2025 Q4 Review

By Mike Loughrin

With the fourth quarter of 2025 in our wake, let’s list the most exciting accomplishments during Q4:

1. People are Propelling Their Careers
2. New Lean Leadership Resource
3. Blast from the Past
4. Featured Customer of the Quarter
5. Featured Partner of the Quarter
6. 2026 Annual Plan

Each of the accomplishments deserves a closer look.

1. People are Propelling Their Careers

We helped people become Certified Lean Practitioners and Certified Six Sigma Green Belts.

79 people earned the Certified Lean Practitioner designation.

70 people earned the Certified Six Sigma Green Belt designation.

While the numbers are not in yet, we are looking at a large number of people completing the Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt in early 2026.

2. New Lean Leadership Resource

Our new resource on Lean Leadership is filling a gap people have been searching for.

Success with a Lean Transformation program requires Lean Leadership. It takes leadership engagement to enjoy the tremendous benefits from a successful Lean program. Our resource page provides a roadmap for the leadership team to navigate the 3 phases of a Lean Transformation.

These 3 critical phases of a Lean Transformation, where the leadership team has special responsibilities, are explore, launch, and sustain. Each phase has unique responsibilities for the leadership team at any organization.

3. Blast from the Past

It’s been interesting to watch the back and forth in the Wall Street battle for ownership of Warner Bros.

We do wish the best of luck to our colleagues at Warner Bros. It’s been a while since we helped them transform their supply chain management processes using value stream mapping and tossing in some help from SAP APO.

Doing a quick search, I found there is actually a book which refers to using SAP APO at Warner Bros.

4. Featured Customer of the Quarter

We Helped Werfen launch their Lean Transformation program using a customized version of our Lean Today Workshop on November 6th.

We covered why Lean is the #1 organizational improvement program and how great Lean Transformation Programs have the 3 critical elements of Lean Projects, Continuous Improvement, and Program Management.

Group exercises helped the Werfen leadership team capture the inspiration to begin their Lean Transformation journey.

5. Featured Partner of the Quarter

We ran a Lean Workshop at the University of Wyoming using our RobotRick simulation.

20 participants learned how a poor process can be filled with waste which causes poor service, weak financial results, and a miserable quality of life. They then worked to eliminate waste using a few techniques from the Lean toolbox. The results were astonishing!

It was a wonderful learning experience.

Future events at the University of Wyoming include Certified Lean Apprentice and Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt classes.

6. 2026 Annual Plan

The fourth quarter was fairly busy. Developing our 2026 Annual Plan has been pushed to January 7, 2026. We have been conducting research into investment and growth options and plan to continue improving our courses with AI, videos, and partnering with apprentice training programs.

We will continue helping clients and prospects apply for educational grants facilitated by Manufacturer’s Edge, Colorado’s official Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Center. The funding for training is through Skill Advance Colorado Job Training Grants. If you are a Colorado manufacturer, then contact us to see how you can benefit from training grants.

Large classes are expected for Lean and Six Sigma classes. We already have about 60% of 2026 already booked. We have a number of organizations getting ready to launch their Lean Transformation programs in early 2026.