Learn how to create a lean operating and management system that will lead your organization through the changes needed to cultivate and support a lean, continuous-improvement, problem-solving culture.
In this hands-on, simulation-based workshop, a veteran lean coach will guide you through how to develop an effective, flexible, lean operating system that continuously improves your organization’s business performance during both stable and fast-changing business conditions.
You will experience ways to improve on-time delivery, product quality, and operational flexibility.
Critically, you’ll learn how and why your management system must align the organizations’ strategy and business objectives throughout the organization and to the front line, including design of work and problem-solving at the gemba.
You’ll also grasp how and why integrating various lean practices and concepts — standardized work, pull system, kanban, and employee capability development — into a management system enables you to resolve problems, make breakthrough improvements, and meet business challenges head-on.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop an in-depth understanding and the necessary skills for designing and implementing an effective and flexible lean operating system that adapts to changing business conditions.
- Grasp the nuances of integral lean concepts like flow, standard work, kaizen, takt, and pull systems.
- Understand leaders’ and managers’ critical roles in creating, sustaining, and improving a lean operating system.
Who Should Participate?
Executive leadership teams and their top managers and employees who:
- oversee any function in any industry,
- have some understanding of essential lean terms or some experience with lean thinking and practices, and
- would like to understand how to deploy lean thinking and practices as a system.
Group Discounts
Register three or more students from your organization and save 12.5% off every registration. To receive a group discount, register as a group through the registration link and the discount will automatically apply.
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel your registration for in-person workshops four weeks before the course start date for a full refund. A cancellation occurring within four weeks of the workshop dates will be subject to a $350 fee. To cancel, please call LEI at (617) 871-2900 or email registrar@lean.org.
Karen Gaudet
Senior Coach, Lean Enterprise Institute
Karen has over 30 years of experience leading, training, and developing the capability of team members and executives in rapid-growth environments. Most recently, she’s coached clients in various industries as they adopt lean thinking and practices. They include Microsoft (data center construction), Legal Seafood (hospitality); TriMark (distribution); Abiomed (medical research and device manufacturing), and the […]
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Masia Goodman
Director of Online Learning,
Lean Enterprise Institute
Masia Goodman leads online learning at the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), with an extensive background with learners across all age groups. Her foray into education began in 2000, initially as a pre-school aid while attending college, then as a high school teacher of French and Comparative World Religion. Masia embarked on her lean journey in […]
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Cormac Acevedo
Lean Coach, Lean Enterprise Institute
Principal, Lean In LLC
Cormac has worked with LEI since 2018, first as a client and then as an LEI coach, helping clients in the healthcare, construction, and plastics industries. Previously, Cormac served as an engineer, lean leader, and coach for over 20 years in such industries as: Healthcare – Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Service Parts and Logistics – […]
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Matthew Savas
Director, Content
Lean Enterprise Institute
Director, Lean Global Network
Matt serves as content director at the Lean Enterprise Institute responsible for the institute’s content strategy in all mediums. He previously served as Director of the Lean Global Network, where he supported the network’s 30+ institutes and partners to spread lean thinking around the globe. Matt has a BA in East Asian Studies from Bates College […]
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Morgantown, PA Workshop Location:
Viwinco Windows + Doors
R&D and Training Center
848 Hemlock Rd,
Morgantown, PA 19543
Suggested Nearby Hotels:
- SpringHill Suites
730 Eagleview Blvd, Exton, PA 19341
This hotel is located approximately 17 miles from Viwinco (~30 minute drive).
- Hampton Inn
4 N Pottstown Pike, Exton, PA 19341
This hotel is located approximately 16 miles from Viwinco (~25 minute drive).
Nearest Airports:
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
Lancaster Airport (LNS)
Harrisburg International Airport (MDT)
(Seattle Area) Redmond, WA Workshop Location:
Genie Industries
Terex Aerial Work Platforms
18700 NE 65th St.
Redmond, WA 98052
Suggested Nearby Hotels:
Nearest Airports:
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)