About this course: Lean is a powerful methodology that enables managers and employees to shift their mindset and helps companies to keep their business sustainable by creating competitive advantage. Today, in an increasingly complex and dynamic world, where companies struggle to maintain competitive advantage, Lean is more important than ever. This course combines the experience of many senior experts and practitioners from the Boston Consulting Group and École des Ponts, and brings perspectives on Lean in manufacturing and services. It offers strong topic foundation as well as deep practical insights into the art of continuous improvement. In this course, you will learn: - why Lean is a key driver for sustainable competitive advantage - how different companies can leverage Lean to create value both in manufacturing and services - what it takes to drive a Lean transformation and build a culture of continuous improvement - how new technologies impact traditional lean practices
Who is this class for: This course has been designed for students in business or engineering who want to discover the fundamental principles of Lean, and also for professionals who want to leverage Lean to improve their working environment or transform their company.
Taught by: Aurélie Delemarle, Ph.D, Academic Chair, Industrial Engineering Department
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
Taught by: Dr. Thomas Frost, Expert Principal
The Boston Consulting Group
Taught by: Salvatore Cali , Expert Principal
The Boston Consulting Group
Taught by: Elsa Blume, Senior Learning & Development Specialist
The Boston Consulting Group
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 3 hours/week |
| Language | English, Subtitles: Greek |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: Introduction to the course
- Video: Introduction to Lean
- Discussion Prompt: Meet & Greet
- Reading: Survey
- Video: Define the value for the end-customer
- Video: Not every Euro spent creates value
- Video: How to discover the hidden value
- Video: Lean key concepts and definitions
- Reading: Key Concepts and Definitions
- Video: Lean applies to all types of companies and contexts
- Video: Happy employees make happy customers who make happy shareholders
- Video: Lean principles enable winning strategies
- Video: How a lean operating model creates competitive advantage
- Video: Key take-aways
- Reading: BCG Perspectives on Lean
- Reading: Academic References
- Video: Introduction
- Video: The origins of Lean manufacturing
- Video: How Lean delivers impact in manufacturing
- Video: The Lean manufacturing system
- Video: Map the value creation process
- Video: Optimize the material flow
- Video: Standardize processes
- Video: Improve machine performance
- Video: Control quality
- Video: A BCG view on Industry 4.0
- Video: Key takeaways
- Reading: BCG Perspectives on Lean
- Reading: Academic References
- Video: Introduction
- Video: Services: the forgotten half of operations
- Video: The four key differences between Lean in manufacturing and in services
- Video: How Lean delivers impact in services
- Video: Don't fix symptoms, fix root causes
- Video: Map the value creation process
- Video: Improve the value creation process with Kaizen and VSD
- Video: How autonomy and cooperation can avoid waste
- Video: The right man at the right place: optimizing human capital
- Video: Don’t do lean without digital, don’t do digital without lean
- Video: A BCG view on Service 4.0
- Video: Key takeaways
- Reading: BCG Perspectives on Lean
- Video: Introduction
- Video: From predicting better to being better prepared
- Video: The customer-centricity imperative
- Video: Lean empowers creativity through standardization
- Video: Lean looks at constraints as resources
- Video: From top management to operators, all actors have a role to play
- Video: Daily Lean: implementing Lean on a day-to-day basis
- Video: How to build Lean Capabilities
- Video: Key takeaways
- Reading: BCG Perspectives on Lean
- Video: Conclusion to the course
- Discussion Prompt: What are the key learnings from this course you will use in the future?
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perfect for beginners
Really helpful!!
For me it was a very nice course, I really enjoyed it and learned from it.
The missing star is only for the certificate :(, I did all the quiz when I was attending course on-time and they were bit easy, however to pay a $72 for me was too difficult knowing that my monthly income is barely below $275, that means about 26% of my monthly income.
Anyway that is the situation of our economy and thank you anyway for the learning chance you are giving us
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