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Operations Improvement Course List
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To see selected course outlines, please click on the course number. If no outline
is available, or you would like more information, please
contact Lee Hales by telephone or E-mail. Also, be sure to see our
Public Training Schedule for dates, locations, and sponsors of our up-coming
public workshops.
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1-PMC
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Planning Manufacturing Cells
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1
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2-PMC
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Planning Manufacturing Cells
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2
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3-PCM
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Planning for Cellular Manufacturing
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3
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4-PMC
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Planning Manufacturing Cells
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4
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2-LMS
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How to Plan Lean Manufacturing Systems
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2
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3-RBI
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Results Based Improvement
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3
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5-RBI
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Results Based Improvement -- with guidance to teams
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5
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About Our Operations Improvement Courses
Operations improvement is an essential skill at every level of the organization
– from hourly operator on the plant or warehouse floor to senior executive. To meet
this need, we offer a variety of courses that teach practical techniques and identify
specific opportunities found in many industrial organizations. We offer these workshops
in three “tracks:”
- Planning Manufacturing Cells
- Results-Based Improvement
- Lean Manufacturing
Each goes beyond physical planning to include procedural and personnel-related aspects
of industrial operations.
Manufacturing cells offer many plants their best opportunity for operations improvement.
They are particularly appropriate for today’s production environment of shortened
product life cycles and increased product variety. Cells are also the essential
building blocks of lean manufacturing systems. Plants installing cells report the
following typical benefits:
- 65 to 90% reductions in material handling
effort
- 50 to 90% reductions in flow time
- 75 to 85% inventory reductions
- 50 to 90% reductions in scrap and rework
Please note! These benefits are achieved from cells alone and often by operators
themselves, equipped with our training and empowered to implement their plans. They
do not require the full application of the Toyota Production System (a.k.a. Lean
Manufacturing). Nor do they require a Six Sigma program, with master-apprentice
layers of color-coded leadership and participation – black, brown, green, etc.
By teaching your supervisors and operators time-honored techniques of industrial
engineering, they can do for themselves what many top-down programs fail to accomplish
–quick and lasting improvement in day-to-day operations.
Our courses in cell planning are based upon
Systematic Planning of Manufacturing Cells (SPMC). Developed by Richard
Muther & Associates – leading authorities on manufacturing cells – SPMC follows
the proven structure of Muther’s other systematic
methods. SPMC is also documented in
texts, videos, and on-line training. An optional
certification exam is available for those attending our 2- and 3-day
cell planning courses.
Our courses in Results-Based Improvement teach 24 time-honored tools and techniques
of industrial engineering and quality improvement. These can be quickly learned
by any type or level of employee and applied to any kind of recurring work in manufacturing
plants, warehouses, or administrative operations. These courses also teach a structured,
six-step approach to organizing and completing operations improvement projects.
Our course in Lean Manufacturing teaches the specific techniques and practices required
to successfully implement the Toyota Production System. In addition the planning
of production line cells, this workshop teaches value stream mapping and the application
of lean principles to manufacturing operations.
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