Lean Black Belt English

The Online Lean Black Belt course is an interactive training designed for individuals and teams with an aim for improving processes within their organization by acquiring thorough understanding of the most important Lean methods and techniques.The training follows a learn, apply and reflect structure in order to gain, experience and live Lean knowledge and practice. During the course you are invited to and adviced to practically apply the gained knowledge by carrying out an improvement project of your choice, supported by a Lean Global Network coach. After the training has ended, you may opt to apply for certification. This course is an excellent way to achieve true improvements!

For whom
Individuals and teams who will initiate, guide and/or execute process improvement within the own organization (that transcend the boundaries of a department) and the value chain in which your organization operates.Anyone with a heart and mind for processes and improvement: Project leaders, Continuous Improvement Facilitators and coaches, Line managers, Process and Value Stream Managers, etc. In the past 15 years we have had participants from many many different sectors: Industry, Retail, Logistics, Insurance and Banking, IT, Government, etc. If you have any questions whether this course is the right match for you, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Main Topics
The general outline of the Lean Practitioners Course follows the Lean House or Toyota Production System and in so doing has a process focus. Main concepts that will be addressed:

Lean fundamentals
The fundamentals of Lean Thinking and Acting in particular it’s primary focus on creating value for customers by creating briljant processes by developing people.

Problem Solving & A3 thinking
PDCA scientific way of addressing small day to day and recurring problems. A3 methodology of documenting, communicating and coaching of problems and improvement projects.

JIT process improvement
The fundamental and structural (Kaizen) approach to  continuously reduce your leadtime by applying (the tool) value stream mapping and concepts like Flow, Pull and Levelling.

Basic Stability
The big prerequisite for process improvement, How to increase the predictability of process outcome by reducing instability of Man, Machine (computers, software), Material (data) and Method.[/toggle][toggle title="Jidoka"]The art of building in Quality in Machines and Processes

Operational Management
Managing day to day, week to week, month to month operations by visualizing and addressing deviations at every level in the organisation.

Your A3 improvement project and coaching
We believe that you don't learn Lean or Six Sigma from a book or a Powerpoint. Therefore certification requires successful completion of a hands-on improvement project. You will be assigned a coach who will assist you (up to 4 – 8 hours included in the entrance fee) during the entire course of your  project assignment. Your coach is a senior trainer/consultant of the Lean Gobal Network based in the country of your residence. In many cases coaching can take place in person and in your native tongue. Everything we do is aimed at making you succesful!

Certification
The certification consists of two parts: first, passing an online exam on the theory covered in the training and studied by the participant. The second part is the presentation of the project carried out by the participant in A3 format. With a satisfactory result the participant will receive a  Lean Practitioner (or Lean Black Belt) certificate issued by the Lean Global Network.

Course set-up and dates
This course can be set-up Online (12x4hours online course) or Incompany.