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Belt Modules

Green Belt Modules:



MODULE NAME
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Day 1
Introduction to Lean   Definition, history, purpose and benefits of lean
 
Foundations of a Lean Transformation Part 1 Lean culture, management and fundamental rules
 
Foundations of a Lean Transformation Part 2 House of Lean
 
The Lean Journey Begins How to prioritize organizational issues
 
The Kaizen Philosophy
Kaizen event and mentality
Day 2
Value Stream Mapping
Creating current state maps; value stream mapping
 
Workplace Organization (5S)/
Visual Management
Sustainment to increase efficiency

Kanban
Controlling inventory quality and flow
 Day 3
Hoshin Kanri (KPI's/CSF's)
Linking strategy to tactics

Team Problem Solving
Formal root cause analysis methodology

Meeting Management
Running lean meetings
 
Coaching/Mentoring
Growing people in a lean culture

Data Collection & Analysis
Measuring the right thing in the right way drives action
 
Lean Assessment Preparation
Lean assessment preparation
Day 4
Lean Assessments
Lean assessment at a local company

Project Planning & Implementation 
Formal preparation and presentation for approval from the instructor
Day 5
Project Review  Results
Discussion and analysis by classmates
Online
Quick Changeover (SMED)
Increasing efficiency of changeover for one-piece flow production
 
TPM
Creating maintenance programs that forstall unplanned downtime
 
Poke Yoke
Error-proofing processing
 
Team Building
Creating lean teams that drive continuous improvement

Rewards & Recognition
Rewarding; encouraging a lean culture; lean thinking
 
Leading Through Change
Perpetuating continuous improvement through lean


Black Belt Modules:


MODULE NAME
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Day 1 Introduction to Lean
Definition, history, purpose and benefits of lean

Foundations of a Lean Transformation Part 1
 Lean culture, management and fundamental rules
Day 2 Foundations of a Lean Transformation Part 2
House of Lean

The Lean Journey Begins
How to prioritize organizational issues

Workplace Organization (5S)/
Visual Management
Sustainment to increase efficiency
Day 3 Value Stream Mapping
Creating current state maps; value stream mapping
Day 4 Kanban
Controlling inventory quality and flow

Hoshin Kanri (KPI's/CSF's)
Linking strategy to tactics
Day 5 Team Problem Solving
Formal root cause analysis methodology
 
Data Collection & Analysis
Measuring the right thing in the right way drives action
Day 6
Meeting Management
Running lean meetings

Coaching/Mentoring
Growing people in a lean culture
 
Lean Assessment Preparation
Lean assessment preparation
Day 7
Lean Assessments
Visits, scoring and presentations to host companies
Day 8
Project Planning & Implementation
Formal preparation and presentation for approval from the instructor
Day 9
Project Review & Results
Discussion and analysis by classmates
Online
The Kaizen Philosophy
Kaizen event and mentality
 
Quick Changeover (SMED)
Increasing efficiency of changeover for one-piece flow production
 
TPM
Creating maintenance programs that forstall unplanned downtime 
 
Poke Yoke
Error-proofing processing
 
Team Building
Creating lean teams that drive continuous improvement

Rewards & Recognition
Rewarding; encouraging a lean culture; lean thinking

Leading Through Change
Perpetuating continuous improvement through lean


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