Accelerated Route to Lean Manufacturing – SEPT 2025
£2995About this course
This highly respected programme delivers much more than a masterclass in Lean thinking and problem solving, our ARTL can take you from zero knowledge to a pro-active Lean Champion and change agent. People focussed, the programme will help you influence a coaching culture to maximise your value stream.
This training will help you to look differently at problems by showing you how to achieve greater efficiency by reducing waste and increasing value with less stress. You will be able to refine process and improve systemisation to maximise time and efficiency, and therefore increase profit. Moreover, Lean insights are delivered by experienced Lean Practitioners who can translate how it works in practice.
Who is this course for?
Perfect for managers, team leaders and change agents and anyone impacting business improvement. Whatever the size of your organisation, this is a solid, serious programme designed especially for people responsible for improving productivity and performance but who may have had little exposure to formal continuous improvement training, this programme is not just for those involved in manufacturing and operations, but anyone in other business or service functions.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of all the sessions you will understand the core principles of Lean manufacturing and how to achieve operational excellence with confidence. You will know how to create tangible and sustainable benefits in your workplace and understand the link between culture change and continuous improvement.
ARTL Fellowship Certification
Directly following the programme, delegates have the opportunity to extend their classroom-based learning with a Manufacturing Institute Fellowship. This is a recognition scheme based around successful implementation of a work-based improvement project, which enables delegates to ‘learn by doing’ by using the tools and techniques delivered during the training days.
Timetable Dates for this Course
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Date | Tues 9th | Wed 10th | Tues 16th | Wed 17th | Tues 23rd | Wed 24th | Tues 30th | Wed 1st | Tues 7th | Wed 8th |
Time | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm |
Dates may be subject to change. Terms and conditions of booking apply.
Further Information
Following this programme, you will be able to refine process and improve systemisation to maximise time and efficiency, and therefore increase profit. Moreover, Lean insights are delivered by experienced Lean Practitioners who can translate how Lean thinking works in practice.
Module 1 - Lean Introduction & Lean Leadership
Educational Aims – Core principles of Lean and how it works across multiple sectors / The leadership behaviours of a change agent / The impact of Lean on culture and the change process
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 2 - Making Improvement Routine
Educational Aims – The importance of routine and habit / Leader Standard Work and tiered accountability / Importance of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) / Creating Visual Management Systems / Running effective meetings (Gemba Kanri)
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 3 - Introduction to Value & 7 Wastes
Educational Aims – Process mapping, tools and techniques / Understanding the concept of flow / Current and future state mapping / Value and non-value adding tasks / Understanding waste (8 Wastes and TIM WOOD)
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 4 - Planning in a Lean Environment
Educational Aims – Understanding Push to Pull systems / Planning and scheduling / Sales and operational planning (S&OP) / Make to stock (MTS) vs. Make to order (MTO) / Kanban and balancing flow.
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 5 - Kaizen & Workplace Organisation (5S)
Educational Aims – Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) / Understanding Workplace Organisation (5S) and misconceptions / Kaizen and continuous improvement event facilitation
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 6 - TPM, OEE & SMED
Educational Aims – Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Asset Care / Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and The 6 Big Losses / Changeover / Set Up Reduction (SMED)
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 7 - Building in Quality & Standardisation
Educational Aims – Standardisation / Build in Quality (BIQ) and Zero defects / Error / Mistake Proofing (Poka Yoke) / Process confirmation.
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 8 - Effective Problem Solving
Educational Aims – Critical thinking / A3 Problem Solving / 7 Quality tools (Q7) including Pareto / 4C Process.
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 9 - Lean Leadership
Educational Aims – Lean Implementation / Leading cultural change and inverting the triangle / Creating a coaching culture.
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Module 10 - What Good Looks Like: Bringing it all together
Educational Aims – Factory tour – Go Look See exercise (Gemba Walk) / Making change happen – reflections and your next steps / TMI™ Fellowship
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025
FAQ’s
How does it work?
The course runs between 8.00 am to 4.00 pm over 10-days, 2-days per week for 5-weeks (8 hours per session)
What is the entry-level requirement?
There are no minimum academic requirements to attend this course. No matter what your background or previous experience, as long as you have the desire to drive positive change and improve results, this course will help you achieve your operational objectives for continuous improvement.
What does it include?
Includes access to materials, direction and support in our virtual learning environment (VLE) It’s Learning.
What are the pre-course requisites?
There are no minimum academic requirements to attend this course. No matter what your background or previous experience, as long as you have the desire to drive positive change and improve results, this course will help you achieve your operational objectives for continuous improvement.
What is the certification?
A certificate of attendance is available to delegates who have attended all the ARTL training days. For delegates embarking on a Fellowship, a certificate of completion is awarded subject to total course attendance and final project assessment. This is an award from The Manufacturing Institute.
What is an Accelerated Route to Lean Manufacturing Fellowship?
Following this programme, delegates have the opportunity to complete an ARTL Fellowship, a recognition scheme based on the successful implementation of a work-based improvement project. Certification is subject to successful project completion where delegates can demonstrate a practical understanding of supporting systems, tools, philosophies and principles. The Fellowship is an award from The Manufacturing Institute.
Who will be delivering this programme?
Delivered by endorsed TMI™️ affiliates, our knowledgeable Lean Practitioners will combine presentation, peer-to-peer discussion, group activity and interactive learning exercises to ensure delivery remains energetic, thought-provoking and professionally relevant.
Can we run this programme in-house?
Yes, we can deliver all our programmes on-site. Quotations are subject to minimum numbers, bespoke preparation, and broader company objectives. Please contact one of our team who can discuss the requirements in person.
Missed sessions?
Late cancellations or no-shows are subject to the terms and conditions of booking. We understand that real life can get in the way of training, and as long as we are made aware, we will always endeavour to re-arrange missed sessions on the next available intake.
What is the value of Manufacturing Institute certification?
Our independently accredited certification is recognised and well-respected throughout the manufacturing sector. Certification from the Manufacturing Institute demonstrates a commitment to world-class training and thinking and will help position yourself and your organisation ahead of the competition.
The final intake for this course expires 8:00am on Tuesday September 9th, 2025