Training and Development

Operational Excellence
& Business Improvement

Our highly successful business improvement and lean training programmes give your organisation the skills needed to deliver measurable reductions in costs and improve quality and delivery.


Company Partners provides both tailored development programmes and nationally recognised training courses for executives across the UK. The following is a selection of courses run, but contact us and we can talk about your individual requirements.

Business Improvement Training

  • ILM Award Introduction to Business Improvement (L2 VRQ)
  • ILM Award in Service Improvement (L3 VRQ)
  • ILM Certificate in Service Improvement (L5 VRQ)
  • Business Improvement Techniques - Foundation for Employees
  • BIR201 - Complying with Statutory Regulations and Safety Requirements
  • BIR202 - Contributing to Effective Team Working
  • BIR203 - Leading Effective Teams
  • BIR204 - Applying Workplace Organisation Techniques
  • BIR205 - Applying Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen)
  • BIR206 - Creating Flexible Production and Manpower Systems
  • BIR209 - Creating Visual Management Systems
  • BIR210 - Carrying Out Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
  • BIR212 - Applying Total Productive Maintenance
  • BIR213 - Applying Problem Solving Techniques
  • BIR215 - Applying Flow Process Analysis
  • BIR216 - Applying Policy Deployment (HOSHIN KANRI)
  • BIR220 - Applying Basic Statistics
  • BIR221 - Carrying Out Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • BIR234 - Applying Quality Function Deployment
  • BIR235 - Carrying Out Project Management Activities
  • BIR236 - Creating Standard Operating Procedures
  • BIR237 - Carrying Out Problem Solving Activities
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Leading A Project Team
  • Problem Solving
  • Process Mapping
  • ISO9001 Awareness
  • ISO9001 Internal Auditing
  • Integrated Management Systems Awareness
  • Lean Awareness
  • Lean 7 Wastes