Earn a Professional Certificate in Lean Enterprise, and gain practical knowledge that can be immediately applied to your work place. During this 12-week program, you and your project team will implement Lean concepts to your business, improving quality while decreasing costs. Whether you work in service, transactional activities, or manufacturing processes, your organization will benefit from the experience of our seasoned instructors.
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Course FormatLean Enterprise Information Session — Friday, August 23, 9–10:30 am
Get a preview of why San Diego’s top companies have been sending their employees through SDSU’s Lean Enterprise program since it began in 2000. Meet lead instructor Mike Osterling.
Enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries.
For more information, please email lean.ces@sdsu.edu or call (619) 594-3946.
The Lean philosophy is a strategy for achieving significant improvement in performance through elimination of waste in the total business process.
The SDSU Lean Enterprise program will introduce you to the Lean philosophy by incorporating learning tools that include simulations, exercises, lectures, assignments, and a project.
Throughout the program, you will work in project teams applying the Lean concepts to your work place. A unique added value of SDSU’s Lean Enterprise program includes site tours of San Diego companies to see how local companies are applying Lean principles. Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a certificate of completion.
Who Should Attend
- All organizational levels planning and/or implementing a Lean initiative, including directors, managers, supervisors, leads, and hands-on line staff
- Professionals from medical device, health care, finance, fabricated metal, machining, plastics, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, electronics, construction, and computer industries
- Government and military contractors
- Personnel from operations, finance, human resources, production, inventory control, new product development, manufacturing, quality engineering, and supplier management
Workplace Benefits
- Improve quality while decreasing costs
- Reduce inventory and remove waste
- Develop a closer relationship with your customers
- Execute projects that show quick ROI
- Learn strategic business need with tactical "how to"
The SDSU Advantage
- Free Lean mentoring sessions
- Nationally recognized team of dynamic, experienced instructors
- Lean administrative component
- See Lean in action - company tours
- Parking is included with tuition and adjacent to the classroom
- All course materials included
- Lunch provided with tours
Labor Analysis
Operations Manager — Nationwide
Job Postings
Last 12 months
150,535
Projected Growth
Over 10 years
+9%
Salary Range
Average
$47,000-$83,000
For more information, or to bring all or part of this program to your organization email lean.ces@sdsu.edu or call (619) 594-3946.
Student Success Stories
The interaction with the other businesses along with course materials, exercises, and projects was absolutely fantastic. ... Our business is not profit based and has limited resources, so the only way to better serve our customer is to improve the timeliness, quality, and capacity of our services. The tools and techniques provided in the course for removing non-value added steps from procedures and tapping the potential of every employee to improve their processes allows for the organization to do just that. One of our metrics is ‘Reliable Promises’ which is basically on-time delivery. The only way to keep a promise is to understand your processes and create one that has a predictable outcome. With Lean, you not only create these predictable processes, you put into place a method to continually improve them by empowering the employees to own those processes. An example since completing the course: we coordinated a Five S event to better organize one of the shops and create better flow in the workspace. When we kicked it off, we implemented a Daily Kaizen feedback system for improvement ideas. The event was very successful and the shop is much better organized, which reduced the time significantly in completing the remanufacturing of their product. What was more amazing was the ideas that poured in and the buy-in from the employees to take their ideas and run with them. With space they freed up, they installed a second test machine, effectively doubling the capacity.
— Richard Thomas, Production Controller, Engine Product Family, SWRMC 930
Before I took this class, I expected to learn how Lean principles applied to manufacturing processes. A key takeaway for me was that these principles can be applied to administrative processes, which was very beneficial. We’re moving away from department silos and looking at a more holistic approach to how we drive our business.
— Patrick Meade, Materials Planning Manager, TaylorMade-Adidas Golf
SDSU’s Lean Enterprise program has afforded me the opportunity to learn and grow in my administrative role in health care. Lean can be easily applied to all areas creating a more cohesive workforce focused on process flow and resulting in improved efficiencies and increased customer and employee satisfaction.
— Joann Sulfuro, Regulatory Compliance Coordinator, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group
SDSU’s Lean Enterprise program provides the optimal blend of classroom learning from seasoned professionals, with hands-on exposure to organizations successfully employing Lean. This training, coupled with the experience of completing a Lean project during the course, not only allows graduates to understand the basics of Lean, but provides the knowledge to apply them, and champion Lean at the enterprise level.
— Captain Kevin P. Gannon, CAPT SWRMC 100, former commander, Southwest Regional Maintenance Center
Professional Certificate in Lean Enterprise Advisory Board
- Joe Colarusso JVC Consulting
- Jeff Foster San Diego Zoo Global
- James Grant Kaiser Permanente
- Kevin Limbach TaylorMade-Adidas Golf
- Sammy Obara Honsha Associates
- Michael O’Neill CareFusion
- Mike Osterling Osterling & Associates
- John Robinson Southwest Region Maintenance Center (SWRMC)
- Michael Samudio Rudolph and Sletten
- David Umstot Umstot Project & Facilities Solutions
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