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LEADERSHIP/CULTURE
LEAN PRINCIPLES & TECHNIQUES
LEAN OFFICE
BLUEPRINT READING

 

leadership / culture

SUMMER CAMP: APPLIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

In summer 2025, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) is offering Summer Camp in scenic Traverse City. Over the course of one week, participants will have the opportunity to complete our accelerated five-day Applied Project Management program while experiencing the beauty of northern Michigan in the summer... Learn More  

APPLIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Avoid the high cost and waste of poor planning. A disciplined approach to project management can greatly reduce the pains of project cost overruns, schedule and deployment delays, and decreasing customer satisfaction... Learn More

virtual: Applied Project Management 

Participants will learn the tools and techniques for planning, executing and monitoring strategic initiatives using our exclusive Active Learning Model to apply concepts in real-time on a case study. A disciplined approach to project management can greatly reduce the pains of project cost overruns, schedule and deployment delays, and decreasing customer satisfaction... Learn More

DISC

Improve your team’s effectiveness by increasing your understanding of different work styles... Learn More

virtual: DISC

Improve your team’s effectiveness by increasing your understanding of different work styles... Learn More

FRONTLINE LEADER

Provide frontline leaders the tools to improve communication, engagement, and productivity of frontline workers... Learn More

virtual: FRONTLINE LEADER

Provide frontline leaders the tools to improve communication, engagement and productivity of frontline workers. Leaders will become more competent and confident resulting in increased employee engagement, better productivity, higher employee satisfaction and reduced turnover. Using our exclusive Active Learning Model participants will learn through assessment, practice, application and reflection... Learn More

GET MORE DONE

​Improve your personal productivity by assessing your workflow, planning improvements using core principles, and turning your skills into daily practice. This Active Learning Model (ALM) class will have you applying your skills immediately... Learn More

virtual: Get More Done

The Center's Get More Done class allows participants to improve their personal productivity by assessing workflow, planning improvements using core principles, and turning skills into daily practice. This Active Learning Model class will have you applying your skills immediately... Learn More

TRAIN-THE-TRAINER

​Retention and outcomes of organizational knowledge and skills can be dramatically improved by the method with which they are taught. Use The Center's six-step Active Learning Model to develop high-energy training sessions that are effective and result in measurable outcomes... Learn More

virtual: Train the Online Trainer 

Increase effectiveness and confidence as an online trainer with hands-on skill development. Use our six-step Active Learning Model to develop high-energy training sessions that are effective and result in measurable outcomes. Each learner will work independently to develop a short livestream training during the second session... Learn More

 

lean principles & techniques

LEAN MANUFACTURING Champion CERTIFICATION with kaizen

Increase your capability to lead your organization's Lean transformation. Participants will learn through our Active Learning Model (ALM) approach by directly applying their learning to mini projects in their workplace... Learn More

LEAN MANUFACTURING PRACTITIONER

Lean Manufacturing Practitioner will develop an individual’s capability to contribute to an organization’s Lean transformation... Learn More

Lean Manufacturing Practitioner to Champion Step Up Certification with Kaizen

This course equips participants with the knowledge needed to lead Lean projects in their workplace. Participants directly apply their learning to mini projects in their workplace and complete an overall company project... Learn More

LEAN MANUFACTURING SIMULATION

Effectively begin your Lean implementation journey. This interactive course is conducted in a simulated work environment that teaches the origins of Lean and how the methodology can drastically impact an organization's cultural and financial performance... Learn More

 

lean office

LEAN OFFICE CHAMPION CERTIFICATION WITH KAIZEN

This hands-on, interactive course will equip participants with the ability to effectively lead Lean projects in their workplace. Understand the underlying philosophies of continuous improvement and the culture necessary to accomplish change... Learn More

LEAN OFFICE PRACTITIONER

Be an effective member of your company's Lean continuous improvement culture. This 28-hour interactive course will teach participants how to effectively implement Lean concepts in an office setting... Learn More

LEAN OFFICE SIMULATION

Acquire the knowledge and tools needed to effectively participate in Lean transformation and sustainability. Attendees will learn how to identify waste, implement 5S, apply Lean tools and techniques to an office workflow simulation, and more... Learn More


BLUEPRINT READING

Blueprint Reading for Industry

This interactive course will provide the participant with an understanding of foundational blueprint reading concepts and industry standards, to ensure manufacturing products are built with high quality and to engineering/customer specifications... Learn More
 

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