Training Academy - Lean Smarts

Training your organization in lean just got easier…

Stop Us If Any Of This Sounds Familiar

You know you need to create massive employee engagement with lean but the sheer amount of work required to find, develop, or create training material is giving you overwhelm.

You know continuous improvement is crucial to the future of your organization, but lean seems complicated and you don’t know where to start.

You’ve looked around long and hard for lean training options, but so much is boring, confusing, or enormously expensive.

If it does, then you already know the importance and difficulty of finding quality lean education resources.

The Lean Smarts Academy Will Help You

Continuously Train all Associates

Our 3-7 minute long bite-sized videos are perfect for continuously training—even on the shop floor! It’s now easy to deliver a standardized lean education to every employee.

Prepare for Kaizen Events

Our library of topical videos contains what you need to prepare kaizen team members with fundamental lean knowledge.

Onboard New Hires

The on-demand nature of the Academy makes it simple to get any new hire up to speed and fluent with lean principles and practices.

Save Ridiculous Amounts of Time

Rather than spending your valuable time preparing and creating training material, use ours! By the way, it’s best you’ll find out there anyway.

Develop Lean Experts

Empower management and specialists in lean methodology to help lead and direct your organization.

Customer Testimonials

“I have enjoyed and greatly benefited from being a Lean Smarts Academy customer for the past three years. Daniel Crawford has developed an outstanding program in presenting Lean concepts clearly and concisedly. He demonstrates real-world examples of continuous improvement that I can implement immediately. I strongly endorse anyone to take the Lean Smart journey with Daniel.”

John Kean Kean’s Detroit Yatch Harbor

“It’s not easy putting things across simply unless you truly understand them and Daniel has done just that. He has created a lean masterclass that everyone can follow, and everyone can learn from, beginner and experienced lean practitioner.”

John Watt Many Caps Consulting

“I have found Daniel to be able to make things quite simple that most others over complicate. Thank you so much!”

Ricky ScarboroughScarborough Industries

“Whether your organization is new to lean or simply has a need to freshen-up on lean principles, Lean Smarts Academy is a game-changer in working smarter, not harder. The videos and resources are clear, concise and to-the-point for everyone, from front-line employees to management. The Customer Service is second to none. The newsletters provide great tips and re-enforcement for incorporating and maintaining ‘lean smarts’ into your organization for years to come.”

Genevieve IversA&P Technology

“Lean Smarts is a terrific resource for any business, large or small. These resources can train in small bites and Daniel’s love of measuring results ensures that you will reach your milestones if you are committed to lean. I have so much to learn, but am so excited to be on this Lean Journey with my team, customers and vendors—all will benefit!”

Kevin TruanQA Group

“Dear Daniel, I am writing to let you know how happy I am with purchasing your Lean Smarts training videos. Finally someone took the Lean processes and made it simple and easy to understand. I am looking forward to this new year implementing Lean in my small company.”

Scott AlvarezQualident Dental Lab

Empower Everyone To Do Great Things

Train everyone in time-tested kaizen practices (aka continuous improvement) inspired by the Toyota Production System and 100+ years of manufacturing best practices.

Eliminate Waste

Teach every associate how to practically and powerfully improve a process by eliminating the seven wastes of lean.

Good Housekeeping

Establish a culture of discipline, productivity, and problem discovery through the daily practice of 5S methodologies.

Standardize Everything

Sustain your gains and communicate change effective through the practice of continuous improvement.

Develop In-House Experts

There’s no way around it… you must develop in-house experts if you’re going to have long-term success.

With the Lean Smarts Academy you can transform any manager or specialist into a lean pro!

Make them kaizen masters

Learn 5S, waste elimination, standardization
Connect improvement efforts to quality, cost, and delivery
Drive scientific thinking and action

Discover fundamental lean tools

Pull systems/kanban
Heijunka/leveled production
Takt time
Continuous flow
Problem solving
Jidoka
and more!

Enjoy training that doesn’t suck!

We know (and you know) from years in industry that poor-quality training does little to inspire and motivate everyday associates.

You’ll be delighted to find our videos to be simple, clear, fun, and very high quality.

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How To Use The Academy

In your daily standup meeting

Play videos on-demand in your standup meeting one or two times a week. Videos are 3-7 minutes long and perfect for bite-sized education and on-going reinforcement. Do this consistently over time and build a raging lean culture!

In scheduled training events

Add some excitement to your scheduled training events! Either pick and choose which videos to use, or adopt each course as a start-to-finish training curriculum.

In kaizen events

Prepare all participants in a kaizen event via pre-event training focused on the topics of your choosing. Many kaizen events make use of 5S, waste elimination, standardization, and kaizen best-practices, which are all included in the Academy!

For new hire training

Jumpstart every new hire’s lean comprehension by educating them with my training curriculum. Help them acclimate to your lean culture quickly and effectively!

Scaleable Membership Options

Whether you just want simple access to the Video Library, or to enroll up to 250 employees in our Learning System (that we host), or to integrate all videos into your own system via LMS Integration, we’ve got plan for you!

Please Select Your Plan

Monthly

Yearly (save 15%)

Video Library

$95.00 per month

Community Access
All Courses
1 Master Account

Video Library

$995.00 per year

Community Access
All Courses
1 Master Account

Learning System

$195.00 per month

Community Access
All Courses
1 Master Account
1000 User Accounts

Learning System

$1995.00 per year

Community Access
All Courses
1 Master Account
250 User Accounts

LMS Integration

N/A

Community Access
All Courses
1 Master Account
Custom LMS integration

LMS Integration

$2995.00 per year

Community Access
All Courses
1 Master Account
Custom LMS integration

Frequently Asked Questions

How many people can use a single online subscription?

All learning platforms at Lean Smarts license you to train unlimited people, permitting that they are 1) members of your organization and 2) located geographically in the same country.

The primary difference between subscription plans is the number of user accounts. The “Video Library” plan comes with one login account to the Lean Smarts Academy site. This login account is often shared among multiple people within an organization to access training. The “Learning System” plan adds 250 additional user accounts so that a unique login can be created for each employee. The “Custom LMS Integration” plan let’s you add videos to your own training software, allowing you to control user access on your own terms.

How many login accounts does my subscription come with?

The “Video Library” subscription comes with only one login account that you may share among multiple employees at your organization. To get more login accounts you need the “Learning System” subscription which adds 250 sub-accounts to your subscription master account. Alternatively, the “LMS Integration” plan places account quantity and access into your own hands via your external learning management system.

Can I change to a different subscription plan at a later time?

Yes! You can upgrade or downgrade your subscription plan at any time. Furthermore, your first payment after changing your plan is automatically prorated.

Can I upgrade to an annual plan down the road?

Absolutely. You can upgrade from a monthly to an annual plan at any time with just a few clicks inside your account.

How do I add or remove sub-accounts to a “Learning System” subscription plan?

The sub-accounts are managed by you via the master account login (the account used when purchasing your subscription). At any time you can add or remove sub-accounts. A maximum of 250 sub-accounts are permitted with the “Learning System” subscription. If more sub-accounts are needed please contact us to share more.

What is the integration process for the LMS Integration plan?

There are three integration components to the Lean Smarts Academy: videos, quizzes, and supporting documentation.

Integrating Videos:
The first step is to provide us the domain of your LMS. This is something like https://training.yourcompany.com or https://yourcompany.litmos.com. We’ll email you at sign up requesting this information. Within three business days of receiving your domain we will setup permissions with our video host provider (vimeo.com) enabling you to play videos on your training site. After permissions are set, you will be able to add videos to your LMS using our master video listing—a spreadsheet resource contained inside the Academy.

Adding Quizzes:
Quiz questions and answers are contained within individual Facilitator Guide PDF documents which are created per video. We recommend that you copy/paste the quiz questions into your LMS.

Supporting Documentation:
Some training modules contain downloadable resources such as Word documents, excel spreadsheets, or PDFs. You may want to add these to your LMS modules as supporting materials or downloadable resources.

Can I test integrating a video in our LMS before purchasing the LMS Integration plan?

Sure! The following videos have no integration restrictions and can be added (embedded) to a module/page in your LMS.

Introduction to the 7 Wastes of Lean
https://vimeo.com/404014052

Remember: this video cannot be viewed directly at vimeo.com but once it is embedded in your LMS it will play seamlessly.

If you encounter difficulty integrating the video contact us and we’ll troubleshoot the problem with you.

What if I don’t enjoy my subscription to the Lean Smarts Academy?

We know you will LOVE the Lean Smarts Academy; however, if for whatever reason you’re not 100% satisfied in any way we have a 30-day money back guarantee (no questions asked). We want you to succeed, and know that if you become a member of the Lean Smarts Academy and apply what you learn, you will see amazing results!

What happens if I decide to cancel my membership?

If you do decide to cancel obviously we’ll be very sad, but if you’re intent on leaving then you’ll be able to do so with just a few clicks of a mouse.