
Kaizen Masterclass
Transform Your Leaders Into Kaizen Masters
Enroll your high-potential associates in this masterclass to give them a comprehensive understanding of kaizen practices.
Follow Our Step-By-Step Training Plan
With so many people asking, “Where do I start with lean?” and searching for a step-by-step learning plan, we decided to make it easy with this customized Masterclass. Just enroll your associates in the course and our curriculum will show them the way!
What You’ll Learn in this Masterclass
We’ve combined some of our best training into a unified curriculum.

5S Productivity
Establish good housekeeping. Engage all associates. Boost productivity and start making abnormalities visible.

The 7 Wastes of Lean
Learn to identify each of the 7 wastes. Discover tips & strategies for eliminating them.

Standardization & Standard Work
Learn to love and leverage standardization of all kinds.

Kaizen Best Practices
Tie everything together with scientific thinking and many best practices.
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Course Contents
Introduction
- Start Here
- Discover Lean
- Discover Kaizen (Part 1)
- Discover Kaizen (Part 2)
- Tour: Best Damn Doors
- Kaizen FastCap Style (2P-10)
The Kaizen Trinity
- Kaizen Introduction
- Introduction to Kaizen
- Kaizen Improves Standards
- Quality, Cost, & Delivery (QCD)
- The Kaizen Trinity
- The Scientific Method
- Learning to See: Waste
- 5S Productivity
- Introduction to 5S
- Sort
- Set in Order
- Shine
- Standardize
- Sustain
- Waste Elimination
- The 7 Wastes
- Transportation
- Inventory
- Motion
- Waiting
- Over Processing
- Over Production
- Defects
- Standardization
- Introduction to Standardization
- Debunking Myths About Standardization
- Characteristics of Great Standards
- The Goal of Stability
- Standards Must Be Maintained
- Standards Must Be Improved
Kaizen Best Practices
- Introduction
- Improving Quality
- Focus on the Process
- Poka Yoke
- Don’t Receive, Don’t Make, Don’t Ship
- Improving Cost
- Seven Cost Reducing Strategies
- #1 Improve Quality
- #2 Improve Productivity
- #3 Reduce Inventory
- #4 Shorten the Production Line
- #5 Reduce Downtime
- #6 Reduce Space
- #7 Reduce the Lead Time
- Improving Delivery
- Fast Delivery
- Short Lead Times
- Leveled Production
Additional Resources
- Kaizen Examples
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