Want to Train Your Staff on Lean and Organizational Excellence?

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Several training series have recently been published on Flevy  on the management topics of Lean (Operational Excellence) and Organizational Excellence. These training series can be used for internal certification programs in organizations of all sizes.

Lean Shop Floor Training Series – 8 Modules.  This is a Lean training series for beginners.  With this series, you can arm your front line staff with the tools and techniques required to minimize waste by applying and sustaining lean principles and practices.

Lean Leader Training Series – 12 Modules.  This is a Lean training series for Team Leads and Supervisors.  This training series is at a higher standard than the shop floor series.

Lean Champion Training Series – 15 Modules.  This is a Lean training series for Managers and above roles.  These series is at the highest standard among the 3 Lean enterprise series. When a person completes all the 15 modules, she can be awarded a “Lean Champion” certificate by your organization, which is equivalent to a Black Belt.  At this point, she can lead groups of team in successfully developing strategies and implementation of various Lean principles.

Organizational Excellence Workshop (OEF) Framework – 10 modules.  The OEF Framework integrates various excellence models and provides implementation guidelines for the practitioner.

About the Training Series Authors

Vishnu Rayapeddi is a management executive with over 26 years of experience in End-to-end Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Operations Management, Strategic Planning, Business/Operational Excellence, and Process Re-engineering/Improvement.

Dawn Ringrose has been consulting in Organizational Performance since 1984. She is a Certified Organizational Excellence Specialist, Certified Excellence Professional, Registered ISO 9000 Specialist, Assessor of Quality Systems, and Certified Seminar Leader.

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Process Improvement involves analyzing and improving existing business processes in the pursuit of optimized performance. The goals are typically to continuously reduce costs, minimize errors, eliminate waste, improve productivity, and streamline activities.

As we continue to deal with COVID-19 and its economic aftermath, most organizations will prioritize Business Process Improvement initiatives. This is true for a few reasons. First, Process Improvement is one of the most common and effective ways of reducing costs. As the global economy slows down, Cost Management will jump to the forefront of most corporate agendas.

Secondly, a downturn typically unveils ineffective and broken business processes. Organizations that once seemed agile and focused during periods of growth may become sluggish and inefficient when demand drops off.

Lastly, COVID-19 has expedited Digital Transformation for most organizations. One of the quickest and most impactful forms of Digital Transformation is Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Thus, we have included numerous RPA frameworks within this Stream.

Learn about our Process Improvement Best Practice Frameworks here.