Lean Kaizen Leader© Certificate

Gives you all of the essentials of identifying, preparing, and delivering the most powerful of Lean tools ever: the Kaizen!

MSOE's Business Excellence Consortium (BEC) offers the new Lean Kaizen Leader program that will inspire and enable you and your organization to successfully launch high-powered Kaizen activities that have changed so many world-class organizations.

This program includes three weeks of intense Lean Kaizen facilitator preparation plus two week-long Kaizen events at BEC partner facilities. During the first week of Kaizen, you will watch and learn from a Lean Sensei. Then, during the second Kaizen week, you will facilitate your own Kaizen event while being mentored by a Lean Sensei.

The course concludes with a facilitator review of each Kaizen event, key lessons learned, and a high-focused Train-the-Trainer session that will leave you capable of leading world-class Kaizen events and training additional Lean Kaizen Leaders in your organization. The Lean Kaizen Leader program is built around proven instructional and experiential materials developed by Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc.

Program Schedule and Content

Week 1: Lean tools and Kaizen starter kit

• Introduction to Lean
• Lean Tools Overview
• The Eight Wastes
• Mapping Tools
• Lean Deployment Simulation
• Standard Work
• Manning Models
• 5S and Visual Management
• Cell Design
• TPM
• OEE
• SMED

Week 2: Kaizen simulation, site preparation, team preparation, and charter preparation

• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
  • Creating a Current State Map
  • Creative Value
  • Creating a Future State Map
  • VSM Exercise
• Trainer Facilitation Skills
• Kaizen Planning and Preparation
• Kaizen Process Flow
• Kaizen Forms
• Kaizen Charter and Event Forms
• Kaizen Simulation
• Kaizen Case Studies
• Creating Process Method Sheets

Week 3: Participation as a team leader in a Kaizen event at a BEC partner facility

Week 4: Facilitate a Kaizen event at a BEC partner facility

Week 5: Review of the Kaizen events, lessons learned analysis, and Train-the-Trainer(TTT) instruction

• Kaizen Reviews
• Kaizen Lessons Learned
• Building Your Elevator Speech
• Team Dynamics
• Coaching Methods
• Managing Change
• Leadership and Mentoring
• Learning to Lead
• Office Lean Simulation
• How to Share Best Practices
• Project Management Methods
• Communications Planning
• Meeting Effectiveness
• Team Formation and Performance
• Teach Back (TTT)
• Office Implementations
• Why Lean Office?
• Lean Project Deployment Planning
• Capstone

Upon completion, you will:

• Have a deep level of understanding and confidence in the Lean philosophies, tools, and deployment processes
• Understand how to identify risks during a Kaizen event and manage your team through the danger points
• Define and separate Kaizens from projects and JDIs (just-do-its)
• Understand how Kaizens can be stand-alone business catalysts and/or project support activities
• Learn how to manage the Kaizen-follow up activities to successful conclusion
• Be certified as a Kaizen Leader

What’s been the response to Lean Kaizen Leader: