CICC: Continuous Improvement Champion
Certification
Develop the skills necessary to implement Lean and create
positive change within your company.
Lean Manufacturing is a business strategy focused on improving productivity by maximizing value-added activities while eliminating waste. Lean allows organizations to be more efficient and customer focused - better able to face the competitive challenges of the future.
This thirteen-week course provides intensive exposure to the principles and practices needed to develop and sustain the Lean Enterprise. You will receive immediate reinforcement of the classroom learning by applying your training to a real-life project within your organization. Together with on-site mentoring and knowledge assessments, this approach dramatically reduces the time frame from training to bottom-line results.
CONNSTEP's Lean Specialists have designed fourteen modules that are essential to your understanding of the principles and practices of Lean. Upon completion of the program and on-site project, you will receive a Continuous Improvement Champion Certificate awarded by CONNSTEP, Connecticut's Manufacturing Resource.
Download the CICC Program curriculum (.pdf)
High Caliber Trainers
The CICC Program is conducted by trainers certified by the US
Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and
Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST/MEP).
Our dedicated trainers have over 200 years of combined
manufacturing experience and are committed to helping you succeed
with Lean and achieve your organizational goals.
CICC Program Project Results
Since the program began in the Spring of 2005, the CICC
course has produced impressive financial impacts for the
participating companies:
$150,000 in annual savings through implementation of set-up
reduction and batch-size reduction in
the order entry process.
(paint & coating
manufacturer; 75 employees)
74% reduction in lead time leading to a $30,000 annual savings by
developing a kanban system and
implementing cellular manufacturing.
(manufacturer of electronic power
distribution products; 50 employees)
Project implementing 6S, kanban and cellular manufacturing
resulting in an inventory reduction of
$350,000.
(machine tool
manufacturer; 50 employees)
Fall 2010 Program Schedule
Each classroom session will be held at the
MASC Center at 173 Interstate Lane, Waterbury and will begin at
8:00 am and end around 4:30 pm.
9.21.10 Week One: Principles of
Lean Manufacturing
9.28.10 Week Two: VSM:
Value Stream Mapping
10.5.10 Week Three: Kaizen,
Teams & Change Management
10.12.10 Week Four: The 6S System, Visual
Management & Green Manufacturing
10.19.10 Week Five: no classroom session;
mentoring week
10.26.10 Week Six: Project Review &
Problem Solving and Mistake Proofing
11.2.10 Week Seven: Lean Supply
Chain & Kanban/Pull Systems
11.9.10 Week Eight: Total
Productive Maintenance (TPM) & Set-Up Reduction
11.16.10 Week Nine: TWI: Training
Within Industry & Standard Work
11.23.10 Week Ten: no classroom session;
Thanksgiving Holiday
11.30.10 Week Eleven: no classroom
session; mentoring week
12.7.10 Week Twelve: Cellular
Design & Lean Office
12.14.10 Week Thirteen: Project
Presentation & Certification
Registration
$4,995.00 per participant;
$4,495.00 each for 2+ participants per company.
A 30% deposit per participant is required to confirm registration.
Registration includes all course materials as well as lunch
at each classroom session.
No refund of the 30% deposit will be given on cancellations
received less than two weeks prior to the
start of the program.
Registration is transferable; substitutions may be made up to
48 hours prior to the start of the
course.
Please note: In order to successfully complete the course and earn certification, it is imperative that all participants attend all classroom sessions and complete the CICC project per specifications. Exceptions to this are subject to the discretion of the CONNSTEP CICC Program trainers.
Additionally, there is a maximum of two participants per company on a single CICC project team in order to provide each participant with the opportunity to fully engage and realize project results. Additional information will be provided on the project parameters at the first CICC classroom session. If you wish to discuss this prior to registration, please contact CONNSTEP at 800.266.6672.
