GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES FOR SHOPFLOOR IMPROVEMENT

Course Duration

2 Days.

Objectives

This training course exposes participants to the following :

• Set-up of appropriate line structure to achieve best profit.
  
• Institutionalizing of relevant understanding, awareness and desire to achieve best business results.
  
• Installation of right and desire behavior for operators, technicians and other relevant personnel.
  
• Application of simplification techniques to achieve higher productivity.
  
• Installation of group high Quality awareness workers through appropriate quality programs.
  
• Maintenance of efficient & effective machines.
  

Training Methodology

As this course is technically oriented, numerous exercises will be given during the session. Training methodology includes case studies, lecture, problem solving, exercises and small work group activities.

Who Should Attend

Process control personnel such as Engineers & Supervisors. Also useful for Quality Professional, SPC Coordinators, Supplier Quality Engineers and any personnel who calculates and reports measures of process capability.

Basic knowledge of Control Charts is desirable but not necessary.
A Scientific calculator is needed for this course.

Resource Person

Sim Lam Thong has a bachelor degree in Mathematics/Physics and has more than 14 years of vigorous involvement in TQC/TPM activities, problem solving and Management training. He is specialized in quality, TWC, SPC, productivity and TPM training/Consultants, Industrial Statistical Application and Design of Experiments Training and implementation. Sim has been consulting for many multinationals such as Hewlett Packard, Seagate, ICI Products, Acer and many more.

Contents

Challenges for today's company

• Competition for survival
  
• Low cost, high volume & high quality production
  
• Desire outlook of today's company

Customers Satisfaction

• General trend in today's market
  
• How to ensure customer satisfaction or customer delight
  
• The required behaviors for line the workers

Production line activities

• High Capacity, Multiplexing of Machines
  
• Minimization of Machine downtime
  
• Improvement of Equipment's Overall Effectiveness & Efficiency (OEE)

Performance of the production lines

• Measurement matrix
  
• Time per unit produced measurement
  
• Desirable worker's behaviors
  
• Job Simplification & Method Study for the lines
  
• Ability to response to quick change

Effective Line Management Techniques

• Make problem visible
  
• Reduce wastage in the line, reduce inventory or raw supplies
  
• Daily communication plan
  
• Worker's involvement in improvement activities

External Partnership

• Sub-contracting activities
  
• How to assess for a sub-contracting company?

Materials Supply

• Importance of good materials
  
• Vendor & Vendee relationship
  
• Checklist to asses a vendor

Concluding remarks

• Application of all techniques learnt from real example