A Tutorial on Lean Six Sigma Tools – Virtual
2026-10-20 12:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online
10/20, 10/22, 10/27, 10/29/26
Participants will learn how to use and implement a variety of tools in the Lean Six Sigma toolkit to drive process improvements.
Topics covered:
• Value Stream Mapping
• Cause/Effect Diagram
• Control Charts
• FMEA
• Pareto Charts
• 5 S
• Cost of Quality
• PPAP(Production Part Approval Process)
• Scatter Plots
Knowledge and application of these tools will benefit the participants to reduce customer pain points, improve in process quality to reduce cycle time and defects to drive operational excellence and enhance customer experience/satisfaction.

ISO Automotive Standard (IATF 16949) Internal Auditor Training – Virtual
2026-11-03 12:30 - 16:30 | Online
11/3, 11/5, 11/10, 11/12/26

The Automotive Standard (IATF 16949) requires you to conduct internal audits of your own Quality Management system. Your registrar expects that your internal auditors are qualified to conduct internal audits. The facilitator will help the Internal Audit Process Leaders schedule the audits according to status and importance of your processes and confirm the independence of the auditors involved. The IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Training Class is designed to train your personnel to become qualified and confident to conduct internal audits in a positive, constructive approach consistent with the objectives of your management system and adds value to your business. This class teaches the fundamentals of conducting an end-to-end process audit and includes several workshops/case studies that facilitate the learning process.

Lean Manufacturing – Introduction to Value Stream Mapping – North
2026-11-10 08:30 - 17:00 | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
11/10/26
About Course:
In this course, participants will receive an introduction to Value Stream Mapping and will apply the learned principles to a specified product family in the company. This course teaches participants how to gather the information required to eliminate all non-value adding waste and how to use the information to plan the implementation of Lean activities. Participants will learn the steps necessary for creating a current state value stream map from customer back to raw material and develop a future state vision to act as a blueprint for lean activities.
The future-state map created by the class will act as a blue print for additional lean manufacturing training and implementations. The impact to the company will be calculated after the implementation plan is created, however it is anticipated that when implemented, the plan will result in a significant reduction in lead times, inventory, and floor space, and an increase in productivity.

Lean Manufacturing – Introduction to Pull Kanban Systems – North
2026-12-08 08:30 - 17:00 | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
12/8/26
About Course:
In this course, participants will receive an introduction to Pull /Kanban Systems, and the class will apply the learned Pull / Kanban principles to a specified area in the company.
This class will define a six-step methodology to implement Pull/Kanban Material Systems. In addition, attendees will see the concepts in practice in repetitive and non-repetitive, as well as seasonal demand applications.
Attendees will learn to set-up point-of-use material storage, interface pull systems with existing planning systems, and set lot sizes based on capacity, not economic order quantity theory.
Participants will experience firsthand the benefits of implementing Pull / Kanban systems, which include: simplified processes, fewer stock-outs, less inventory, lower space requirements, higher productivity and greater flexibility in a specific area of the business.
