Lean for Leaders

Issued by Kansas State University

The earner demonstrated an understanding of Lean Thinking and how it can be used by individuals and teams to improve customer satisfaction, reduce errors, increase efficiencies, and work more effectively with teams to solve problems during an 8-hour introductory session.

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Skills

Earning Criteria

Understand the value Lean Thinking (or a Plan, Do, Check, Act approach) brings to an organization
Recognize Lean as a management philosophy that has the potential to impact on an organization’s culture and bottom-line
Compare and contrast the ways in which Lean Thinking is similar to or different from other quality initiatives
Utilize Lean methods and tools to solve everyday problems presented in the simulation exercise
Design control plans and counter measures to sustain organizational improvements
Content requires approximately 6 to 8 hours to complete in a full day workshop.
Apply concepts learned in the simulations to demonstrate improvement of processes
Understand the critical success factors that make Lean work in an organization
Become familiar with a full set of Lean tools, focusing on when to use them, how to use them, and why to use them