Lean Accounting & Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) Professional
Why Lean Accounting & COPQ?
Lean Accounting & COPQ
1. Foundations of Lean Accounting
- Why traditional costing conflicts with Lean
- Lean principles applied to finance
- Value streams vs. cost centers
2. Value Stream Costing
- Defining and mapping value streams
- Direct costing at value stream level
- Simple, visual financial reporting
3. Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
- Prevention, Appraisal, Internal & External Failure costs
- Identifying hidden quality costs
- Linking COPQ to defects, rework, delays, and complaints
4. Financial Impact of Improvement
- Quantifying benefits from Lean, Six Sigma & Kaizen
- Hard vs. soft savings—what really counts
- Validating savings with finance
5. Decision-Making with Lean Finance
- Make-or-buy, pricing, and capacity decisions
- Investment decisions based on flow and value
Supporting strategic initiatives with financial clarity
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6. Sustainment & Governance
- Lean KPIs and visual financial boards
- Monthly reviews aligned with operations
- Integrating Lean Accounting with ERP systems
7. Practical Workshops & Case Studies
- COPQ calculation exercises
- Value stream cost analysis
Improvement business case development
Ideal for professionals bridging operations and finance:
- Finance, Costing & Management Accounting Professionals
- Lean Six Sigma & Continuous Improvement Leaders
- Operations, Manufacturing & Service Managers
- Quality, Compliance & Audit Teams
- Business Analysts, PMO & Strategy Teams
- Executives sponsoring improvement initiatives
No advanced accounting or Lean certification required.
1. Finance–Operations Integration
Break down silos between finance and operations.
2. Decision-Grade Financial Insight
Focus on actionable financial understanding, not accounting theory.
3. CI & Digital Alignment
Lean Accounting supports:
- Lean Six Sigma DMAIC benefits tracking
- Value Stream Mapping and flow optimization
- Digital dashboards and ERP reporting
4. Flexible Learning Formats
- Classroom workshops
- Live virtual instructor-led sessions
- In-house enterprise delivery
- LMS templates, calculators, and examples
Benefits for Individuals
Participants completing this course will:
- Translate improvement into financial results
- Quantify COPQ with confidence
- Improve credibility with leadership and finance
- Strengthen strategic and analytical skills
- Enhance career growth in CI and finance leadership
Benefits for Organizations
Organizations training teams through BGMC typically achieve:
- Clear visibility of waste and hidden costs
- Better prioritization of improvement initiatives
- Stronger ROI from CI programs
- Improved collaboration between finance and operations
- Sustainable profitability improvements
Lean Accounting & COPQ turn process improvement into financial performance
Assessment & Certification
- Assessment Method:
- Knowledge-based evaluation
- Practical COPQ & value stream costing exercise
- Knowledge-based evaluation
- Certificate Issued By:
- BGMC – Lean Accounting & COPQ Professional
- BGMC – Lean Accounting & COPQ Professional
PHYSICAL CLASSES
Classroom-based learning
- Instructor-led Lean Accounting training
- Traditional vs Lean costing
- COPQ identification and calculation
- Financial impact of waste
- Course completion certificate
Online Classes
- Live Lean Accounting sessions
- COPQ analysis techniques
- Interactive discussions
- Digital learning materials
- Digital certificate
Enterprise Solutions
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- Lean financial transformation
- COPQ reduction initiatives
- Cost transparency and control
- Profitability improvement
- Scalable deployment
E-LEARNING
- Self-paced Lean Accounting modules
- Learn anytime, anywhere
- COPQ tools and examples
- Knowledge checks
- Completion certificate
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Why Choose BGMC?
- Deep expertise in Lean, Six Sigma & business transformation
- Practitioner-led, real-world delivery
- Strong finance–operations integration approach
- Flexible global and in-house programs
- Integrated learning via BGMC’s EdTech ecosystem
At BGMC, Lean Accounting is positioned as a strategic business capability, not a reporting change.
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