At LEO - Lean Engineering byCraft, we specialize in offering comprehensive training programs designed to empower individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute effectively to improvement initiatives. Our tailored training caters to leadership, team members, and change agents alike. Moreover, we take pride in delivering our unique Green Belt training specifically tailored for engineering professionals

Unlock Your Potential with Green Belt Training

Do you want to realize your milestones, reduce project lead times and increase engineering productivity? Do you want to integrate improving into your daily work?

During this Lean Engineering Green Belt Training you will identify opportunities to reduce lead time and cost or improve quality of your engineering projects. You will make real improvements in your workplace with practical tools. You will learn to choose clear goals and realise those step by step. Download Flyer

Green Belt Training

  • Serie A: ‘Build the Lean Engineering Process so that value will flow’

    Day 1: Lean Introduction & Team level planning - 07/Feb/25

    Day 2: Project Planning - 07/Mar/25

    Day 3: Organisation - 04/Apr/25


    Serie B: ‘Improve the Lean Engineering Process so that value will flow better’

    Day 4: Team Improvement - 02/May/25

    Day 5: A3 Problem Solving - 13/Jun/25

    Day 6: Change & Coaching - 11/Jul/25

  • Investment: € 3900 ex. btw per participant

    Including:

    • 2 individual coaching sessions

    • Advise for implementation strategy

    • Digital training material via our portal

    • Coffee, lunches

    Number of participants: between 8 and 14

    In consulation we can also offer in-company training

  • • Overview and understanding of the Lean/Agile principles and tools for engineering

    • Several real process improvements

    • The ability to keep on improving after the training

    • More insight into your improvement opportunities

  • • This training focuses on NPD (New Product Development) and NPI (New Product Introduction) in the manufacturing industry

    • Team leads in R&D or engineering, process improvers, managers

    • Anyone who deals with process improvement

Our Greenbelt training lays the groundwork for Lean engineering principles, systematic problem-solving, and continuous improvement. It equips practitioners with the skills needed to drive changes within their specific field effectively.

For those looking to take their expertise to the next level, our Blackbelt training is tailored for coaching others and overseeing larger-scale changes with broader implications. This program delves deeper into advanced Lean techniques and change management tools, empowering participants to lead impactful transformations within their organizations.

The black belt training is under construction and will be offered early 2025.

Black Belt Training

You're familiar with the power of Lean. You want to keep the momentum of continuous improvement going. You want to systematically embed Lean into your organization. How do Lean organizations achieve this?

We believe that only organizations capable of systematically encouraging their employees to learn and improve will distinguish themselves from their competitors in the long run.

Lean Leadership

Lean Leaders ensure that the Lean Learning Culture develops at the core of the company. It's not about top-down management, but leadership based on coaching, listening, observing, and asking questions. Lean Leadership involves systematically working with teams on challenging goals that align with the organization's strategy.

Lean Leadership Development Training

Learn the core values and methodical approaches of the best Lean leaders. Embark on a personalized journey toward Lean Leadership within your own work environment. This development program follows the model outlined in Jeffrey K. Liker's book: "Developing Lean Leaders at all Levels". Winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award 201

Lean Leadership Training

Transformation / Cultural Change

"Where should you begin the improvement journey? How do you organize and engage people? How do you align with other departments, ensure sustainable change, and find time for it?" These crucial questions are essential for any change initiative's success To help you achieve your goals, we've distilled our knowledge into the CRAFT Transformation Approach, designed to address critical successfactors, even for small initiatives.

The CRAFT Transformation Approach comprises the following components:

•Hoshin Kanri: Defining scope, objectives, team, roles, and program management.

•Kaizen: making improvements

•Training.

Regardless of your initiative's scope or subject, with our modular transformation framework we can configures the right combination of interventions and workshops to support your improvement effort.

Engineering Consultancy

At LEO - Lean Engineering by Craft, we offer the expertise of engineering consultants who are masters of lean methodologies. Our consultants bring a wealth of experience in implementing lean principles to streamline processes, eliminate waste, and drive continuous improvement.

By hiring our engineering consultant, you can expect a customised approach tailored to your specific needs and challenges. We can step in at any point, whether you are seeking to do a scan only, optimize a specific process or project or the whole value stream, we can help. We always look at People, Planning and Process in coherence because solutions are rarely constrained to one domain only. Or try our new service ‘project coaching’: a practical and simple way to start benefiting from small improvements in one of your real projects.

We teach , show and coach. Until you can sustain the solutions yourself.