KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

1. Gain a better understanding about the change for better operational improvement

2. Reduce wastes at work operations

3. Understand the business areas towards making a business leaner and fitter

4. Review the strategy for modern manufacturing for continuous improvement

5. Help your company to embark on a journey on developing competence and simplification

6. Understand the implementing process for continuous improvement

WHO MUST ATTEND

• Production Operators, Supervisors

• Planners, Production Engineers

• Quality Controller, Purchasing Personnel

• Others who are interested in the techniques for continuous improvement

COURSE OUTLINE  

Fundamentals of Continuous Improvement

□  The continuous improvement challenges

□  Cycles of improvement

□  Example of Japanese success

□  Improving business performance

□  The challenge to manufacturing companies

Continuous Improvement Technique

□  Do the simple things right

□  Supporting tools and techniques

□  JIT I vs JIT II

□  Inventory reduction

□  Process improvement

Work Place Environment Improvement

□  Housing – the ‘5s’

□  Widely adopt practice by the Japanese firms

□  Benefits of using the ‘5s’

□  Exercise ‘ how to initiate and implement the ‘5s’ approval

JIT Value Added Process

□  Understanding JIT manufacturing

□  Where to start JIT

□  Developing the strategy for implementing

□  Developing an operational plan for JIT

□  Integrating process control

Maintaining and Improvement Equipment

□  The crucial tasks of improving maintenance

□  Types of maintenance practice

□  Autonomous maintenance

□  Performance measure

Meeting Diversified Customers’ Needs with Short Lead-time

□  Understanding lead-time elements

□  How does delay affect the customer’s delivery schedules

□  Forward scheduling and backward scheduling

□  Lead time reduction

□  Quick setup and small lot size production

Supplier Involvement

□  Supplier – customer relationship

□  Supplier-evaluation

□  Supplier management and monitoring

□  Supplier transport and deliveries

□  Ventor Management Inventory (VMI)

Implementing Continuous Improvement Techniques

□  Addressing the need for implementation

□  Roles of Managers and Supervisors and Operators

□  Developing a strategy for implementation

□  Selection of a project

□  Employee participation