Upon completion of this course, the student will:

  • Have gained a broad perspective of Lean Enterprise concepts and understand the interaction between the Lean elements, rules, and tools.
  • Understand how Lean concepts can be applied to the different operational departments of a business, why the organization culture must change and why the Lean process must be institutionalized.
  • Recognize how the application of Lean principles can substantially improve the operating and financial performance of any business.
  • Understand the need to change and how to recognize and eliminate waste.
  • Know how to determine value added, non-valued-added and non-value-added-but-required activities.
  • Understand why everyone in the organization must participate and how this is accomplished.
  • Know the importance of identifying the value stream, how it is mapped and how to identify the areas that require improvement.
  • Gain a complete understanding of the elements of Flow and Pull and how these are applied.
  • Learn why the pursuit of perfection is a way of life.
  • Understand the fundamentals of Standard Work and how these can be used to help eliminate process variation.
  • Recognize why the limit-people-and-materials rules are important and how they are integrated with the lean tools to eliminate waste.
  • Understand how to develop a road map and an implementation plan.
  • Understand Policy Deployment and why this is a critical part of any Lean implementation process.
  • Recognize the fundamental importance of the Kaizen process, how this is used in every aspect of a Lean implementation and how it is used to change the culture.
  • Learn about the concept of Design for Manufacture and Assembly and how design influences cost.
  • Gain a broad understanding of the concepts of 5S, Single Minute Exchange of Dies (Quick Change), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Kanban, Visual Workplace, Error-Proofing, Scheduling.
  • Understand the role of accounting in the Lean implementation process and how lean metrics must replace traditional metrics. Find out how metrics drive behavior and how cost of quality impacts business performance.
  • Get an overview of Six-Sigma and how Lean Enterprise and Six-Sigma are complimentary processes that are used to improve business performance.


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Lean Mastery

GES 404 -- 60 hours

Course Objectives

    Upon completion of this course, the student will:

    • Have gained a broad perspective of Lean Enterprise concepts and understand the interaction between the Lean elements, rules, and tools.
    • Understand how Lean concepts can be applied to the different operational departments of a business, why the organization culture must change and why the Lean process must be institutionalized.
    • Recognize how the application of Lean principles can substantially improve the operating and financial performance of any business.
    • Understand the need to change and how to recognize and eliminate waste.
    • Know how to determine value added, non-valued-added and non-value-added-but-required activities.
    • Understand why everyone in the organization must participate and how this is accomplished.
    • Know the importance of identifying the value stream, how it is mapped and how to identify the areas that require improvement.
    • Gain a complete understanding of the elements of Flow and Pull and how these are applied.
    • Learn why the pursuit of perfection is a way of life.
    • Understand the fundamentals of Standard Work and how these can be used to help eliminate process variation.
    • Recognize why the limit-people-and-materials rules are important and how they are integrated with the lean tools to eliminate waste.
    • Understand how to develop a road map and an implementation plan.
    • Understand Policy Deployment and why this is a critical part of any Lean implementation process.
    • Recognize the fundamental importance of the Kaizen process, how this is used in every aspect of a Lean implementation and how it is used to change the culture.
    • Learn about the concept of Design for Manufacture and Assembly and how design influences cost.
    • Gain a broad understanding of the concepts of 5S, Single Minute Exchange of Dies (Quick Change), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Kanban, Visual Workplace, Error-Proofing, Scheduling.
    • Understand the role of accounting in the Lean implementation process and how lean metrics must replace traditional metrics. Find out how metrics drive behavior and how cost of quality impacts business performance.
    • Get an overview of Six-Sigma and how Lean Enterprise and Six-Sigma are complimentary processes that are used to improve business performance.


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