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Professional learning and collaboration at Lean Academy Sri Lanka
TVEC registered institutionP02/0368
Lean Academy Sri Lanka

Learn, improve, and lead with practical lean capability.

LASL helps people and organisations turn lean knowledge into better safety, quality, flow, productivity, and customer value.

We offer certificate courses, workshops, corporate training, consultancy, and assessment services designed around real organisational challenges—not theory alone. Every programme connects proven methods with practical strategies participants can apply at work.

Supported by experienced industry practitioners, LASL works with organisations of different sizes and sectors in Sri Lanka and overseas to reduce waste, strengthen processes, prevent failures, and build lasting improvement capability.

Practice firstWorkplace-ready tools, projects, and applications
Cross-industryManufacturing, services, healthcare, and beyond
Partner focusedLearning aligned to people, culture, and business needs
Our purpose

A clear direction for meaningful industrial improvement.

Our Vision

To be the most innovative and cost-effective translator of industrial problems into opportunities through systems design that optimises value addition.

Our Mission

To lead through superior service and simple, efficient, reliable lean industrial engineering solutions developed together with our customers. We create an inspiring environment built on knowledge, experience, and deep understanding—helping clients achieve stronger returns while fulfilling our responsibility as a corporate citizen.

How we create value

More than a certificate. Capability that changes the workplace.

Our approach combines knowledge, practitioner guidance, and practical implementation so learning continues beyond the programme.

01

Understand the problem

Start with the operational reality, people, and outcomes that matter.

02

Build practical capability

Teach simple, proven methods through relevant examples and application.

03

Sustain measurable progress

Connect learning with systems, leadership, and continuous improvement.

What guides us

Our core values.

The principles behind how we learn, serve, engage, and improve alongside our partners.

Value for money

Programmes designed to create practical value beyond the classroom.

Integrity

We act honestly, responsibly, and keep the commitments we make.

Reliability

Our partners can depend on consistent professional support.

Innovativeness

We encourage creative thinking across products, services, and processes.

Personalised

Learning and solutions are aligned to each client environment.

We serve

We work as a caring, responsible, and committed partner.

We engage

We listen carefully and respond to our partners’ real needs.

We inspire

We turn ideas into confidence, capability, and action.

Lean thinking

We help people achieve more value with fewer wasted resources.

Practitioner-led learning

Our Board of Lecturers.

Experienced professionals who connect established methods with the realities of modern organisations.

Udayakantha Sabaratne LASL faculty
Founder / CEO Lean Academy Srilanka Dr.Udayakantha Sabaratne spent more than thirty five years in engineering/ manufacturing in various positions throughout his carrier and during which time he developed extensive experience in management, leadership, and finance. He has design, develops and successfully implements lean systems at several organizations, and has led many companies and hundreds of individuals through Lean projects that have resulted in major savings of ROI. Click Here To View Linkedin Profile

Udayakantha Sabaratne

Mr. Kuppuswamy Venkat LASL faculty
Director- Key Accounts - LRQA (South Asia)

Mr. Kuppuswamy Venkat

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