Lean Champion | Certification Program

Lean Champion Certification Program

 

Gain skills to drive Lean transformation in your organization

A certification course lasting for the duration of 7 Days and Certification Day to acquire skills and competencies to develop and lead a program of Lean Transformation within their organization, actively supporting the agents of continuous improvement.

Leading the Lean Transformation

To achieve significant results in Lean Excellence pathways, it is important not only to know tools and techniques, but to set up a transformation plan that fits the business context and business objectives from the strategic vision. In the Lean Champion pathway, participants will be provided with knowledge and skills to Develop and lead a Lean Transformation program within their organization, actively supporting the agents of continuous improvement.

Goals

Main objectives of the course are:

  • Acquire methodologies and tools to define and plan a medium- and long-term business strategy;
  • know the characteristics of an Operational Excellence model and understand how to set up and govern a road map for its implementation;
  • understand how to set up and evaluate in terms of benefits, commitments and impacts in organizing projects for the development of business strategy;
  • understand the opportunities of Lean Digital Transformation and know how to set up a Digital Evolution project;
  • to know an operational model of change management (Change Management) and to learn more about the behavioral elements to be guarded to support the change process.

The format

  • Prework: online test to assess basic knowledge level and recommended readings
  • Training with Learning by Doing Sessions
  • Tutoring: support for the selection and conduct of project work in the company
  • Certification:
    • Final Test
    • Project Work presentation for certification of acquired skills
    • Delivery Certificate

Topics covered

Hoshin Kanri

  • Introduction to Hoshin Kanri: origin, objectives and characteristics
  • From envisioning to Hoshin Kanri
  • The role of corporate Vision, Mission and Values
  • Define medium to long-term goals and set annual goals at each level (What)
  • Identify and select projects and actions to achieve them (How)
  • Responsibilities (Who) and KPIs (How much)
  • The extension and deployment to the entire organization
  • The Hoshin Kanri in action
  • The transfer of priorities and goals to the 2nd level
  • The management mechanisms and routines
  • The Visual Management
  • The tools for monitoring and reviewing projects

Learning By Doing session: setting up a plan Hoshin Kanri

Managing habits for continuous improvement

  • Genesis and Structure of a Behavioral Habit
  • Individual Habits and Organizational Habits
  • When and how to redesign a new work routine (Standard)
  • Identify and define the results we want to achieve
  • Define concrete performance standards to be achieved in the long term
  • Defining the "why yes"
  • Defining the "why not"
  • Photographing the current state and identifying what I want to change
  • Best Practices.
  • So-so Practices of Yesterday
  • PDCA cycle applied to the redesign of work routines
  • How to turn the new routine into an example for others
  • Continuous monitoring and improvement of one's routines

Leading Active Change

  • The genesis of improvement projects: from strategic vision to escalation from the field
  • Classification of projects, from improvement to innovation
  • Why improvement projects fail: factors to watch out for
  • The burning platform: the Reason For Action
  • Evaluation of projects: benefits, efforts and impact on the organization
  • Tools for representing projects
  • Prioritization and governance of the Project Portfolio.
  • Methods and tools for managing project progress and corporate communication
  • Bottom Up Opportunities: from Daily Management to Improvement Projects.
  • The definition of Project Teams, project goals and objectives of the functions
  • Improvement within the organization and corporate culture

Lean & Digital Transformation

  • The ongoing digital transformation, trends and exponential technologies
  • Opportunities of Vertical and Horizontal Digital Integration
  • The Digital Value Stream inside and outside the company
  • The Smart Factory Model
  • The impact of digitalization on business
  • The pillars of the transition to Lean Digital Transformation
  • Planning for Digital Transformation
  • Identify the goals of digital transformation
  • Identify and evaluate support projects
  • Defining the roadmap
  • Realizing change
  • Organization and Competencies of the Digital Company
  • Successful Experiences of Lean Digital Transformation

Learning By Doing session: digital agenda to assess opportunities and threats of a Lean Digital Transformation

The Roadmap to Operational Excellence

  • What is meant by Operational Excellence, what are the goals
  • The technical and managerial pillars of the operational excellence model Lean World Class®
  • The change management model: awareness, preparedness, transformation and sustainability
  • Timelines and goals in the transformation roadmap
  • Awareness: methods and tools for understanding and engagement
  • Preparation: risk management in transformation
  • Time management in the management structure: the Leaders Standard Work
  • The key to people development, management and skills development in the Manufacturing Training System
  • Stakeholder management: recognition and communication
  • The critical elements in the "awkward factory"
  • The government model and the diary of transformation
  • Accountability and escalation in Problem Solving
  • Support the transformation, set up and manage the Auditing system

 

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    Duration

    6 days + Certification Day

    Recipients

    Industrial Director, Operations Director, Plant Director, Operational Excellence Director, Lean Manager, Managers and Functional Managers of all business areas
    € 4.000 (+ VAT) per participant

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    Hoshin Kanri: the approach to translating strategy into action

    1 full immersion day to experiment with the Learning By Doing Hoshin Kanri approach. Objective to translate strategy into concrete actions at all levels of the company

    A group of professionals in a modern office discuss a growing graph on a screen covered with colorful post-it notes, reflecting teamwork and brainstorming habits for continuous improvement during a business meeting.
    31/10/2025

    Creating habits for continuous improvement

    Two days to enable Managers and Professionals to acquire practical tools aimed at creating daily work routines that foster the development of a culture geared toward continuous improvement.
    21/11/2025

    Lean & Digital Evolution

    A day to share experiences and approaches to making digitization a reality.
    18/12/2025

    The Roadmap to Operational Excellence

    How to design and implement a consistent and methodologically sound change management path to achieve operational excellence.