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      Leading Lean

      Sept 14th, 21st, 28th, and Oct 5th 2023 - 4-session virtual event designed for site leaders, operations VPs, lean and production manager. | Virtual

      Achieving and sustaining a CI culture requires leaders at every level to manage change and drive results. Learn the concepts, processes and behaviors for creating your lean leadership playbook and routines for teaching/coaching teams.

      • 1 Week
      • For Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders, Operational Excellence Managers, Upper Management
      • For industries in Administration / Service, Laboratories, Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Maintenance Miracle – An Autonomous Maintenance Kaizen Event – Fall 2023

      September 26-29, 2023 - A 3 ½ day hands on learning event | Archbold, Ohio

      This event teaches the 7-steps of Autonomous Maintenance and demonstrates the process for conducting AM steps 1-3 in your facility. Designed for production, maintenance and engineering managers, supervisors, team leaders and process owners interested in improving equipment and process reliability and safety

      • 1 Week
      • For Associates, Operational Excellence Managers, Supervisors / Team Leads, TPM Managers
      • For industries in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      The Daily Management System

      September 28, 2023 A live 6-hour virtual seminar | Virtual

      Ensuring sustainment through organization-wide operational governance.
      A daily management system is a set of standard practices that keep improvement efforts on track and moving forward. DMS is the missing link in many operational excellence initiatives and the key to long-term sustainment by providing a structured way for leaders-at-all-levels to engage and provide direct, in-the-workplace, management and teaching routines.

      • 1 Day
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Green Belts, Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders, Supervisors / Team Leads, TPM Managers, Upper Management
      • For industries in Administration / Service, Laboratories, Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Lean Manager Certification – Fall 2023

      Week 1: Oct 9-13 / Week 2: Nov 6-10 / Week 3: Dec 4-8 / Week 4: Jan 8-11 | Columbus, OH

      The systemic approach to Lean implementation. Learn the principles, methods, and techniques of lean production (technical) and lean management (social) in this fully-accredited certification collaboratively offered by Productivity Inc. and The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.

      • 4 Weeks
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders, Operational Excellence Managers, Production Managers, TPM Managers, Upper Management, V-P Manufacturing
      • For industries in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Lean in Laboratories – A 5-Day Certificate Program

      November 27th - December 1st 2023 | Virtual


      In this live virtual event, learn how Lean techniques coupled with a Lean mindset speed throughput, eliminate quality issues, increase workplace satisfaction and improve customer service. The result: a 50 to 90% performance improvement plus an energized, visual laboratory workplace.

      • 1 Week, Online Learning
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Engineering / R/D Manager, Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders, Operational Excellence Managers, Quality Managers, Upper Management
      • For industries in Laboratories
      The Lean Office – Spring 2024

      January 22-26, 2024 – A 5-day Virtual Program | Virtual

      Provide an understanding of the foundational Lean techniques specifically designed for application in a service organization or manufacturing service environment. Designed for service and administrative managers looking to start a Lean effort in their organization.

      • 1 Week, Online Learning
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Green Belts, Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders
      • For industries in Administration / Service, Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Lean Manager Certification – Spring 2024

      Week 1: March 11-15 / Week 2: April 8-12 / Week 3: May 6-10 / Week 4: June 3-6 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

      The systemic approach to Lean implementation. Learn the principles, methods, and techniques of lean production (technical) and lean management (social) in this fully-accredited certification collaboratively offered by Productivity Inc. and The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.

      • 4 Weeks
      • For Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders, Operational Excellence Managers, Production Managers, Quality Managers, TPM Managers, Upper Management, V-P Manufacturing
      • For industries in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Total Productive Maintenance Manager Certification – Spring 2024

      Week 1: March 11-15 / Week 2: April 8-12 / Week 3: May 6-10 / Week 4: June 3-6 | Columbus, OH

      Created to develop resources capable of leading/managing a dynamic maintenance management and equipment improvement process using Total Productive Maintenance. Fully accredited certification for TPM managers and reliability leaders since 2010.

      • 4 Weeks
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders, Maintenance Managers, Production Managers, Supervisors / Team Leads, TPM Managers
      • For industries in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Lean Management Certification for Administration and Service Industries

      Check back for dates! | Columbus, OH

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      This program develops resources capable of leading/managing a Lean transformation in your service or administrative environment and is designed for senior and middle managers looking to drive waste from their processes to boost enterprise-wide performance and improve customer service. This is a fully-accredited certification designed specifically for administrative and service industry professionals.

      • 3 Weeks
      • For Supervisors / Team Leads
      • For industries in Administration / Service
      Maintenance Miracle – An Autonomous Maintenance Kaizen Event – Spring 2024

      A 3 ½ day hands on learning event - Check back for dates!

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      This event teaches the 7-steps of Autonomous Maintenance and demonstrates the process for conducting AM steps 1-3 in your facility. Designed for production, maintenance and engineering managers, supervisors, team leaders and process owners interested in improving equipment and process reliability and safety.

      • 1 Week
      • For industries in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Manager of Maintenance Improvement Certificate

      September 11th-15th, 2023 – A 5-day fully-accredited program - Coming Again 2024 | Columbus, OH

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      Provides an understanding of the core techniques for improving manufacturing performance and equipment reliability. Designed for maintenance and production resources seeking a solid understanding of the fundamental techniques for improving the maintenance process. Fully accredited...

      • 1 Week
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Maintenance Managers, Production Managers, Supervisors / Team Leads, TPM Managers
      • For industries in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Hoshin Kanri: Deploying Priorities, From Vision to Daily Work

      A live 6-hour virtual seminar - Coming Again 2024 | Virtual

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      Regrouping and refocusing your organization now, to concentrate on the vital few -- those things that will make a real difference to your organization’s performance -- seems a prudent thing to do. But how do you take all of the things there are to do, distill them down to the critical few and then defuse them throughout the entire organization? Through Hoshin Kanri.

      • 1 Day
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Green Belts, Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders, TPM Managers, Upper Management
      • For industries in Administration / Service, Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Lean Tool Awareness Certificate – Fall 2024

      A 5-day Fully-Accredited Program | Columbus, OH

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      Provides an understanding of the core Lean principles and techniques and how to use them to support your organization's CI effort. Designed for those seeking a solid understanding of Lean techniques and for managers, supervisors, and team leaders...

      • 1 Week
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Green Belts, Lean CI Managers, Lean leaders, Supervisors / Team Leads, Upper Management
      • For industries in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      Strengthen Your Lean Basics – Series

      A Consultant-Led Series of Virtual Events | Virtual

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      Sit your improvement strategy atop a solid foundation
      We invite leaders to reenergize their improvement efforts by returning to the basics. The timing could not be better to regroup and refocus your organization on those things that will make a difference in 2021…improvements in quality, cost, delivery and safety. No surprise, the foundational principles of Lean have a lot to offer here to help you.

      • Online Learning
      • For industries in Administration / Service, Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)
      The 3P Experience – Beyond the Kaizen Event

      A 4-day program – Check back for dates!

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      A hands-on training featuring an interactive look inside an actual 3P project with the team members that did the work. Created to teach a process for rapidly designing (or redesigning) product and production processes to ensure capability and build in quality, reliability, and flow-takt-pull. Designed for managers of engineering, product, development, and manufacturing looking for radical improvement in design of lean supply chains, facilities, value streams, right-sized equipment, processes, products and services.

      • 1 Week
      • For Department / Functional Managers, Engineering / R/D Manager, Operational Excellence Managers, Production Managers, Upper Management, V-P Manufacturing
      • For industries in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete)

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    • Our certificate programs are designed to develop individual’s capabilities to participate/support organizational CI initiatives.
    • Provides education through lecture, case study and simulation in the fundamental techniques of the area of interest.
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    • Our certification programs are designed to develop individual’s capabilities to lead an organization-wide CI initiative and coach others in the application of the CI techniques.
    • Provides education through lecture, case study, simulation and practical application in the core principles and methodologies as well as supporting techniques of the area of interest.
    • Includes project work.
    • Requires demonstration of knowledge through project application and certification exam.
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