Lean Foundations Workshop

Struggling with bottlenecks, rework, or wasted time in your processes? You’re not alone; process inefficiencies cost companies up to 30% of their revenue each year.

The Lean Foundations Workshop gives you the tools to change that. In just two days, you’ll go beyond theory and dive into real-world Lean techniques through an immersive Kaizen simulation. You’ll learn how to identify the root causes of inefficiency, eliminate waste, and boost the flow of value across any process, whether in operations, manufacturing, healthcare, or office workflows.

Led by expert instructors, this hands-on workshop introduces powerful tools like 5S, value stream mapping, and root cause analysis. You’ll leave with a practical Lean toolkit and a customized action plan to start improving processes immediately. Plus, you’ll earn 19.5 PDUs to help maintain your professional credentials.

After completing this course, participants will be able to define value from the customer’s perspective, map value streams, quantify flow, and remove waste using proven Lean tools and behaviors. Graduates return ready to facilitate improvements, sustain gains, and build momentum for a Lean culture.

• Explain Lean principles and distinguish value-add vs. non–value-add work
• Create current- and future-state value stream maps to visualize flow
• Measure and interpret takt time, cycle time, lead time, WIP, and throughput
• Identify and reduce the eight wastes (muda), using 5 Whys and cause-and-effect
• Apply 5S, visual management, standard work, and basic Kanban/WIP limits
• Plan and facilitate a focused Kaizen/PDCA improvement effort and sustain results