All of the following certification courses have been designed by Seven Pines Consulting Group specifically to enable a company’s self-sufficiency. The sequence of the coursework is structured to provide critical internal skills and knowledge at a level appropriate to the capability of the specific organization while also guiding the improvement process. All material can be customized to meet the unique needs of the individual or organization.

Lean Certification Program One (25-day course)

Program Overview

LEAN CERT is designed to facilitate the development of key individuals in the understanding and successful hands on application of Lean Enterprise tools and techniques. It is designed as a multi-step, hands-on, developmental process, spanning several months. Each pair of Lean Champions work in concert with their Executive Lean Sponsor to identify and implement an actual project of great importance in their own workplace. To become certified, the Lean Champions must clearly demonstrate their abilities to apply a wide variety of business assessment, planning, and implementation tools and techniques resulting in a minimum of $50,000 in realized, bottom line savings.The format consists of five, 1-2 day Lean Academies, several kaizen events, and the pairing up teams from different organizations to work and learn together.

Lean Cert Requirements
One key Lean Sponsor & one - two Lean Champion certification candidates per location or company. Lean Champion participants’ time requirement is 25 days per person over 6-9 months plus an on-site Lean project implementation. Each participating company will host on-site benchmarking visit, Lean showcase, and Kaizen event.
Lean Certification Program Two: Supply Chain Management Fundamentals (25-day course)

Program Overview

Lean CERT II – Supply Chain Management (SCM) Fundamentals is intended to connect the ongoing internal Lean improvement efforts with the companies supply base and customers. Most companies who have progressed internally with Lean practices find that suppliers can become the next bottleneck, whether for quality and delivery issues or a combination of both. Further, changing customer ordering patterns and shrinking lead-time requirements place strain on the companies manufacturing operations and the supply base. Application of SCM tools and techniques can facilitate a company’s ability to effectively support and align customer requirements and engage suppliers in solving problems and ultimately focusing on continuous improvement. Participants will be exposed to a suite of SCM methodologies through classroom learning, hands-on activities and implementation of a company based project that will employ these tools to make an improvement in either supplier performance, customer service levels or inventory turnover. The format consists of five, 1-2 day Lean Academies, multiple company based kaizen or improvement events and the matching of teams from different participant companies to work and learn together.

Lean Certification Requirements

One key Lean/SCM Sponsor & one - three Lean/SCM Champion certification candidates per location or company. Lean/SCM Champion participants’ time requirement is 25 days per person over 6-9 months plus an on-site SCM project implementation. Each participating company will host an on-site benchmarking visit, Lean/SCM Overview, and Kaizen/SCM Improvement event.
Total Productive Maintenance- TPM Certification Program (25-day course)

Program Overview
The Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Certification Program is intended to develop a companies’ internal resources to a level where they can begin implementation of a basic TPM program for their company. The certification process will provide the companies’ TPM champions with the ability to assess their current maintenance program, define the opportunity for TPM within their business, outline an improvement plan and apply the appropriate TPM tools to begin the process of improvement. Participants will learn through a combination of classroom instruction, hands-on experiences and the planning and implementation of a TPM project within their company. The benefits of developing internal capability in TPM and initiating a
TPM program will appear in improved operational performance (both schedule and quality), reduced operational cost and more consistent manufacturing operation.

TPM Certification Requirements
One key TPM Sponsor & two - three TPM Champion certification candidates per location or company. TPM Champion participants’ time requirement is 25 days per person over 6-9 months plus an on-site TPM project implementation. Each participating company will host an on-site benchmarking visit, Maintenance Overview, and Kaizen/TPM Improvement event.

Why Total Productive Maintenance?
TPM is a critical tool in the successful implementation of Lean Manufacturing Operations. Effective implementation of TPM directly addresses the operational wastes of waiting (machine downtime – whether for planned or unplanned maintenance) and scrap/rework (machine generated quality issues) and indirectly impacts the wastes of inventory, over-processing and overproduction by making setups more consistent and machine performance more predictable. TPM can also have a major positive effect on a companies Environmental, Health and Safety program through the focus on preventing leaks and spills, increasing machine cleanliness and deployment of standard work methods. TPM fosters and supports all continuous improvement initiatives.