“The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) have found a lot of interpretations of what constitutes a true expert in lean thinking,” says Steve Thompson, chair of the consortium composed of SME and AME members for development and administration of the new Certification in Lean Enterprise. Thompson is also lean engineering site manager for the Puget Sound, Wash., Boeing plant. “We want to define the core of lean, publish a standard body of knowledge and the develop examinations,” Thompson explains.
Mark Tomlinson, SME director for membership, adds, “SME, AME and the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing are collaborating with industry and academia in the development of a new industry standard for Lean Certification. Constituents of the participating organizations who encouraged a collaboration to set an industry standard for Lean certification are driving this initiative. We have had interest from Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Boeing, Motorola and the U.S. government. Interest in regard to a certification product is greater than anything we’ve seen in a long time. We had a ‘blitz week’ when people came in at their own expense to review materials, and more than 50 showed up.”
有四个级别的认证。第一级旨在衡量精益原则的知识。第二级的候选人应该能够应用精益原则和工具来推动改进并显示可测量的结果。在第三级，预计精益从业人员将成为高级员工/团队领导者，他们应该能够应用精益原则和工具来推动改进并显示可衡量的结果，以及协调完整价值流的转换。在最高级别的精益认证中，从业者处于资产，流程和人民的影响力和权力，并对整个企业的精益转型的各个方面进行了坚实。
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