Overview:
Worldwide competition in the early 1980's opened the USA eyes to successes of off-shore manufacturing companies providing better quality products for a lower cost!
What was discovered is that this capability had existed for years, but USA attitude was that it's a fad!
Our program will present these practices with renewed vitality to prove they continue to provide the way to improvements in manufacturing processes.
We will rediscover "The System of Profound Knowledge (4 paradigms)", that is necessary for our success in the 21st Century.
Utilizing key tools within the many that exist, we can initiate a program of quality improvement. Our focus will be TQM, but it will include specific tools as denoted in WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND - ABOVE!
These tools will enhance your ability to change and improve results!
Why you should Attend:
- Understand What a Continuous Improvement Mentality and Environment Is Made Of
- What Is Process Improvement and How to Achieve It
- Learn What Is Involved in Establishing Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Understand What Can Be Achieved With Application of TQM
- How to Perform the Problem - Solving Improvement Model
- What Is Cause & Effect Analysis & How to Employ It?
- How to Utilize Prioity- Indexing as an Improvement Tool
Areas Covered in the Session:
- What Are the Problems Around Us?
- Lack of Excitement When Addressing Change
- Accepting Rework as an Operating Practice
- Developing the Continuous Improvement Mentality
- Understanding Total Quality Mgt. (TQM)
- System of Profound Knowledge Principles
- Basis of Thinking & Practices
- Quality Tools
- CIP Mentality
- Problem Solving
- Cause & Effect Analysis
Who Will Benefit:
- Production Leaders - Supervisors, Managers, Directors
- Quality Supervisors, Inspectors
- Purchasing Buyers, Purchasing Agents, Purchasing Managers, Directors
- Material Planners, Managers, Directors
- Supply Chain Managers, Directors
- Engineers - Manufacturing, Industrial
- Information Systems Analysts