COPEX INSTITUTIONAL ACADEMY — PILLAR 03

Capability
by Design™

The professional education arm of the Chamber of Operational Excellence. We build rigorous, shopfloor-tested competencies across Lean flow, daily supervisory coaching cadences, and statistical defect elimination.

LIMITED ADMISSION COHORTLimited to 5 Organizations / Firms

MyGemba OpEx Implementation Masterclass

An intensive, hands-on masterclass codifying living shift hour-boards, Value Stream flow, and daily Kata coaching directly into your operations or consulting practice.

Pilot Cohort Tuition$499Includes 6-Mo Software License
LEAD INSTRUCTORSTom Dunn & Victor PazmiñoSenior Master Black Belt (45+ yrs) & Black Belt (11 yrs)
DELIVERY FORMATLive Virtual IntensiveDirect screen-share labs, interactive tools & shopfloor templates
PASSPORT ACCREDITATION24 Verified CPD UnitsLogged directly into your permanent COPEX Passport record
Curriculum includes complete access to MyToolbox (35+ Lean & Statistical Calculators).
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Structured Pathways

Institutional Curriculum Architecture

Education designed for operational leaders, engineers, and consultants seeking disciplined operational capability rather than superficial certificate accumulation.

TRACK 0116 Instructional Hours • 16 CPD Units

Foundations & Value Stream Flow

BASELINE OPERATIONAL STABILITY

Target Role

Plant Engineers, Line Supervisors, CI Coordinators

Core Syllabus
  • ·OEMS:2026 Core Management Principles
  • ·5S Workplace Visual Architecture & Shift Handover
  • ·Value Stream Mapping & Dynamic WIP Decoupling
  • ·Takt Time Calculation & Cycle Balancing (Yamazumi)
TRACK 0224 Instructional Hours • 24 CPD Units

Toyota Kata Daily Coaching Mastery

SUPERVISORY PROBLEM-SOLVING CADENCE

Target Role

Shift Supervisors, Operations Managers, Continuous Improvement Leads

Core Syllabus
  • ·The 4-Step Improvement Kata Scientific Routine
  • ·Structuring the 15-Minute Daily Coaching Cadence
  • ·Target Conditions vs. Obstacle Parking Logs
  • ·Shift Hour-Board Abnormality Containment Protocols
TRACK 0340 Instructional Hours • 40 CPD Units

Six Sigma DMAIC & Lean Master

ADVANCED STATISTICAL CONTROL

Target Role

Process Engineers, Quality Directors, Senior Black Belts

Core Syllabus
  • ·Measurement System Analysis (Variable Gage R&R & Attribute MSA)
  • ·Distribution Normality, Boxplot & Multi-Vari Charting
  • ·Process Capability Indices (Cp, Cpk, Ppk, DPMO Conversion)
  • ·Statistically Governed Control Plans & Mistake-Proofing
TRACK 0416 Instructional Hours • 16 CPD Units

Hoshin Kanri & Executive Policy Deployment

STRATEGIC LINE-OF-SIGHT

Target Role

VPs of Operations, Plant Directors, Enterprise Transformation Heads

Core Syllabus
  • ·Catchball Negotiation Architecture Across Tiers
  • ·Cascading 3-5 Breakthrough Objectives to Gemba Targets
  • ·Designing Cross-Functional 5-Day Kaizen Event Charters
  • ·Operating the Opportunity Hopper Prioritization Matrix
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Institutional Rigor

Education ≠ Competency

COPEX maintains a strict ethical separation between course participation and professional certification to ensure credential credibility worldwide.

ACADEMY STUDY OUTCOME

Certificate of Completion

Awarded immediately upon completing instructional modules. It certifies that the student reviewed theoretical concepts and logged training hours. It does not certify plant-floor competence.

✓ Credits directly to COPEX Passport as verified CPD units.
INDEPENDENT CREDENTIALS BOARD

COPEX Professional Designation

Conferred exclusively after candidate submits documented operational evidence, passes a rigorous proctored exam, and successfully defends project results before the Credentials Committee.

✓ Requires verified financial, cycle-time, or yield variance improvement.
Permanent Career Ledger

Track Learning in Your COPEX Passport

Every Academy workshop, live masterclass, and seminar completed is cryptographically logged into your verifiable digital Passport record.

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