TBM LeanSigma Institute


Certification - Seminars - Conferences - Customized Training - Online Learning

The LeanSigma Institute is the training arm of TBM Consulting Group, the leader in operations management and business process improvement. We help you to develop the internal talent and lean culture you need to independently accelerate and sustain performance resulting from your lean transformation.

Our clients come from a broad array of manufacturing industries including industrial components and assembly, automotive, aerospace, packaging, heavy equipment, food and beverage, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, railways, consumer products, durable goods, retail, distribution, wood products and more.

We offer a wide variety of on-site lean training and development activities for all roles of your organization regardless of your lean maturity level. We can recommend a comprehensive learning track for awareness training, skill development or certification—depending on your needs, your internal capability and the results you generate and sustain from your improvement initiative. The more we understand your specific business challenges, the better we can suggest, develop or deliver a tailored training program that meets the needs of your leadership, management, supervisors and associates throughout the organization—in both manufacturing and supporting office functions.

We offer the following comprehensive suite of training solutions:

  • Cultural assessment and leadership development
  • Tailored lean training program development and delivery
  • Train-the-trainer, mentoring and certification programs
  • A complete curriculum of lean workshops delivered onsite at your facility, on the shop floor, or in administrative functional areas such as product development, accounting, sales and marketing or customer service
  • Content development and material licensing
  • Benchmarking and networking seminars for executives driving a lean transformation
  • Online training / Lean eLearning
  • Lean practitioner conferences

What’s different about the LeanSigma Institute?

  • We align training delivery with business results
  • All trainers are experienced with hands-on lean implementations
  • Ability to deliver content and training in multiple languages with local resources with coverage in the US, Europe, South America, India and Asia.
  • Deep lean knowledge rooted in the fundamentals of the Toyota Production System
  • Proven approach to lean transformation and culture change
  • We work with you to create a flexible approach and content for your lean training program
  • Robust library of training materials, instructor notes, simulations, videos and facilitator guides
  • Comprehensive programs for train-the-trainer and CI program management