“The Lean Accounting Learning Center is where I've digitized my experience, content, and approach to practicing lean accounting, so you can use it on your own. Whether you're curious and want to learn what lean accounting is, ready to plan a transformation, or looking to sustain your system once you've started, you'll find the content, courses, and applications to guide you at each step.”
Nick Katko (nkatko@maskell.com)
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Lean accounting is the application of lean thinking to accounting. It has two practice areas: providing lean companies with the information they need to make better decisions and continuously improving accounting's own processes.
Lean management accounting is a management accounting system aligned with lean thinking and lean operating practices. It gives users relevant and reliable information to make better business decisions and connects lean strategy with lean operations.
The Continuous Improvement System for Accounting is a system of practices, built on PDCA, that helps accounting teams control their processes every day and methodically eliminate waste.
Short videos that explain lean accounting from the ground up, in two tracks.
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Six certification courses in two tracks. Recorded classes, a quiz after each one, and a certificate at the end.
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Assessments and pilot planners to see where you are and run your first pilot.
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Apps for doing the work with your own numbers. More are added over time.
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BMA's online, self-paced certification courses are designed to demonstrate individual competency and knowledge in understanding the principles, practices and tools of a lean accounting system. You will validate your knowledge by taking quizzes at the end of each class.
These certification courses are based on BMA's proven approach to implementing lean accounting in all types of companies in any industry.
Register and pay below on the course(s) you want to take.
Every certification course in both tracks, for one person. Buy all six
Register and pay below on the course(s) you want to take.
Companies can make a one-time purchase of any of these courses for internal use forever. Upon purchase you will be able to download the course videos and quizzes for your own use. If you are considering a company purchase, please contact Nick Katko for a quote. Email Nick
Bought a course already and can’t see it? It’s almost always a different email address. Register with the one you paid with, or get in touch and we’ll move it across.
The management accounting system for a lean company: measuring performance and capacity, accounting by value stream, managing by value stream, and replacing standard costing.
When a company commits to a lean transformation, people need information that supports the lean strategy and lean operations. This course covers the principles, practices and tools of a lean management accounting system, and how to apply them in any lean company.
Value stream management integrates lean accounting with lean practices into a holistic management system that serves customers better, improves productivity and improves financial performance. Essential to sustaining a lean accounting transformation.
Includes: Value Stream Management Assessment
Standard costing was designed for mass production. In a lean company its information leads to poor decisions and the message that lean isn't working. This course explains how to solve your company's standard costing problems.
An exercise-based course in applying lean management accounting to analysis and decisions. Work through realistic lean company scenarios and get immediate feedback on your decisions.
Lean applied to the accounting department itself: its processes, how it manages its day, and a system that keeps improving them.
Built specifically around the accounting function and how its processes actually work. Learn how to apply lean thinking in accounting processes to eliminate waste, improve productivity and serve your customers better.
Sustained improvement comes from a system built on different PDCA cycles: simple problem solving, daily lean management, and continuous improvement events, on a foundation of strategy and culture.
Assessments and pilot planners to see where you stand and run your first pilot. Use them online with your team, then save your work or download a report.
Apps for doing the work with your own numbers, not just learning it, with more apps added over time. Subscriptions open soon.
Link company strategy to value stream measures: run a Linkage Chart event for each value stream and keep a chart for each.
Create improvement and process measurements for service and administrative processes, one process at a time, and keep a chart for each.
Turn your own accounts into a value stream income statement.
Productive, non-productive and available capacity for each step in a value stream.
Calculate productive, non-productive and available capacity for each position in an administrative process or service value stream.
Log each improvement event and see the time saved, cost saved and extra sales it makes possible, one event at a time and all together.
Build a value stream box score from your own numbers, then see what a decision does to it before you make it.
The box score for service and administrative value streams.
Calculate productive, non-productive and available capacity for each position in an administrative process or service value stream.
Create accounting improvement and process measurements: run a Linkage Chart event for one process at a time (AP, AR, payroll, close) and keep a chart for each.
Set up each accounting process, then log, check and act on improvements and track the time and cost they save.
Describe the problem or opportunity and the outcome you want. The coach works only from Nick's own material, gives you the steps to take, and checks back on whether you got there.
