CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
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Scope:
This one day program is designed to develop skills necessary to successfully initiate team oriented on-going process improvement.
Designed for:
Manufacturing, Design, Quality and Purchasing personnel responsible for input to or facilitation of manufacturing processes.
Content:
- Key terms and definitions
- Waste identification and analysis
- Prescription for waste free manufacturing
- Team organization and planning
- Scheduling
- Choosing CPI tools for waste free processes
- Taking the next step
Goals:
To provide participants with opportunities to:
- Learn proper tools to review, analyze and address obstacles to change
- Investigate employee involvement principles
- Work with procedures for identifying and curing waste in process
Objectives:
Upon completion of the program participants will be able to:
- Facilitate change
- Gain support from co-workers and management
- Lay groundwork to implement a CPI system that is maintainable
- Identify and measure process waste
- Communicate basic concepts to others
- Implement strategy to sustain the CPI process
