Gemba Academy is here to help you remove the struggle from Continuous Improvement learning. Our success is measured 1:1 with our customers’ success. Our online training materials, and personalized coaching has helped thousands reach their improvement goals.
As organizations look to make improvements, getting all leaders and team members on the same page and moving towards a common goal is a challenge. Communication and education are key drivers in continued success, but creating and maintaining training material is an often underestimated task. Without this, many organizations fail to make the improvements that prove their programs success.
That’s where Gemba Academy comes in, with a growing premier library of proven premium improvement training videos and materials, ready on-demand at your point of need.
Over 1,000 companies from all over the world, from multiple industries, have successfully utilized Gemba Academy to drive organizational improvements, and empower their associates.
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El uso del entrenamiento de Gemba Academy en Chevron nos permite continuar aprendiendo virtualmente en todo el mundo. Ha hecho que la capacitación Lean y Six Sigma sea accesible para nuestros equipos las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana en 16 zonas horarias, 23 ubicaciones y 12 países. La configuración de la plataforma nos permite reducir los viajes y proporcionar un enfoque estandarizado y estructurado para desarrollar nuestro talento de mejora continua. En un mundo en el que viajar se está convirtiendo en un desafío, la formación digital bajo demanda tiene sentido. Aprovechamos las rutas de aprendizaje para continuar el viaje de aprendizaje de nuestros líderes y equipos, y para brindar capacitación Black Belt. Hemos descubierto que esta capacitación rentable funciona mejor cuando los estudiantes están trabajando con un entrenador / mentor y tienen un buen apoyo de los gerentes para su viaje de aprendizaje. Además de la capacitación de Gemba Academy, requerimos que los estudiantes completen proyectos para obtener la certificación y aprovechamos el aprendizaje en pares (el sistema de compañeros) para apoyar el aumento del aprendizaje / intercambio. Los comentarios de los estudiantes sobre la formación y el coaching han sido muy positivos.
Graciela PerezChevron
Tuvimos un grupo de aproximadamente dos docenas de nuestros líderes y personal que asistieron a un taller general de Kata con Ron Pereira, y luego seleccionamos 5 voluntarios de ese taller inicial para realizar un ejercicio práctico de Kata virtual de 90 minutos con Ron. Mis ojos realmente se han abierto a la idea de establecer metas enfocadas a corto plazo con el propósito de eliminar una barrera a la vez. En este momento tenemos una iniciativa importante para buscar oportunidades de mercado a muy corto plazo resultantes de la disrupción económica de covid19, y el modelo kata se aplica perfectamente a esta iniciativa. El modelo también debería ser muy útil para planificar eventos Kaizen y para apoyar actividades de coaching 1-1. Nuestro método habitual en el pasado ha sido establecer objetivos de 90 días o más. Veo a Kata más como "agile". Definitivamente planeamos agregar el enfoque Kata a nuestro marco de entrenamiento y ejecución lean.
Bret RiceDirector of Process Improvement
Hemos completado más de 500 cursos de Gemba Academy usando nuestra licencia. Tenemos de 10 a 12 asociados que han completado certificados y una docena más se certificará próximamente. Me encanta el formato y el contenido de todos los módulos. Los módulos permiten a nuestros empleados base realizar capacitación diaria mientras administran sus áreas de trabajo. Cuando llevamos a cabo eventos Lean en vivo, generalmente incluyo algunos módulos básicos que respaldan los materiales principales de capacitación Lean de nuestra empresa. También creamos una actividad de simulación de flujo en vivo que refleja el módulo proporcionado por Gemba Academy. Estamos planeando una sesión de capacitación en mapeo de flujo de valor con nuestro equipo de compras en unas pocas semanas, por lo que estamos obteniendo mucho valor en muchas formas. El área más emocionante es la habilidad de poner en práctica el entrenamiento en el Gemba real. Por lo tanto, recientemente creamos un programa interno de certificación Lean. Adaptamos 4 módulos Lean muy básicos para una audiencia más pequeña en un salón de clases. Los grupos objetivo son nuestros supervisores de primera línea que trabajan por hora, en ubicaciones seleccionadas en México. Cuatro cursos en segmentos de 30 minutos para cubrir los fundamentos de 5S, visualización en el lugar de trabajo, trabajo estándar y los 7 desperdicios. Además, agregamos 3 módulos de resolución de problemas para completar sus conjuntos de habilidades lean. Junto con sus gerentes, que tienen licencias, tienen el desafío de realizar 4 proyectos aplicando Lean y resolución de problemas, tanto como practicantes como líderes. Comenzamos esas actividades en octubre y continuaremos hasta el final del año. Una vez que se complete el aprendizaje y la implementación, los asociados obtendrán la certificación Spring Window Fashions Lean. Desde mi perspectiva, ¡Gemba Academy es un socio valioso en nuestra trayectoria Lean!
David YannaceyDirector of Lean
Gemba Academy is a powerhouse of courses that can be learned in 10-12 minute periods and provide a great source of information, for both experienced practitioners and total beginners.
I use the courses to teach specific topics to students, colleagues, or anyone that is interested in a specific topic.
As a consultant, it allows for my audience/clients to understand the subject at hand in a brief period of time while baselining the knowledge of the topic amongst the team(s). Team alignment and understanding of what a Lean Journey looks like can be easily managed with the Gemba Academy courses.
The subject matter expertise, program tools, information, ease of access, and most importantly, the customer support provided by the Gemba Academy organization is top-notch! I am always using their teachings and new courses to stay on top of the latest information in the Lean and Six Sigma Journey.
Felix ZunigaPrinciple, Z-NERGY Consulting
Our organization is sending almost the entire engineering group through Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training with Gemba Academy. They see the benefits of the lean methodology and the benefits of having the team trained in a similar fashion. I thought that the statistics and methodology would be overwhelming but instead, it was broken down into manageable and easy-to-understand modules that made the whole experience better. The training opened my eyes to a different way of thinking and problem solving.
Mike GrieggsManufacturing Engineer, Zoll LifeVest
The Lean Practitioner course and coaching made this education a true Lean transformation for me personally.
I feel I just started this journey. There is so much for me left to learn, but every time I exchange ideas with my associates and engage with them and their ideas materialize, I feel energized to keep learning and providing support.
The Gemba Academy coaching style really helped me along the way, with amazing examples from their rich experience. Thank you for sharing that with me!
Pierre KaufmannRegional Lead HPS, Hollister Inc.
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The students in my Master of Science Management: Operational Excellence class enjoyed using Gemba Academy. The students were each assigned to prepare a 15 – 20 minute presentation as their final. They were to select a module from the Gemba Academy School of Lean that interested them or one that they felt could help them in their professional or personal lives and then ‘teach’ that tool to the class. What amazed me was that out of 19 students, 17 different lean tools were chosen for their presentations. I thought that I would get more duplicate presentations than that, but it shows that Gemba Academy offers students the chance to broaden their knowledge of OE tools and methods that truly interests them. And, save for 3 or 4 presentations, the subjects chosen were ones that were not covered in my class. The students took the opportunity to expand their knowledge through their presentations using the Gemba Academy resource.
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Throughout my experience with Gemba Academy and its staff, they’ve always treated me more like a partner than a customer, and their interaction with our organization has been a benchmark for customer engagement. Since we’ve begun utilizing their Black Belt Certification program, we’ve seen areas within the organization transformed from “this is how we’ve always done it,” into Lean, efficiency-centric production environments. Gemba Academy’s expertise and first-rate content have been a major contributing factor to our organization’s success with continuous improvement.
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We are using the Gemba Academy program to help Establish a lean manufacturing culture within our manufacturing team and union workforce. Gemba Academy has developed two lean six sigma black belts, which has helped our team tremendously. The Gemba Academy training has provided essential information for the manufacturing team. Since implementing the program, we have gained time to work on process improvement because now we see the problems before they start. We have established a culture of accountability and self-awareness in internal processes. We’re now in the process of becoming lean champions. The program has helped them develop process management skills and enhanced their vision of identifying waste. The plant utilization has increased because we have reduced the number of rework hours. I recommend all companies utilize schools like Gemba academy because it will strengthen your staff. We must invest in our team to help the individual’s overall success and the company’s objectives.
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