Lean Principles for Managers (1 day) Understand the true purpose of Lean and its application. Includes a simple simulation.

Managing a Process (2 days) Workshop that develops customer, process and metrics awareness. Participants develop their own action plans.

Effective Team Leadership (2 days)Understand Team dynamics, decision-making in teams, encouraging the right behaviours, overcoming barriers to change. Work on case studies and participants’ own challenges.

Using Data Effectively for Management (2 days) Highlights from ‘Effective Data Analysis’ and ‘Decision-Making with Statistics’, with additional detail on managers’ roles in guiding effective use of data in their business

A selection of the customised courses offered by Lean in Finance

Training for Leadership

Problem-Solving Boot Camp (2 days) Using DMAIC for day-to-day problem-solving, based around a simulated workplace so that tools are applied immediately Seeing Waste in your Workplace (2 days) Practical application of Value Stream Mapping in the workplace to find waste and understand its causes Creating a Visual Workplace (2 days) 5S and Visual Management. Participants bring their own data to create Visual Management systems Effective Data Analysis (2 days) Establishing metrics, data collection/sampling, graphical analysis and Control Charts. Minitab or Excel. Decision-making with Statistics (2 days) Basics of Hypothesis Testing with Minitab or Excel. Avoiding Problems (1 day) Failure Mode and Effect Analysis training with participant examples and techniques for leveraging the methodology on a wider scale Delivering Effective Presentations (1 day) Principles of effective presentation structure, design and delivery; Individual practice and feedback

Short Courses for General Employees

Getting to Grips with Big Data Introductory course on Data Mining and Predictive Analysis using Minitab •Data Cleansing •Pattern Recognition (Cluster analysis, Principal Components, Factor Analysis) •Predictive Analysis (Multiple Regression, Logistic Regression, Trend Analysis) •Duration and content customised to suit client needs

Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt •Duration and content customised to suit client needs •Minitab, JMP or (for GB only) Excel •Technical or transactional

Create a New Process/Product •Simple, practical tools to deliver reliable results, on cost and budget •Technical or transactional •1 week+, content customised to suit client needs

Advanced Courses