Productivity Alberta

The Lean Certification Program, sponsored by AME, ASQ, SME, and Shingo Prize, is an opportunity to incorporate a solid foundation of training and validation of knowledge/experience for your Lean Journey. Lean Certification will standardize practices within organizations, regardless of size or industry. This program is a credential and was designed by industry for industry. It is a standard against which professional lean competencies are measured. The certification is targeted to companies on lean journeys, and to lean champions, practitioners and consultants charged with facilitating those lean transformations.

Lean Certification is awarded based on experience, education, and mentoring. This review course will explore what the certification is about, what the exam will encompass, and additional necessary steps to complete the Certification. The opportunity to share your experience with other Lean professionals is strongly encouraged during this review class. Individuals on a Lean Journey should consider this review class as the next step on their journey.

Benefits to employees: • Provides a widely recognized and transportable lean certification credential. • Documents your knowledge and skill to show that you qualify for new roles and responsibilities. • Guides your lean journey, with each step mapped out. • Offers opportunities to obtain mentoring to help you build your lean skills. • Provides opportunities to learn through mentoring others.

Benefits to companies: • Provides a consensus-based tool for measuring proficiency of lean practitioners. • Identifies true lean experts, removing uncertainty when engaging a consultant or hiring an employee. • Helps align lean practices within the company, through supply chains and across industries. • Provides customers with confidence that the organization’s continuous improvement efforts will be effective.

Fees: $590.00 AME/SME/ASQ Members $790.00 Non-members

Note: To apply and take the exam is separate from the Review Class, please register for the exam on the SME website at: www.sme.org/leancert and click on Bronze, Silver, or Gold Level button.