Public Educational Events
Productivity hosts open-enrollment educational events in all the Operational Excellence domains: Lean Manufacturing, Lean in Services, Lean Leadership, Customer Service Improvement, and Total Productive Maintenance, including certificate and certification programs, kaizen events and workshops. These programs take place in Europe and in the USA, on the Ohio State University Campus.

- Webinar - A TPM Conversation with Ellis New
From: April 2, 2020 – Ellis New
Ellis New – Senior Management Consultant (BPL) with Productivity Inc.
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- Webinar - Now is a Good Time to Go Back to the Basics of Value Stream Management
Past event: Thursday, April 16th 2pm-3:00pm EST
Once again Jim Vatalaro takes us back to basics at a time when many value streams need to recover (or be rethought) due to disruption from the COV ID-19 pandemic.
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– Webinar – The Power of Lean in Admin and Support Functions
…discover the improvement opportunities in your service processes, in this discussion with Catherine Converset.
Learn moreLeading Lean - Becoming a Lean Company, not just a company doing Lean Things - Fall 2023
A 4-session consultant-led on-line event designed for leaders and managers - Sept 14th, 21th, 28th, Oct 5th 2023
Achieving and sustaining a CI culture requires leaders at every level to manage change and drive results. Learn the concepts, processes and behaviors for creating your lean leadership playbook and routines for teaching/coaching teams.
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LEAN IN LABORATORIES
A 5-Day Virtual Certificate Program
Learn how the Lean fundamentals and a Lean mindset apply to reduce lead time, eliminate quality issues and expedite the batch release process. The result: a 50 to 90% performance improvement plus an energized Visual Laboratory workplace.
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Lean Management Certification for Administration and Services - Columbus, OH (US)
By Productivity Inc. and The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business
This program develops resources capable of leading/managing a Lean transformation in your service or administrative environment and is designed for senior and middle managers looking to drive waste from their processes to boost enterprise-wide performance and improve customer service. This is a fully-accredited certification designed specifically for administrative and service industry professionals.
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LEAN MANAGER CERTIFICATION - COLUMBUS, OH
By Productivity Inc. and The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business
This program develops resources capable of leading and managing Lean transformation in your organization and is designed for leaders and managers seeking the knowledge and confidence necessary to drive Lean principles throughout their organizations.
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LEAN TOOL AWARENESS CERTIFICATE (US)
A 5-day fully-accredited program
Provides an understanding of the core Lean principles and techniques and how to use them to support your organization's CI effort. Designed for those seeking a solid understanding of Lean techniques and for managers, supervisors, and team leaders...
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MAINTENANCE MIRACLE - AN AUTONOMOUS MAINTENANCE KAIZEN EVENT - SPRING 2021 - ARCHBOLD, OHIO
2021 Spring Session – May 18-21 – a 3 ½ day certificate program
This certificate program teaches the 7-steps of Autonomous Maintenance and demonstrate the process for conducting AM kaizen events in your facility. Designed for production, maintenance and engineering managers, supervisors, team leaders and process owners interested in improving equipment and process reliability and safety.
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Maintenance Miracle - An Autonomous Maintenance Kaizen Event - TBD
2020 Fall Session – Check back for dates... - a 3 ½ day certificate program
This certificate program teaches the 7-steps of Autonomous Maintenance and demonstrate the process for conducting AM kaizen events in your facility. Designed for production, maintenance and engineering managers, supervisors, team leaders and process owners interested in improving equipment and process reliability and safety.
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