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Continuous Improvement Essentials

A one-day programme designed to establish a foundational understanding of Lean principles across your organisation. By engaging all team members, this course fosters a unified culture of continuous improvement, equipping employees with the knowledge and tools to identify and eliminate waste, enhance processes, and deliver greater value to customers.

Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement with Lean Training for All Employees

We recommend that every employee in your organisation participates in this course. It builds a shared culture of continuous improvement by ensuring that all team members, from the shop floor to senior management, understand and apply Lean principles with a common goal of reducing waste and delivering greater value to customers.

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This training equips staff with practical tools and techniques to identify and address inefficiencies, to drive productivity improvements. With a solid grasp of Lean fundamentals, employees can contribute to cost savings, enhanced quality, and increased customer satisfaction.

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Providing Lean training across your workforce fosters innovation and process ownership, empowering employees to create sustainable improvements. This approach drives immediate results and builds a proactive team capable of overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities in the workplace.

Personal and Company benefits.

A solid understanding of Lean tools and techniques across your organisation is essential for building a culture of continuous improvement, where making enhancements becomes an integral part of everyday work.

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Employees trained in Continuous Improvement gain insights into the principles and methods that streamline business processes, improve quality, reduce costs, and drive revenue growth. This strengthens the bottom line and leads to increased customer satisfaction.

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This introductory course equips learners with the foundational knowledge to contribute to Continuous Improvement initiatives within the workplace. It also serves as a stepping stone for those pursuing advanced Lean or Continuous Improvement qualifications, ensuring sustainable growth and long-term success.

Who should attend the course?

This training is essential for organisations looking to embed a culture of continuous improvement. It is designed for everyone within a manufacturing or service-based business and provides a proven and systematic approach to addressing inefficiencies and business challenges.

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Whether directly involved in Continuous Improvement or simply looking to enhance your personal development, this course offers valuable insights and practical skills to help you contribute to organisational success.

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It’s also an excellent starting point for those planning to advance to programmes such as the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or the Continuous Improvement Practitioner Programme, building a strong foundation for further growth and development.

How is the course structured?

  • One day in a classroom or online self-paced e-learning.

  • Engaging, practical and interactive training that gives the learner everything they need to start their journey into continuous improvement.

  • A final multiple-choice quiz demonstrates that the learner understands the essentials of Continuous Improvement.

  • This is an accredited course, and the content is structured according to the Cardiff University Lean Competency System (LCS) Level 1A requirements.

Course content overview.

Origins and evolution of Lean thinking and Continuous Improvement 

  • Course introduction and requirements

  • The history of Lean and CI

  • Understanding the Organisation

  • Systems Thinking

  • The principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS)

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Lean and Continuous Improvement Concepts and Frameworks 

  • The 5 Lean Principles

  • Plan, Do Check Act (PDCA)

  • Improvement Methodologies

  • The scientific method (Data-based decision-making)

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Core elements of Lean and Continuous Improvement 

  • Customer definition of ‘Value’

  • Defining ‘value-added’ and ‘non-value added’ work

  • Waste identification (TIMWOOD)

  • Introduction to the concept of ‘Flow’

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Management and Leadership in a Lean Workplace 

  • Leadership vs Management

  • Lean culture

  • Policy Deployment

  • Visual Process Control

  • Standard Work

  • Workplace organisation (5S)

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The Continuous Improvement Essentials course is designed to be delivered in-house, allowing your team to learn and collaborate together as they begin their Lean journey. This tailored approach fosters alignment across your workforce and enables colleagues to work collectively to build a continuous improvement culture.

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We recommend groups of 8-12 participants for optimal interaction and team-building during the course.

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For added flexibility, the course is also available online in a self-paced format, enabling individuals to complete the training at a time and pace that suits their schedules. This ensures that every organisation can benefit from Lean principles and practices regardless of location or shift patterns.

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