Lean Practitioner

• Understand the philosophy, tools, and principles of Lean Management.
• Assess the production capacity, resource losses, and delivery times of a production unit, activity flow, or organization.
• Create process mapping based on field observations.
• Analyze a process to locate and quantify various dysfunctions.
• Make operations faster, more agile, leaner, and more reliable.
• Develop a performance management system based on field indicators and problem-tracking routines.
• Lead a problem-solving workshop on flow and/or organizational efficiency using the Kaizen Event approach.

• History and positioning of Lean Management
• DMAIC method and Kaizen Event
• Process capacity: cycle time and Takt time
• Work-in-progress, inventory, waiting time, and Little’s law
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Rhythm diagrams
• Value-added analysis and waste elimination
• Process Cycle Efficiency and Overall Process Efficiency
• First Pass Yield and Rolled Throughput Yield
• Theory of constraints and line balancing
• Continuous flow
• Pull system and kanban
• Visual management, poka-yoke, 5S
• SMED
• Heijunka, dynamic capacity adjustment, and standardization
• Maximum acceptable work-in-progress (WIP max)
• Kata and Short Interval Management
• Toyota Way
• Complex flow analysis
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

All sectors (industry and services).

• Project managers/consultants (internal or external) in organization, quality, continuous improvement, or operational excellence.
• Logistics managers.
• Supply Chain Managers.
• Production managers.
• Operations Managers.
• Quality managers.
  No prerequisites required.

Certification Lean Management obtained based on the successful completion of the Lean Management exam.

This exam validates the acquisition of Lean Management knowledge in line with the LSSx.0 body of knowledge, which is necessary for achieving the targeted skills. It includes a mix of recall questions (e.g., definitions), execution tasks (e.g., calculations, tool selection), and application of acquired knowledge (e.g., concluding based on results, making decisions in a given situation).

• Online exam, closed book, with video monitoring from the candidate’s computer.
• Multiple-choice questionnaire: 25 questions.
• Duration of the exam: 50 minutes.
• Language: French or English.
• The exam must be taken within six months after the training.
• The candidate freely schedules the exam at their chosen date and time.
• Pass criteria: Score ≥ 60%
• One retake allowed in case of failure.
• It is possible to retake the exam after a second failure by purchasing a new exam.