Level One Lean Certification
DVIRC’s Level One Lean Certification is a comprehensive series of workshops that introduce Lean principles and prepare you to successfully implement the basic tools of a Lean enterprise.
Course Overview
The journey builds on our popular Principles of Lean course, expanding participants’ understanding of what customers truly perceive as value and distinguishing value-added from non-value-added activities to eliminate costly waste.
The DVIRC Difference
As a great starting point for your Continuous Improvement journey, the Level One Lean Certification deploys a pragmatic, hands-on approach to bring workshop knowledge into the workplace. Upon completion, candidates will understand how to uncover improvement opportunities within the organization and capitalize on them in a team- based format to create real value through reduced costs, increased cash flow, and improved customer satisfaction.
Level One Lean students on a plant tour.
DVIRC’s unique approach teaches participants to:
- Understand how to recognize and eliminate waste through the PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA) cycle
- Determine key activity categories: value added, non-valued-added, and necessary non-value-added
- Identify and map the value stream, pinpointing areas that require improvement
- Develop a roadmap and implementation plan
- Turn data into actionable information to quantify problems and prioritize countermeasures
- Understand “Kata” methodology and how to use a structured coaching approach to drive continuous improvement thinking and acting, down to the contributor level
What You'll Learn
- A3 Thinking
- Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
- Effective Communication
- Kata Principles
- Root Cause Analysis
- Training Within Industry (TWI)
- Graphical Analysis
- Project Coaching & Feedback
- Teaming
- Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
- Capstone Lean 101
- Plant Tour & Presentation
Benefits
On average, each project yields a minimum of $50,000 in cost savings!
During the course of our Level One Lean Certification workshop series, participants will:
- Apply what they learn to an actual Continuous Improvement project at their facility, and every student develops the components of their own A3:
- Developing a Problem Statement
- Defining Current Condition
- Setting a Target Condition
- Applying Root Cause Analysis
- Develop an ability to identify non-value-added activities (i.e. waste) in processes through DVIRC’s “learn and apply” approach
- Help develop solutions to minimize or eliminate non-value-added activities
- Build essential skills related to job instructions, relations, and methods
- Work with a learning partner to implement Continuous Improvement practices
- Participate in a plant tour to see the application of Lean best practices
- Network and learn from peers
Who Should Take This Course
The Level One Lean Certification is ideal for manufacturing or other business leaders who are committed to starting their Lean journey. Operations, office staff…virtually any role in a wide variety of industries will find value in this in-depth, foundational course.