CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
WORKPLACE OPTIMIZATION

Scope:

This one day program is designed to integrate product and process design into the organization and management of the overall continuous process improvement process.

Designed for:

Engineering, quality, manufacturing, planning, purchasing, supervisory and team leaders.

Content:

Kaizen
Standard work
Load smoothing and work flow analysis
Cells and spaghetti diagrams
Single minute exchange of dies (SMED) – organizational perspective
Managing total productive maintenance
Design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA)
TAKT and cycle time
Supplier involvement

Goals:

To provide participants with opportunities to:

Actually analyze processes
Apply the above techniques to improve processes
Review approaches taken by other companies
Interact with other participants

Objectives:

Upon completion of the program participants will be able to:

Utilize procedures, instructions and forms to effectively implement the above tools and techniques
Provide key measurable data to management for review
Calculate TAKT time and cycle time
Plan for total productive maintenance
Reduce set up time
Apply standard work
Use principles to ensure improvements stay in place