2024 Q3 update from the CEO

Q3 Update from Mike Loughrin

With the third quarter of 2024 now in our wake, let’s list the most exciting accomplishments during Q3:

Partnership with the International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA)
Collaboration with Manufacturer’s Edge
Adding the University of South Carolina Aiken to our portfolio
Adding a series of Top 50 Industry Resources
Increasing our value and reach through Search Engine Optimization
Sharing the exciting adventures in our Trail of the Month program

While summer-time fun was definitely on the agenda, all of the accomplishments deserve a closer look.

Partnership with ISCEA

In July, we announced our strategic partnership with the International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) to provide a comprehensive package of Lean and Six Sigma certification programs to supply chain professionals across the globe.

This partnership addresses the critical need for organizations to create and maintain supply chains which meet the needs of their customers and other stakeholders. This includes the challenging aspects of environmental concerns and the emerging opportunities of crafting a circular supply chain.

Learn more about this partnership at: Partnership with ISCEA press release.

Collaboration with Manufacturer’s Edge

We have starting working with Manufacturer’s Edge, Colorado’s official Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Center. They provide onsite support, strategy, planning, training, and technical assistance to manufacturers of all sizes. We are helping them provide Lean training programs to a number of Colorado companies, which are often funded through Skill Advance Colorado Job Training Grants.

If you are a Colorado manufacturer, then contact us us about how you can benefit from training grants.

University of South Carolina Aiken

A version of our Certified Lean Practitioner course is now part of the MBA program at the University of South Carolina Aiken.

The first class began in late August and the next one will run in the spring of 2025.

Top 50 Industry Resources

We launched a great package of resources for organizational improvement professionals.

The package includes:

Top 50 Organizational Improvement Terms you need to know!
Top 50 Industry Acronyms you need to know!
Top 50 Industry Links you will want to use!

Drop us a note with your favorite term, acronym, or website.

Search Engine Optimization

We have continued our success working with Boulder SEO Marketing (BSM) to enhance our brand recognition through Search Engine Optimization. Their Micro-SEO Strategies℠ takes a hyper-focused approach, whereby we are implementing improvements page-by-page.

While we are just at the beginning, the results are already tremendous. Pages for Certified Lean Practitioner and Certified Lean Master are ranking number 1.

Go ahead, search for Certified Lean Practitioner and see who comes up at the top (after the sponsored pages).