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Lean basics: Waste, 5S and continuous improvement

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for operations. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 35 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 29 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Three questions from this course. Pick an answer, then see why.

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Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 7 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 35 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: The hour lost looking for a tool · 7 min

    Before you begin · Amara spends 20 minutes each shift hunting for a torque wrench while Dev's line waits for parts nobody ordered · What would you say?

  • Lesson 2: The eight wastes · 6 min

    The eight wastes · Spot the waste · Check

  • Lesson 3: 5S: a place for everything · 6 min

    The five steps · Red tag rules · Check

  • Lesson 4: Choosing the right tool · 6 min

    Tools at a glance · Match the tool · Metrics

  • Lesson 5: Grey areas: what would you do? · 6 min

    A workstation causes a bottleneck during a Kaizen event · A colleague says the red-tag shelf is "mine" · Check

  • Lesson 6: Make it stick, then assess · 4 min

    Improvement routine · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding to operations roles, before a Kaizen event or 5S roll-out, and as a yearly refresher.

Operations, production, warehouse and office team members and their supervisors.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Improvement contact
  • Site metrics link
  • Help contact
  • LMS or record system
  • Course URL
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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