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March 3, 2026

Liquid Lean Launch

We are proud to announce the launch of Liquid Lean, a certificate in continuous improvement for the Process Industries.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป โ€“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

In chemicals and process manufacturing, performance gains are still being left on the table.

๐Ÿ‘‰Capacity tied up in changeovers.

๐Ÿ‘‰Working capital locked in inventory.

๐Ÿ‘‰Lead times designed into operations.

The Liquid Lean Certificate (delivered through the CIA) brings together 7 focused modules (4 core + 3 optional from 5) built specifically for the process industries.

The objective โ€“ support process companies to:

โ€ข Release capacity without capital

โ€ข Reduce working capital

โ€ข Improve OTIF

โ€ข Strengthen supply chain performance

This is not classroom theory. Delegates are expected to deliver measurable site improvements, supported by further in-person and virtual implementation workshops.We launch in March with a module most months on a rolling cycle โ€“ attend at your own pace.

โœ”Currently free to CIA member companies.

โœ”Previous attendance on any of our relevant courses counts.

If you want capability โ€” not just training โ€” letโ€™s talk.

๐™ˆ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™š๐™™๐™„๐™ฃ, ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™– ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™—๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™„๐˜ผ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ.

Each module is a standalone one day course delivered either online or in-person.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐Ÿฐ)

๐Ÿ”นLean for Chemicals โ€“ Applying Lean in the Process Industries

๐Ÿ”นBusiness Diagnostics and Analysis โ€“ Finding the Opportunities

๐Ÿ”นChemical Kaizen โ€“ Running Improvement Workshops๐Ÿ”นValue Stream Mapping in the Process Industries โ€“ Creating Flow in Chemicals

๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿฑ)

๐Ÿ”นVisual Factory โ€“ Understanding Your Plant at a Glance

๐Ÿ”นWriting Procedures โ€“ Current Best Practices

๐Ÿ”นProblem Solving in Production โ€“ Structured Tools for Daily Issues

๐Ÿ”นChangeover Reduction for Chemicals (SMED)

๐Ÿ”นLean Supply Chains โ€“ Exploring the Bigger Picture