Free Tools, Templates, and Mini-Courses on Operational Excellence (Lean, TPM, WCM)
Free Mini-Courses - White Belts
Onboarding into an OpEx Culture
Supplement your onboarding for new hires into your organization, or for new project team members or leaders into project teams.
Tim Woods
Create awareness about the 8 types of waste!
Lean Tools Overview
Learn about the main lean tools!
Lean in Offices and Services
Create awareness about why and how Lean can help!
TPM Pillars Overview
Learn about each TPM Pillar and join a team!
WCM Pillars Overview
Learn about each WCM Pillar and join a team!
Focused Improvement White Belt
Get started as a Focused Improvement team member!
Tools and Templates - Red Belts & above
A3 Problem-Solving Template
Get your template in multiple languages so you can start solving problems!
Problem-Solving Skills Assessment
Assess your Team Problem-Solving skills to identify your strengths and opportunities!
TWI Job Breakdown Sheet Template
Get your template in multiple languages, so you can train others effectively!
Leadership Skills Assessment
Assess your Leadership Culture and Change skills to identify your strengths and opportunities!
Project Charter Template
Get your template to start defining your project!
Kaizen Planning Template
Get your template in multiple languages, to start planning your Kaizen event!
Kaizen Event Agenda Template
Get a proven customizable Excel Template to prepare for your next event!
Free Mini-Courses - Red to Orange Belt
5-Why Analysis
How to lead a 5-Why Analysis to find the root cause of an issue.
Process Mapping
How to map any process so that you can improve it!
Job Instruction Trainer
Become a more effective 1-on-1 trainer using TWI!
Coaching
Become a more effective 1-on-1 coach using GROW (with practice)!
5S Workplace Organization
What is 5S, its benefits to your coworkers, and best practices.
Autonomous Maintenance Steps
What are the steps and the responsibilities of an AM Team.
Safety Leader
Why and How To Engage Your Employees in Safety Improvement.
DMS Accountability Process
How to Successfully Implement the Daily Management System (DMS) Accountability Process and avoid any failures.
Free Tools and Templates - for Orange, Yellow, Green and Black Belts
OpEx Skills Assessment
Assess the most critical OpEx skills to identify your strengths and opportunities!
Personal Development Plan Template
Use a template to develop your PDP tied to your personal and professional goals.
FMEA Template
Get your template in multiple languages so you can start preventing problems!
Advanced OpEx Skills Assessment
Assess a subset of the skills (Yellow Belt to Black Belt) to identify your strengths and opportunities!
Free Mini-Courses - Develop into a Green or Black Belt
Continuous Improvement Manager
How to win in your first 90 days and beyond as a CI Manager
Focused Improvement
Start Focused Improvement now to improve OEE & Delivery in 90 days!
Why Pillars and an Operating System
What are Pillars and how can an Operating System benefit your team, site, division and company.
Value Stream Mapping
How Can VSM help you reduce lead-time, why and when to use a detailed future state VSM for kanban, flow, and pull.
Quick Changeover (SMED)
Why and how to do a Quick Changeover project using the Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) steps.
Quality Leader
Why and how Quality leadership should move past reactive quality and reduce the total cost of quality.
Machine Reliability = TPM + RCM
How Total Productive Maintenance and Reliability Centered Maintenance work together to achieve reliability excellence.
Commercial Excellence
Why break the silos between Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Product Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations to increase sales and revenue.
FMEA - Why and How
How a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis can help your design a better process, product, or equipment and prevent issues.
Digital Transformation
Get your organization thinking about a Digital Transformation, its benefits, and how to get started.
Practical Artificial Intelligence
Identify ways to start applying Artificial Intelligence in your organization this month, without unnecessary technical theory or programming skills!
Free Tools and Templates - for Black Belts and Gray Belts
OpEx Champion and Sponsor Skills Assessment
Assess the most critical OpEx skills to identify your strengths and opportunities!
OpEx Success 360 Survey
Operational Excellence Feedback from your Internal Customers in 7 days for free!
Strategic Planning Workshop Template
Get your agenda template in multiple languages, to start planning your workshop!
OpEx Deployment A3 Template
Use this proven template as a starting point to deploy your Operating System.
OpEx Coach Assessment
If you'd be interested in coaching Simulation exercises, this will help you identify your strengths and opportunities.
Free Mini-Courses - Develop into a Gray Belt
Blended Learning for Adults
Why adults learn differently and how to design more effective skills development programs.
Why Pillars and an Operating System
What are Pillars and how can an Operating System benefit your team, site, division and company.
Commercial Excellence
Why break the silos between Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Product Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations to increase sales and revenue.
S&OP and IBP
How to Get Started with Sales & Operations Planning and Advance into Integrated Business Planning!
Digital Transformation
Get your organization thinking about a Digital Transformation, its benefits, and how to get started.
Strategic Planning
Cascade aligned objectives and KPIs with a robust Strategic Planning process!
Situational Leadership Development
Learn why and how to develop situational leadership skills and promote future leaders from within!
Coaching
Become a more effective 1-on-1 coach using GROW (with practice)!
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