Business students at the University of Kent will now be able to access the very latest in business process best practice, thanks to a link-up with on-line learning, training and consultancy company the Leading Edge Group.<\/p>\n
The collaboration between the University\u2019s Kent Business School (KBS) and the Ireland-based Leading Edge Group will see new approaches to \u2018lean thinking\u2019 and \u2018value chain management\u2019 integrated as new modules within existing courses.<\/p>\n
Professor Andrew Fearne<\/a>, Director of the Centre for Value Chain Research<\/a> at KBS, said: \u2018This is an exciting collaboration with the Leading Edge Group, which specialises in continuous improvement methodologies including Lean, Six Sigma and business process reengineering. This agreement demonstrates our continued commitment to provide excellence in education through collaboration with industry.<\/p>\n \u2018The Leading Edge Group provides on-line and classroom-based learning programmes in Lean and Six Sigma as well as training and bespoke consultancy. The company\u2019s methodology and approach can be applied successfully across a wide variety of sectors.<\/p>\n \u2018Under this arrangement, the University will also validate a credit for the Leading Edge Group\u2019s management module\u2019, added Professor Fearne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"