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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Training

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING ANY OF THESE CHALLENGES?
Need improved leadership in operations management for bottom line profitability?
Need a better understanding of your role as operations manager in a manufacturing operation?
As operations manager, you are looking to upgrade your skills and become more effective?
Committed to becoming a Lean organization, but lack the operations management skills to move forward?
…If the answer is "Yes," then MMEC's Operations Management training may be what you need.

COURSE INFORMATION
PREREQUISITE: None

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed for manufacturing or operations managers and supervisors with a desire to improve their skills and/or gain a thorough understanding of their responsibilities for creating a more productive and profitable operation. Overall, participants attending this course will be introduced to principles of operations management and decision-making practices to help them and their operations succeed.

LEARN HOW TO:

Identify "Red Flags" that signal waste or non-value-added activity.
Recognize and address the eight deadly wastes (overproduction, waiting, transportation, over-processing, inventory, extra motion, product defects and underutilized people).
Distinguish between value-added and Non-Value Added activity
Get organized, set priorities and plan for process improvement.
Ensure that good processes are contributing to good performance.
Learn the 5S Method and how to apply these good housekeeping practices that are foundational to sound operations.
Peform process mapping (Value Stream Mapping) to help you understand and improve operations.
Conduct bridge meetings that can ensure consistent processes from shift to shift.
Use a manufacturing profit & loss statement to measure operation progress and the effect of process improvements on the company's bottom line.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE: Manufacturing/Operations Managers and Supervisors

COURSE LENGTH & FORMAT: 4 Hours; classroom presentation with discussion/interaction.

CLASS SIZE GUIDELINES:
Public Event: 10 Minimum
Private Company Event: Variable (depending on internal demand)

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