Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvement Extension Certificate   NEW!

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Required Courses | Optional Courses

Why should lean performance initiatives and continuous improvement be a part of any business or organizational strategy? Lean means value and “accomplishing more with less".

Organizations that want to excel in today’s marketplace must foster a culture of strategic agility, lean performance and continuous improvement. The modern enterprise across every sector is seeking ways to streamline operations, minimize waste, improve efficiencies, and align practices with changing priorities and values.

Strategic management practices are paramount to leading, facilitating, and inspiring lean transformation and continuous improvement. Be introduced to lean strategies and tools for organizational problem solving and lean performance improvement in non-manufacturing environments such as finance, health care, and oil and gas. The program includes recognized techniques and best practices in Kaizen, lean philosophy and methodology, quality management and Six Sigma.

Using real-world examples and case studies, this certificate can help you and your organization to reduce costs, waste, workplace stress, employee dissatisfaction, inefficiencies and redundancies.

Who Should Take this Program
It is designed for managers, professionals and front line staff who seek to effectively lead or support lean culture change and continuous improvement. It is especially valuable for teams and organizations outside a traditional manufacturing setting that want to implement lean thinking and performance improvement, including oil and gas, health care, information technology and financial services.

Lean Enterprise Resource Centre
The Lean Enterprise Resource Centre is designed to provide students with additional resources beyond the contents of the classroom environment. You will have access to Required Course Materials, Information Guides, Tools and Templates, Weblinks to Articles, Tips/Tricks and more.

The Resource Centre is an evolving environment; meaning, the content and information available will change and adapt over time. Our aim is to provide you, the student, with helpful, interesting and valuable tools to assist you in your growing continuous improvement career.

Please note: You will need to provide your MyMRU username and password to access the Lean Enterprise Resource Centre. To create a username and password, you need to activate your account through MyMRU. For instructions on how to create your login information, please check Activating and Logging in to MyMRU.

Required Textbooks
Lean Production Simplified, 2nd Ed., 2007 (approx $45)
Going Lean, 2008 (approx $30)
The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook, 2004 (approx $20)
Total cost approx. $100
All textbooks can be purchased from the BookStore.

Course Materials
All required course materials are distributed online. To download required course materials, please visit the Lean Enterprise Resource Centre.
Please note: To ensure accuracy of information, course materials should be downloaded approx. 2 weeks prior to the course start date. Failure to do so may result in misalignment of materials in the classroom.

Earning Your Extension Certificate
Complete the following courses (120 hours) in class with a minimum of 75% attendance in each course:

• Four core courses
• Applied Continuous Improvement: Final Project (minimum grade of C or 70%)
• 30 hours of Optional Courses, listed below

Note: We strongly recommend completing all courses before registering for the Final Project.

The program must be completed within three years.

Required Courses

Lean Enterprise: An Introduction to Lean Performance and Continuous Improvement     NEW!
Explore the concepts and underlying principles of lean thinking and continuous improvement to increase value and minimize waste in your organization. Examine how a culture driven by lean philosophy and strategies for continuous improvement can positively impact the bottom line, create value for customers and enhance overall performance.
Course Materials: PDF versions available through the Lean Enterprise Resource Centre.

Solutions for Continuous Improvement: Tools and Techniques     NEW!
Learn to investigate, evaluate and improve current business activities and processes by looking in the right places, asking the right questions and using the right tools. Discover the benefits and applications of various problem solving and process improvement techniques, including root cause analysis, the DMAIC method, Gemba walking and value stream mapping.
Course Materials: PDF versions available through the Lean Enterprise Resource Centre.

Strategies for Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement    NEW!
Discover how to apply lean tools and techniques to get results for your organization and customers. Examine the complex and challenging dimensions of lean transformation, continuous improvement, organizational behaviour and change. Gather insight and success strategies for creating a lean culture, building support and sustaining the impacts when implementing lean performance.
Course Materials: PDF versions available through the Lean Enterprise Resource Centre.

Lean Transformation and Continuous Improvement: Measuring Performance and Sustaining Results    NEW!
Get a roadmap for measuring performance, sustaining success and leading continuous improvement after implementation, including practical tools, best practices and pitfalls to avoid. Learn which tools and metrics to apply for tracking, evaluating and building upon current performance. Understand the value of effectively communicating results and developing a continuous improvement plan.
Course Materials: PDF versions available through the Lean Enterprise Resource Centre.

Applied Continuous Improvement: Final Project    NEW!
Apply the key principles, tools, techniques and strategies acquired throughout previous courses to your final project. Select a real-life project or situation and successfully plan and implement a continuous improvement initiative. Prepare a written report and perform an in-class presentation to capture your analysis, observations, lessons learned and successes.
Prerequisite: all four previous required courses

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Optional Courses
Choose 30 hours of coursework from any of the following Extension Certificates.

Business Analysis
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Business Process Management
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Change Management
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Leadership Development
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Management Development
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Project Management
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