LEAN Design and Engineering Expert
Lean management for planners
As a LEAN expert, you organize improvement projects in the design and engineering departments of your company.
In workshops, you guide colleagues in analyzing existing processes and improving them together.
To do that. you will acquire the relevant tools and methods in four modules during your training. At the end of each module, you will be given a practical task to complete. "Applying it yourself" is an essential component of successful learning. Our trainers will give you tips on this in an online session and answer your questions.
You will also work on some of the content through self-study. We are convinced that self-organized learning is an important skill for the future (future skill).
Following the LEAN Design and Engineering training course, you can continue your education by taking the LEAN Manager or LEAN Trainer training course .
4 x 2 intensive training days with a holistic approach
Module 1:
Learning to recognize waste
- Fundamentals of lean design and engineering processes
- Value stream analysis and value stream design
Module 2:
Organizing collaboration
- Implementing integrative planning
- Collaborative, partnership-based cooperation as a success factor for achieving goals
- visual management and rule communication
Module 3:
Experience best practice
- Visit to a best practice company
- Experience integrative planning, visualization, and regular communication live
Module 4:
Improvement Organizing
Effectively
- The role of the manager in change
- Define, organize, and manage improvement projects
LEAN Construction Expert certification
Your requirements
Your dates, prices, and locations
Prices
€3390 net, including meals, course materials, exam fees, and access to online resources
Seminar times per module
date
- Module 3 – Visit to a best practice partner: October 28–29, 2025
- Module 4 – Organizing improvement effectively: December 2–3, 2025
places
CONBENE Improvement GmbH
Cologne location
Gottfried-Hagen-Straße 30 | 51105 Cologne
After completing the LEAN Design & EngineeringExperttraining ,you will be able to...
teaching the fundamentals of lean in the context of lean design and engineering
transferring the lean principles to the situation in your own company
Transferring and applying value stream and process analysis to examine processes within your own company
Planning lean improvement projects and implementing them in your own organization
Explain the concepts of leadership performance, regular communication, Go&See, and improvement culture in the context of LEAN Design and Engineering.
Organize collaborative planning processes with the help of visual management and regular communication within your own company.
To advocate for the front-loading principle for the early detection of waste in the design and engineering process and to apply it independently.
Our tools
Theory
Our experienced trainers use easy-to-understand presentation media to convey the theoretical concepts.
simulationTheory is theory—a simulation makes theory tangible.
Group work
In pairs or small groups, you will share your findings and reconnect them.
Self-directedlearning is, in our view, an important skill for the future (future skills) and therefore part of our empowerment tools.
Every company needs pioneers who know how to plan.
Your continuing education opportunities...
Everyone starts small, we make sure you come out big.
