PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Enterprise Excellence
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Cost
$250
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DIGITAL BADGE
Earn digital badges after successful completion of the course modules.
NEW IN 2024
Develop a People-Centric Management System with a focus on Continuous Improvement.
It can be challenging to create a strategy that improves all aspects of a business. To be successful, an organization must account for its people, processes, and systems. Enterprise excellence provides the tools and methodologies to unify every part of your organization and establish a people-centric management system. This system helps your organization continually improve and prepares members to handle change, enhance processes, and solve problems effectively.
This fully online program allows professionals in any industry to increase value, eliminate waste, and engage team members in organizational change. Select from a variety of module topics and learn at your own pace.
Program Overview
Modules
Explore modules that align with your interests. Each module topic is an essential component of enterprise excellence. Progress through one module at a time to enhance your knowledge and develop your skills.
*Additional modules will be available over the course of the next year.
Self-paced Learning
Each module contains 4-6 hours of online instruction divided into shorter segments, making it easy to learn at your own pace. There are also recommended supplemental readings and reference materials.
Timeline
Complete each module within 60 days of your start date.
CREDENTIALS
You will earn a digital badge upon successful completion of each module.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is ideal for professionals actively involved in developing and executing organization-wide improvement initiatives. The online, self-paced modules offer flexible learning to participants with various experience levels. You can choose to build a comprehensive understanding, fill in any knowledge gaps, or explore different perspectives on familiar topics.
Modules
Module
Principles of Lean Overview
Start from the beginning or refresh your knowledge with this introduction to Lean and enterprise excellence. Explore the fundamental concepts of value creation, waste reduction, problem solving, and process improvement.
Online
$250
This module will allow learners to explore:
- Standardized WorkÂ
- Quality at the Source
- Visual ManagementÂ
- Continuous Flow
- Pull Systems
- Quick Changeover
- Total Productive Maintenance
Module
Lean Management System
Learn how to create a management system that promotes a sustainable culture of continuous improvement. Dive into the processes and tools leaders use to engage associates and encourage system growth.
Online
$250
This module will allow learners to explore:
- Strategic Planning &Â Deployment
- Daily Management Process
- Associate Engagement
- ANDON Process
- Go See Activities (5S Audits and Gemba Walks)
- Voice of the Customer Processes
- Leader Standard Work
Module
Value Stream Mapping
Discover why value stream mapping is a powerful improvement methodology used to redesign complex organization systems. Learn how to answer key enterprise excellence questions and develop strategic models to meet organization objectives.
Online
$250
This module will allow learners to explore:
- VSM workshop preparation
- The collaborative benefits of VSM
- Current state mapping
- Designing future states using the 7 questions
- How to achieve the future state
- Building a Cross-Functional Team
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INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM
DREW LOCHER
- Lean Specialist and Instructor, Nexus, College of Engineering
- President, Change Management Associates
Drew first became involved in the development and delivery of innovative Business Improvement programs while working for General Electric in the 1980s. Since leaving GE in 1990 and forming Change Management Associates, he has provided Operational Excellence consulting and organizational development services to industrial and service organizations representing a wide variety of industries including: Healthcare, Transportation, Distribution, Education, Financial Services and Manufacturing.
What's Next?
CERTIFICATE
Lean Product Development
Bring your best ideas to market as effectively and quickly as possible.
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Kata Mindset
Propel improvement efforts forward by reframing daily work and becoming a change agent in your organization.