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Lean Smarts Academy Courses
5S Productivity
Establish good housekeeping. Engage all associates. Boost productivity and start making abnormalities visible.
The 8 Wastes of Lean
Learn to identify each of the 8 wastes. Discover tips & strategies for eliminating them.
Standardization & Standard Work
Learn to love and leverage standardization of all kinds. Make your improvements and kaizen practices stick long-term. Set a foundation for scientific thinking and improvement.
Kaizen Best Practices
Learn timeless kaizen best practices as you tie together your understanding of the kaizen trinity: 5s, waste elimination, and standardization.
Lean Foundations
Introduce the core behaviors, thinking, and habits that make Lean work—building the cultural and operational groundwork for sustainable improvement.
Frontline Leadership: Getting Results Through People
A practical leadership course for supervisors and team leaders built on TWI and Lean principles. Learn to lead people, not just manage work.
Lean Micro Lessons
Learn timeless lean concepts in 60 seconds or less of high-quality video. Add lessons to your daily standup meetings and training.
The 3S Journey at Home
Establish and support 3S practices by following along in our lean transformation at home. Perfect for organizations following the model of 2 Second Lean.
Job Relations Crash Course
Train leaders, supervisors, and managers in time-tested leadership principles in this crash course inspired by the original TWI Job Relations curriculum.
The Fundamentals of Lean
Overview the fundamental principles and tools that compose the Toyota Production System and many lean organizations today.
Learning to See Waste
Learn how to see waste and realize the importance of the kaizen trinity of waste elimination, standardization, and 5S.
LeanBNB
Entertain yourself as you visit (or revisit) timeless lean principles through our travels with AirBNB.
Getting Started with Work Cells
Take your first steps to create basic work cells by eliminating motion, reducing your footprint, and learning to flow.
Lean Smarts Accelerator
Jumpstart your lean journey with this four-part workshop series.
Lean at Xylem Design
Join us for a day at Xylem Design, a 30-person woodshop with over five years of experience applying Toyota Production System (TPS) and 2 Second Lean principles.
5S Productivity (Home Edition)
Learn 5S principles as we apply them at home and to everyday life!
The 8 Wastes (Home Edition)
Learn the 8 wastes of lean through everyday examples and life at home!
Lean Mini-Course
Survey lean through our free five part mini-course.
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