliminated using simple error-proofing techniques.

Set Up Reduction (SMED)

True flexibility means being able to change over at a moments notice without adding costs. Learn how to reduce lot sizes by reducing set up time.

Total Productive Maintenance

An essential discipline for lean, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) seeks to maximize equipment effectiveness by applying aspects of periodic, preventive, and autonomous maintenance.

Running a Lean Event

A Lean Event is a way to accelerate the lean implementation process by using a focused group of people on a team to improve on cost, time and space for a particular product or process, with a one-week deadline. Learn how to effectively plan and facilitate Kaizen events for your company.

Lean for Administrative and Office Processes

Apply lean principles in administrative and office areas with tools specifically tailored to these areas. You will create a current state value stream map and apply the concepts of flow and pull to create a lean administrative value stream.

For more information, see our Lean Tools Implementation Certificate brochure.

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