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 |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Good overview of Lean. Excellent refresher for those that may have had training in the past. The section on Services is good and is something normally not covered in typical Lean courses.
Great introductory course!
Very well structured and informative course. I recommend it to everyone who wants to learn what is LEAN about and how to make use of its tools. The moderators should redefine the grading system of the quizzes as I already have written in the discussion forums and also the peer-grading assignments' method needs some attention, as in all similar courses. Other than that it was a great course and I learned a lot.
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Very informative, each video is concise and I've watched them several times!