ASQ officially has joined with SME, AME, and the Shingo Prize, to create an industry standard lean certification.  The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing have been collaborating on an industry standard for lean certification for years (originally released in 2005).  ASQ and the Lean Enterprise Division of ASQ have reached an agreement with the SME, AME, and the Shingo Prize to begin offering the same three-level lean certification consisting of bronze, silver, and gold levels of attainment.

Each level requires the completion of multiple lean projects, demonstrated lean education hours, and a lean portoflio write-up.  Details of the lean certification can be found at the SME website. ASQ members may contact the Lean Division for more information or go to the LED Bok & Certification Site.  ASQ plans to offer the first lean certification exam at the 2010 World Conference in St. Louis.

Prepare for the Lean Certification Bronze exam at your own pace, in your own space! This new online offering helps you study to take the Bronze exam. Eight online courses review, at a tactical level, key lean principles, concepts and tools covered in the Lean Certification Body of Knowledge. Available through our online store, your login, password and link to the review program will be emailed to you shortly from our provider.

This review program is NOT intended to be lean training. Its intent is to help Lean Bronze Certification candidates focus their study efforts on the breadth of the Body of Knowledge topics that may be tested on the Bronze exam.

Each course contains:

• Class vocabulary with definitions that you can print
• Optional audio for the course
• PDF version of course that may be downloaded
• Pre- and Post-tests
• Interactive exercises that include quizzes on key concepts
• Ability to Stop & Save your course when you need to take a break
• Online access to course for one year from your purchase date

Click on each course below for a description, outline and learning objectives.*

Course 1: Developing a Lean Culture 110

Course 2: Continuous Process Improvement: Managing Flow 120

Course 3: Continuous Process Improvement: Identifying & Eliminating Waste 125

Course 4: Management Tools: Problem Solving 220

Course 5: Management Tools: Product & Process Design 225

Course 6: Maintaining a Consistent Lean Culture 310

Course 7: Transforming Lean into Business Results 320

Course 8: Measuring Lean Systems 330

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