A comprehensive educational program focused on process improvement, digitization, and automation. The program builds on the successful series of Academies organized as part of the EDIH-DIGIMAT project and is now also available to larger companies.
Nine days of lectures and practical workshops + benchmark visit.
By participating, you will gain valuable know-how and an overview of options for optimizing your business processes, as well as support from experienced lecturers in solving your own optimization project. The program also includes a benchmark visit to Škoda Transportation in Pilsen.
MODULE 1: VALUE, THE 5 PILLARS OF LEAN, ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN TRANSFORMATION - 24.2.-26.2.2026
- TQM, value and value stream
- 5 pillars of lean thinking
- Analytical tools and tools for value stream mapping (VSM/VSD/Hybrid)
- Analysis of a company's digital readiness
- VSM mapping of value stream and order fulfillment process at our benchmark partner company
- VSD proposal for the ideal state of the process
- VSD design of the ideal actual state of the process
- Digital Readiness Audit
Benchmark visit – ŠKODA Transportation in Plzeň - 12.3.2026
MODULE 2: IMPROVING AND OPTIMIZING PROCESSES, THE IMPORTANCE OF LEAN IN THE DIGITAL AGE - 25.-26.3.2026
- The history and present of lean thinking
- LEAN tools (process improvement, growth tools, and strategy)
- Overview of TQM, 5S, VS, SFM, SW + Cardboard Engineering, VQM
- SMED, TPM, Lean Logistics, Hoshin Kanri, TG Systems, APD
- Product Roads, Competitive Dynamics
- Practical examples from transformation processes
- Calculating savings from lean and transformation initiatives
- Leadership and Coaching
MODUL 3: Structured problem solving as part of the company's DNA - 21.-22.4.2026
- Transition from fire fighting to problem solving organization
- The importance of interdepartmental cooperation
- Overview of tools for solving complex problems
- Problem Solving exercise based on a specific example from Academy participants (TBD)
- Involvement of Data Analytics and Data Collection
MODUL 4: DATA, DATA ANALYTICS, PROCESS DIGITIZATION, THE POWER OF POWERBI AND AI - 13.-14.5.2026
- Cultural continuity vs. business digitization
- Examples of successful digitization
- Tools for managing a 21st century business
- Working with data, big data analysis
- Digital simulation and digital twin
- Power of PowerBI
- AI as an integral part of modern business processes
- AI applications for manufacturing companies
- The company of the (near) future
