Introduction to Lean

Introduction to Lean (English)

An introduction to Lean, a collaborative scientific approach to continuous improvement. Lean thinking is about improving our own work to flow more value to customers, BE Lean. Get a Certificate of Completion. Prerequisite course. Price incl. HST/GST.

Buy $24.95 - Acheter $24.95 Free Preview - Aperçu gratuit

Self-paced learning, it's easy

We create courses based on best practices from adult education research. Join the some 3,000+ participants across Canada who have attended Lean workshops offered by Alpen Path Solutions since March 2015. Be Lean!

Short videos, quizzes and downloads
Proposed readings and optional work-based assignment
Self-paced course duration is approximately 2 hours for all mandatory elements to receive a Certificate of Completion. The duration with the proposed reading and the optional work-based assignment is approximately one day.
This course is a prerequisite for all other Lean courses
Each registration provides access for a full year!

Course curriculum

1. Your Lean learning journey
2. Introduction to Lean - Course Workbook (PDF to view, download or print)
3. What is Lean?
  FREE PREVIEW
4. Lean: improve flow
5. The Bicycle Book Story by Prof. Zoe Radnor
6. Lean basics quiz
1. Problems: a paradigm shift
2. Collaborative science in Lean, an overview
3. Lean, science of work quiz
1. Myths about Lean
1. Kaizen, how we improve in a Lean organization
2. Defining an improvement
3. Improvement quiz
1. Lean roots, a very brief history of Lean
1. The bedrock of a Lean culture: Part 1
2. The bedrock of a Lean culture: Part 2
3. Lean culture quiz
1. Lean scientific component 1: Identify value from the customer's perspective
1. Lean scientific component 2: Visualize how value flows to customers - Part 1-Overview
2. Lean scientific component 2: Visualize how value flows to customers. Part 2-Tools
3. Lean scientific component 2: Visualize how value flows to customers. Part 3-Measures
4. Quiz - Lean scientific component 2: Visualize how value flows to customers
1. Lean scientific component 3: Improve the flow of value to customers. Part 1-Value and Business non-value activities
2. Lean scientific component 3: Improve the flow of value to customers. Part 2-Energy wastes
3. Lean scientific component 3: Improve the flow of value to customers. Part 3-Quality at the source
4. Quiz A - Lean scientific component 3: Improve the flow of value to customers
5. Lean scientific component 3: Improve the flow of value to customers. Part 4-PDSA
6. Lean scientific component 3: Improve the flow of value to customers. Part 5-Flow vs Capacity
7. Lean scientific component 3: Improve the flow of value to customers. Part 6-Containing flow
8. Pull team simulation instructions
9. Quiz B - Lean scientific component 3: Improve the flow of value to customers
1. Lean scientific component 4: Aim for 100% flow efficiency
1. Lean: Manage work as a flow system
1. 11_x_17_Intro_to_Lean_actionable_takeaways
1. 'Meals Per Hour' video from Toyota
1. Work-based assignment_Intro to Lean
2. Microsoft Word version of the Work-based assignment_Intro to Lean

About this course

$24.95
37 lessons
Downloadable tools in PDF format
Hands-on exercises and a work-based assignment to practice

Lean is Flow Academy by Alpen Path Solutions Inc.

Introduction to Lean (English)

Self-paced learning, it's easy

Course curriculum

1. Basics

2. Lean: Science of work based on flow

3. Beyond myths

4. Improvement in Lean

5. History

6. A Lean culture

7. Lean Scientific Component 1

8. Lean Scientific Component 2

9. Lean Scientific Component 3

10. Lean Scientific Component 4

11. Reading

12. Eight actionable takeaways

13. Additional video

14. Work-based assignment

About this course