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Course Overview

In today’s fast-paced industrial and business environments, organizations face pressure to improve efficiency, quality, and responsiveness while reducing costs and waste. Lean manufacturing offers a systematic approach to achieving these goals, while process optimization ensures continuous performance improvements across the value chain.

Delivered by EuroQuest International Training, this ten-day course explores lean principles, waste elimination techniques, value stream mapping, Six Sigma integration, automation opportunities, and governance systems for continuous improvement. Participants will analyze global case studies, learn from both successes and failures, and develop foresight-driven strategies to sustain operational excellence.

The program integrates technical methods, cultural change, and governance frameworks, ensuring leaders can institutionalize lean practices across their organizations.

Course Benefits

• Apply lean principles to reduce waste and improve efficiency

• Strengthen process optimization frameworks across functions

• Integrate lean with Six Sigma and digital transformation initiatives

• Anticipate risks and opportunities in lean adoption

• Benchmark and apply global best practices in operational excellence

Why Attend

This course enables participants to move beyond incremental improvements and embrace lean as a strategic driver of competitiveness. By mastering lean manufacturing and process optimization, organizations can achieve higher productivity, lower costs, and long-term resilience.

Training Methodology

• Structured knowledge sessions

• Strategic discussions on lean and continuous improvement governance

• Thematic case studies of lean transformations

• Scenario-based exploration of process optimization challenges

• Conceptual foresight frameworks for operational sustainability

Course Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Define lean manufacturing principles and core tools

• Conduct value stream mapping and waste elimination

• Apply process optimization and Six Sigma integration frameworks

• Strengthen organizational culture for continuous improvement

• Ensure compliance and governance in lean transformation initiatives

• Evaluate ROI of process optimization programs

• Apply lean across production, services, and supply chains

• Anticipate risks of resistance, over-automation, or poor alignment

• Benchmark against global lean leaders and practices

• Institutionalize sustainable lean transformation frameworks

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introduction to Lean Manufacturing

• Origins and principles of lean thinking

• Lean as a strategy, not just a toolset

• Common pitfalls in lean implementation

• Case studies in lean adoption

Unit 2: Waste Elimination and Process Flow

• The 7 wastes (Muda) and their impact

• Flow improvement techniques

• Reducing variability and inefficiency

• Global best practices

Unit 3: Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

• Mapping current-state processes

• Designing future-state lean systems

• Identifying bottlenecks and inefficiencies

• Governance of VSM initiatives

Unit 4: Process Optimization and Continuous Improvement

• Kaizen and PDCA cycles

• Integrating lean with Six Sigma (Lean Six Sigma)

• Standardization and best practices

• Case perspectives

Unit 5: Tools and Techniques for Lean Operations

• 5S, Kanban, JIT, and SMED

• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

• Poka-Yoke and error-proofing techniques

• Applying tools across industries

Unit 6: Digital Transformation and Lean

• AI and IoT in lean systems

• Digital twins for process optimization

• Automation opportunities and risks

• Governance of digital lean adoption

Unit 7: Quality and Compliance in Lean Environments

• ISO and regulatory alignment

• Quality management frameworks

• Lean’s role in HSE and ESG compliance

• Lessons from regulated industries

Unit 8: Supply Chain and Service Lean Applications

• Lean beyond manufacturing—supply chain optimization

• Lean in healthcare, finance, and services

• End-to-end process integration

• Global examples

Unit 9: Risk and Resilience in Lean Systems

• Identifying risks in lean transformations

• Building resilience in lean organizations

• Crisis response in lean systems

• Scenario planning

Unit 10: Leadership and Culture in Lean Transformation

• Leading cultural change toward lean adoption

• Overcoming resistance to change

• Employee empowerment and engagement

• Strategic lessons

Unit 11: Global Case Studies and Benchmarking

• Toyota Production System and global adaptations

• Lessons from failed lean transformations

• Comparative insights across regions

• Strategic takeaways

Unit 12: Designing Sustainable Lean Systems

• Institutionalizing continuous improvement

• KPIs for lean performance monitoring

• Embedding foresight in lean strategy

• Final consolidation of insights

Target Audience

• Manufacturing and operations managers

• Industrial engineers and process improvement leaders

• Quality, risk, and compliance professionals

• Supply chain managers and service leaders

• Strategy and transformation executives

Target Competencies

• Lean manufacturing principles and tools

• Process optimization frameworks

• Waste elimination and value stream mapping

• Continuous improvement governance

• Integration of lean with digital technologies

• Risk and foresight in lean adoption

• Sustainable lean culture design

Join the Lean Manufacturing and Process Optimization Training Course from EuroQuest International Training to master the principles, governance frameworks, and foresight strategies that transform lean into a sustainable driver of productivity and competitiveness.