Lean Certification Online

Level 2 – Lean Practitioner

George Bernard Shaw said, "Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

Change at any level requires a major paradigm shift before anyone can accept the need to do something differently. The important question is: “What brings a person to the realization that something must change now?” In the Level 2 - Lean Practitioner module of the “10 Steps to become a Lean Enterprise” program we help you find the answer to this question. Lean Certification Online provides structured guidance, allowing you to gain a deeper understanding of the current challenges that exist within your organization.

What does a business need to do to improve their organization, impact their bottom line, and increase value for their customers? Where, and how, does a business start to do these things?

In a world where time equals money, we were successful in cutting the cost of training by shortening the learning curve. How did we do this? Long before we developed the “10 Steps to become a Lean Enterprise” model we recognized there was a need to identify the most essential Lean tools and techniques that were capable of delivering the “best bang for the buck” in the shortest amount of time. Every organization is searching for this critical information.

In developing the Level 2 – Lean Practitioner Program, we filtered through literally hundreds of the Lean tools and techniques available today. We have done the work upfront for you by compiling the most fundamental and essential Lean tools and techniques that bring about the quickest, most valuable results.

We researched different types of Lean projects completed throughout a several year time span, and we also drew upon thousands of hours of consulting experience. We found that the most effective Lean projects had one thing in common. In over 90% of these Lean projects, the most successful organizations had initially only implemented ten of the available Lean tools and techniques to take their organizations to the next level and beyond. In Lean Awareness, we demonstrated these ten critical Lean tools and techniques. Our Lean Practitioner training module will use a step by step approach to help you fully understand these ten key concepts, as well as their application into an organization using the “10 Steps to become a Lean Enterprise” model.

Our Level 2 - Lean Practitioner module is a standalone training tool that delivers results. However, after completion of the Lean Practitioner module, you have the option to choose to continue to build upon your increased understanding of the application of Lean principles with the Level 3 - Lean Expert Program. In the Lean Expert Program you will be taught how to effectively implement and integrate the most successful, world class techniques available from the Lean toolbox into an organization’s business model.

Level 2 – Course Outline

Our next level in the “10 Steps to become a Lean Enterprise” program which continues with a four part Level 2 training module called “Lean Practitioner.” This Level 2 training module builds on the foundational knowledge from the Level 1 - Lean Awareness training module.

Lean Practitioner allows the learner to develop knowledge about the application and implementation of Lean Principles into the workplace. The learner is directed how to do this by using the “10 Steps to become a Lean Enterprise” model as a guide and to focus the activities of implementation process.

As a learner works through each of the Lean Certification Online training modules, they will icrease their knowledge of Lean principles.

Level 2 – Lean Practitioner Course Objectives:

Part 1: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the importance of becoming a Lean Enterprise
• Describe the difference between doing and living Lean.
• Describe the 3 key components of a Lean Enterprise.
• Describe the 5 cultural enablers of a Lean Enterprise.
• Understand how to implement and integrate Lean principles
• Describe each of the 8 wastes.
• Describe the 3 elements of work.
• Describe the difference between traditional and lean improvements.
• Prepare to complete a 10 Step Lean exercise.

Part 2: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe Step 1 - Strategy Deployment
• Describe the Breakthrough Model
• Describe Step 2 - Value Stream Mapping
• Identify a current and future state map
• Describe Step 3 - Workplace Organization
• Describe each of the five elements of 5S
• Describe the 5S levels of achievement
• Describe Step 4 - Improve Process Flow
• Describe the differences between a functional and a flow layout.
• Prepare to complete a Process Flow exercise.

Part 3: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe Step 5 - Reduce Changeover Times.
• Differentiate between internal and external elements.
• Describe Step 6 - Implement a Pull System.
• Describe how to transition from batch to continuous flow.
• Describe how to use Kanban.
• Describe Step 7 - Balanced Workload.
• Identify a constraint or bottleneck.
• Describe Step 8 - Standard Work.
• Describe the purpose of Standard Work documents.

Part 4: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe Step 9 - Continuous Process Improvement.
• Describe an A3 problem-solving templ
• Describe the concept and purpose of kaizen
• Describe Step 10 - Extend your Lean efforts into the Supply Chain.
• Describe a supply chain concept.
• Describe the importance of supplier relationships.
• Describe the importance of customer relationships.
• Describe what influences customer ordering behavior.

Continue your Lean journey, by taking your knowledge up to the next level. Take advantage of our one-time special introductory offer of $290 to purchase our Level 2 – Lean Practitioner training module.