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Certified Lean Enterprise Principal - CLEP™

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Overview

Earning the CLEP™® certification demonstrates an individual’s ability to mentor Black Belts, advise senior leadership on improvement strategies, and align Lean Six Sigma projects with overarching business goals. This qualification ensures that professionals are prepared to design, deploy, and sustain continuous improvement systems that deliver measurable, long-term benefits. It is an essential credential for those looking to influence enterprise strategy, optimize complex processes, and foster a lasting culture of operational excellence across the organization.

The Certified Lean Enterprise Principal - CLEP™® represents the highest level of expertise within the Lean Six Sigma hierarchy. This certification validates a candidate’s mastery of advanced statistical methods, strategic problem-solving, and the leadership skills necessary to drive organization-wide transformation. Candidates gain a profound understanding of change management techniques and performance measurement frameworks, enabling them to successfully lead high-impact initiatives across diverse business units.

Ultimately, achieving Master Black Belt status marks the pinnacle of business process improvement expertise. This prestigious role is typically reserved for top-performing, high-potential Black Belts who have a proven track record of delivering exceptional results. Master Black Belts help shape the future of their companies by directing both the high-level strategy and the practical tactics of all Lean Six Sigma process improvement activities.

The Certified Lean Enterprise Principal - CLEP™ is a foundational credential awarded by ITQMA to professionals who have demonstrated core competency in project frameworks.

Exam Information

The Exam contains 100 Multiple Choice Questions and you must correctly answer 70 (70 out of 100 correct) to pass the exam.

The total duration of the exam is 2 hours (120 Minutes).

  • The exam is conducted in AI-proctored mode and can be taken anytime, anywhere within an eight-month validity period.
  • Upon purchasing the Premium Package or an Exam Voucher Code, a voucher code with two attempts will be assigned to your login profile under the "My Vouchers" tab. You can then take the exam through the "My Exam(s)" tab in your profile. To take the exam, simply apply the voucher code.

  • The Exam Voucher included in the Premium Package or purchased separately is valid for two (2) attempts. If you are unable to pass the exam within these two attempts, you can purchase a new voucher code, which will grant you an additional two attempts.
  • Kindly Note: The voucher will not be valid for a second attempt if you pass the exam on your first attempt.

The Certified Lean Enterprise Principal - CLEP™® Certificate is valid for life.

CLEP™® is a Registered Trademark of ITQMA.

The Certified Lean Enterprise Principal - CLEP™® Certification has no pre-requisites (Completion of an E-Course is not mandatory from ITQMA), the CLSSMBB® Certification is based on an assessment.

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Course Outline

1.1 Section I – Organizational Roadblocks and Lean Management

  • Organizational roadblocks
  • Resistance Analysis
  • Overview of all Continuous Improvement approaches
  • Overview of Lean
  • Overview of Six Sigma
  • Lean Management explained — TAKT Time, Cycle Time, PCE, Lead Time, SWIP, Setup time, Changeover time
  • Lean Tools explained — 5S, Kaizen, SMED, Heijunka

1.2.1 Pre-define

  • DMAIC versus DFSS
  • Pre-define Pre-requisites and Qualifications
  • Project Prioritization Matrix
  • Introduction to Enterprise Wide view versus LOB view
  • NPV and IRR

1.2.2 Define

  • Champion’s transfer of project
  • Team dynamics and facilitation
  • Project Charter’s role
  • SIPOC/COPIS map
  • VOC/VOB/VOP
  • CTQ, CTC, CTS
  • VOC – CTQ Tree
  • Kano Model
  • Quality Function Deployment
  • Baseline performance of Y
  • Business Metrics for Y
  • Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY)
  • Statistical Definition of Six Sigma

1.3 Section III – Measure

  • Objectives of Measure Phase
  • Types of Data and Data Distribution models (Normal, Binomial and Poisson Distribution discussed)
  • Scales of Data
  • Measures of Central Tendency
  • Measures of Dispersion
  • Measurement Systems Analysis
  • Variables GAGE RR
  • Attribute RR
  • Stability Check — Importance of Stability
  • Capability Check — Cp, Cpk, Cpkm explained, How to understand Attribute Capability
  • Variations, Variability and Capability
  • Graphical tools to understand Data distribution
  • Understanding Weibull (2 Parameter, 3 Parameter and Rayleigh) Distribution
  • Correlating Calculations to Business Measures
  • Checking Normality of Data (Anderson Darling, Ryan Joiner and Kolmogorov Smirnov)

1.4 Section IV – Analyze

  • Objectives of Analyze
  • Simple Linear Regression
  • Multiple Linear Regression
  • Curvilinear Regression
  • Fishbone Diagram
  • Pareto Charts
  • Demarcating Common Causes and Special Causes
  • Hypothesis Tests (Parametric and Non-Parametric tests)
  • Statistical Validation

1.5 Section V – Improve

  • Objectives of Improve
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Solutions Prioritization Matrix
  • Pugh Matrix
  • Design of Experiments
  • Introduction to DOE
  • Basics of DOE
  • Replication, Randomization and Blocking
  • Main Effects and Interaction effects
  • Full factorial experiments
  • Fractional factorial experiments
  • Screened Designs
  • Response Surface Designs
  • DOE with Regression
  • DOE with example

1.6 Section VI – Control

  • Taguchi’s Loss Function
  • Control Charts (Variable Control Charts and Attribute Control Charts)
  • Measurement System Re-analysis
  • Control Plan and Project Storyboard Transfer
  • Project Closure
  • Introduction to Total Productive Maintenance

Lean Process Improvement

  • Understanding Lean
  • The Toyota Production System
  • The Toyota Production System House
  • The Five Critical Improvement Concepts
  • Understanding Value with the Kano Model
  • Types of Waste
  • Creating a Lean Enterprise
  • Understanding Lean
  • The Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Cycle
  • Using the R-DMAIC-S Model
  • Lean Thinking Tools
  • Kaizen Events
  • Data Gathering and Mapping
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Target Audience

  • Project Manager
  • Program Manager
  • System Analyst
  • Delivery Manager
  • Team coordinator
  • Functional Manager
  • Product Manager
  • Marketing Executive
  • Marketing manager
  • Sales Team Member
  • Production Team Member

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