Lean Manufacturing

Improve quality, reduce lead times, and lower costs.

In-Person Courses

Backed by the University of Michigan

About

Through expert lectures, case studies, exercises, and simulations, Lean Manufacturing will equip you with the skills needed to enhance productivity and increase customer satisfaction. By implementing Lean principles and eliminating waste, you can improve your manufacturing process. Learn how to use Lean manufacturing tools, methods, and change management techniques and set your team on a path to success.

Thanks to [this] program, Lean concepts are no longer just words spoken in a boardroom. The Lean Manufacturing training has triggered responses that engage everyone in our manufacturing facility and office areas alike.
Past Participant
- Lean Manufacturing

Who Should Attend

This program will benefit any manufacturing, production, purchasing, and supply chain professional. Over 9,000 participants have received a Lean Manufacturing Certificate. Program alumni represent a variety of industry sectors:

  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Computer
  • Defense
  • Furniture
  • Glass
  • Government
  • Logistics
  • Plastics
  • Semiconductors
  • Shipbuilding
  • Steel
  • Telecom
  • Tire
  • Tool and Die

Courses

Week 1 and 2

*LAPTOP REQUIRED*

Choose which 2-week path you’d like to complete. Each path has the same Week 1.

Week 1: Lean Manufacturing Essentials
Week 2 – Maize: Lean Methods & Implementation
Week 2 – Blue: Complementary Lean Tools & Practice

Course

Lean Manufacturing - Maize

Course

Lean Manufacturing - Blue

Master Certificate

*LAPTOP REQUIRED*

Within two years of completing either Maize or Blue, complete a third week (the five-day Week 2 course you have not yet taken) to earn the Master Certificate.

Course

Lean Manufacturing - Master

Instructional Team

Izak Duenyas, Ph.D.

  • Lead Faculty
  • Associate Dean for Executive Programs, Herrick Professor of Business, Ross School of Business

Yavuz Bozer, Ph.D.

  • Lead Faculty
  • Professor, Industrial & Operations Engineering

Don Lynch, Ph.D.

  • Vice President of Quality, Strategy, and Transformation, SKF USA Inc.

JD Marhevko

  • Vice President of Quality, ZF Division U. Electronics & ADAS at ZF Group

Get Started

For more information or answers to any questions please email [email protected] or fill out the form.