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Business Process Management

Eliminate waste in every business process you touch

The A3 problem-solving framework and BPM principles — originally from Toyota, now proven in healthcare, finance, HR, IT, and every service environment.

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$250  $200 USD · 20% applied at checkout
Ahmed Radwan — Lean instructor
5,000+ trained Kaizen Academy Australia
5,000+
Professionals trained
15+ yrs
Floor experience
$120M+
Business impact delivered
The real problem

Most service improvement efforts fail because they copy manufacturing playbooks without adapting them

The methodology is sound. The translation is missing.

Recurring problems stay recurringDelays in patient care, loan processing, and onboarding keep coming back because root causes are never addressed — just symptoms.
Improvement initiatives stallWithout a structured framework, initiatives in finance, IT, and administration rarely deliver sustainable results past the first review cycle.
Waste is invisible without the right lensExcessive approvals, waiting, rework, and errors are everywhere in service processes — but they're hard to see until you know what to look for.
No shared language for process improvementTeams in different functions each invent their own approach, making cross-departmental improvement nearly impossible to coordinate.
Built for service environments

Originally from the factory floor.
Now proven everywhere work happens.

These methods work brilliantly outside manufacturing. Here's where practitioners are applying them.

Healthcare
Reduce patient wait times, streamline admission, eliminate errors in handoffs and care pathways.
Financial Services
Accelerate loan processing, reduce errors in account opening, eliminate redundant approvals.
Human Resources
Streamline recruitment, reduce time-to-hire, remove bottlenecks in onboarding and reviews.
IT & Technology
Reduce incident resolution time, streamline change management, optimise service desk operations.
Customer Service
Improve first-contact resolution, reduce transfers, optimise complaint handling at every touchpoint.
Government
Accelerate permit processing, reduce citizen wait times, streamline licensing and document workflows.
Legal & Professional
Streamline document review, optimise case management, remove bottlenecks in client onboarding.
Education
Streamline enrolment, reduce administrative workload, improve communication and student services.
Course curriculum

Five modules. One coherent system.

From foundational BPM principles through to sustainable process documentation — each module builds on the last.

  • Business Process Management essentials and why it matters in services
  • Core, support, and management processes — how they interact
  • A3 methodology overview and the 7-step problem-solving sequence
  • The 7 types of waste in business processes — with service-specific examples
  • Gemba philosophy — go to where work actually happens
  • Root cause analysis: 5 Whys, Fishbone, Pareto applied to service problems
  • SMART target condition setting and performance metrics for services
  • Countermeasure development hierarchy and impact vs effort prioritisation
  • PDCA Cycle in practice — Plan, Do, Check, Act for service improvements
  • Pilot testing strategies and implementation best practices
  • Process hierarchy levels for any business function
  • SIPOC analysis and BPMN swimlane diagrams for cross-functional workflows
  • Mapping patient journeys, customer onboarding, and approval processes
  • Value stream mapping adapted for service delivery
  • Multi-level process repository structure and documentation best practices
  • BPM and A3 integration — tying the full improvement cycle together
  • Standardisation for sustainability — keeping improvement gains permanent
See it in action

Watch how process maps are built

This is the kind of professional output you'll be creating by the end of the course — from patient journeys to approval workflows.

What you get

Everything you need to go from watching to doing

Self-paced video tutorials
Learn on your schedule. Every concept explained clearly, with real service-industry examples throughout.
Downloadable PDFs & templates
A3 templates, SIPOC worksheets, process map starters — ready to use on your next project from day one.
Certificate of completion
Issued by Kaizen Academy Australia. A credential you can add to your LinkedIn profile and CV immediately.
Lifetime access
Content is continuously updated. Once you're in, you have access to every revision — no renewal fees.
Primary-source methodology
Content drawn directly from Toyota's own methods — not diluted summaries or secondhand interpretations.
Learn at your own pace
No live sessions, no deadlines, no group schedules to work around. Your calendar, your pace.
Ahmed Radwan Your instructor
Who you're learning from

Ahmed Radwan

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt · 15+ years on the floor

Ahmed has spent fifteen years driving lean transformation across manufacturing, services, and government — not in a consulting room, but on the gemba. He's seen firsthand what breaks down when lean methods are applied without translation to the service context, and he built this course specifically to close that gap.

  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (CSSC)
  • Lean Bronze — Shingo Institute
  • Project Management Professional (PMI)
  • Professional Scrum Master (Scrum.org)
  • MBA · Hoshin Kanri (Lean Enterprise Institute)
Endorsements

Recognised by the people who wrote the books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Ahmed is a delight to work with. He did an amazing job of synthesizing key points from the book, wrote a draft of the script, connected the script to engaging graphics, and is an ace at the technology. Ahmed clearly has a deep grasp of lean and The Toyota Way."

Jeffrey Liker
Author of The Toyota Way · Liker Lean Advisor
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Ahmed has established an awesome presence on LinkedIn articulating visuals, quotes, short PowerPoints that has helped me enhance my materials, as well as many others so they grow in their role and genre of work. He is eager to lead and learn simultaneously with others."

Tracey Richardson
Retired from Toyota · Author of The Toyota Engagement Equation
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"The course was a great match for me. I'm very happy with the content."

Diego Garces
Service Industry Professional
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Deepened my understanding of Lean principles and the Toyota Production System with Ahmed Radwan. Excellent course."

Ravindra Umbarkar
Operations Excellence Leader

Ready to stop patching symptoms
and start fixing the system?

One structured framework. Every service environment. Lasting results.

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FAQ

Questions before you enrol

Lifetime. Once enrolled, you have unlimited access to all course materials and any future updates — no subscription, no renewal fees.

Yes. The course is designed for both practitioners new to BPM and A3, and experienced professionals who want a rigorous, service-adapted framework to replace the ad hoc approaches they've been using.

Self-paced video tutorials with downloadable PDF guides and ready-to-use templates. There are no live sessions — you work through the material on your own schedule.

Yes. You'll receive a certificate of completion issued by Kaizen Academy Australia — ready to add to your LinkedIn profile and CV.

Most BPM training either stays generic or copies manufacturing content without adapting it for services. This course is built around the A3 framework specifically translated for service environments — with real examples from healthcare, finance, HR, and IT. The methodology comes directly from primary sources, not secondhand summaries.