1. Certification Bucket 5

2. Why Get Certified? • Upgrade Your Knowledge – The educational requirements of certification are one more reason to continuously maintain and upgrade your knowledge. • Leadership Recognition – Your certification shows employers you are a leader in your field. Let them know about your achievement. • A Sense of Achievement – Enhancing your self-confidence and helping you excel at your job. • An Elite Group – Individuals holding certifications form an elite group of professionals who have demonstrated their manufacturing knowledge. • Portable, Career Credential – When you change jobs, your certification credentials travel with you. They look good on your resume and show you are serious about your career. • Validate your Lean Experience – Align to the lean knowledge and competency standard, develop career milestones and share lean knowledge through mentoring others.

3. Types of Certification • Certified Manufacturing Technologist (CMfgT) Certification • Certified Manufacturing Engineering (CMfgE) Certification • Engineering Manager Professional Certification Transition Program • World-Class Six Sigma Certification Partnership • Lean Certification – Gold, Silver, Bronze

4. CMfgT Cert

5. CMfgE. Cert

6. CMfg Certification Costs

7. Lean • Designed by three organizations – the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence and the American Society for Quality – this alliance has established the standard for continuous improvement and lean practices. • In 2010, the American Society for Quality joined this collaborative alliance.

8. Engineering Manager Professional Certification Transition Program • In 2008, SME’s Certified Engineering Manager credential was merged with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ EMCI program. In 2009, upon the decision by ASME to dissolve EMCI, the American Society for Engineering Management agreed to develop an equivalent program to carry forward the work of certifying engineering managers. Effective July 1, 2010, ASEM will provide continuing registration for EMCI certified individuals and new processes for the certification of engineering managers.

9. Six Sigma Training • SME, through a special agreement with Arizona State University’s Fulton School of Engineering, offers world-class six sigma training and certification to its members. • Black Belt • Green Belt • Robust Design for Six Sigma (RDFSS)

10. Levels • KNOWLEDGE + EXPERIENCE = LEAN STRENGTH

11. How to get Certified

12. Lean Certification Costs

13. Outcome Assessments • For Educators and Students • EET Outcome Assessments for Educators • Electrical/electronic engineering technology • Green Manufacturing Specialist Certificate • LEAN Outcome Assessments for Educators • Technical Outcome Assessments for Educators • All are ABET qualified

14. Get Certified!! Get the Credentials you need today! Visit sme.org/certification for more information.