Become Lean Certified
Lean Applied to Business Processes (LABP) Training
This training is led by Bill Peterson from the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Haslam School of Business. This hands-on collaborative training is designed to help participants learn how to streamline processes, eliminate efficiencies, and drive meaningful improvements in their work.
What you’ll learn:
Our Certifications
This training is often followed by a Yellow Belt or Green Belt project, where participants apply what they’ve learned to a real-world process improvement initiative relevant to their role here at Berea. After a week of training, our office will support you as you carry out a process improvement project that will help you increase efficiency, effectiveness, and/or accuracy of your work. All our Green Belts are certified by the University of Tennessee (UT). Since 2013, over 120 Berea College employees have completed Bill Peterson’s Lean Applied to Business Processes (LABP) course, achieving a 90% completion rate. This makes Berea College one of the institutions with the highest number of Green Belt Certifications from the Haslam School of Business at UT.
For those looking for a less intensive option, Yellow Belt projects provide a more accessible entry point into process improvement. Yellow Belt projects focus on smaller-scale improvements that can be implemented more quickly. Participants are still able to apply foundational Lean principles and tools to address inefficiencies within their immediate work environment. Green Belts tackle more complex, cross-functional projects that are often time-consuming and require in-depth process analysis.
Whether participants pursue a Yellow or Green Belt, both options offer valuable hands-on experience in applying Lean principles to real-world workflows, equipping individuals with practical skills to drive continuous improvement in their roles.
Successful Green Belt Projects
Stephanie Turner – Facilities Management Accountant
Stephanie’s project improved the process for processing invoices at Facilities Management by using a single email to receive invoices, creating templates, and standardizing invoice formats.
Stephanie saved 13,388 hours, or almost 1,673 days of work, with her project.
Jason Proctor – Document Imaging Associate
Jason’s project improved the process for scanning and indexing donations to Berea College at the Philanthropy Office by reconciling handoffs and using a pull system instead of a push system.
Jason will save 275.22 hours, or 34 days of work, each year with his project.
Sarah Caudill – Retail Logistics Manager
Sarah’s project improved the process of receiving inventory for the Berea College retail stores by implementing a WIP Board, creating checklists, and organizing the storage area using the 5S technique.
Sarah will save 279 hours, or almost 35 days of work, each year with her project.
Prerequisites
One of our associates will follow up with additional information and steps.