LEAN MANUFACTURING OPERATION FOR BUSINESS COMPETITION

Introduction

As Malaysia is currently developing rapidly towards globalization and facing fierce from other developing countries, we have to be fully equip ourselves with relevant Manufacturing Practices to improve our business position. This program is designed to develop a full view of Manufacturing so that it covers the necessary activities to support a very lean and effective Manufacturing Operation. In this aspects, we will achieve the basic business performance indices such as Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale through a proper implementation of well planned activities in our organization.

This program will be conducted with practical examples and also provide the basic concepts to all participants is generic and can be applied to all types of industries. As the title suggested, the ultimate aim of the program to provide participants a platform of activities to achieve a very lean manufacturing environment and thereby bring the organization to a better level of competition in their business
sectors.

Course Duration

2 Days.

Objectives

This training session intends to expose all participants to the following concepts and applied them at appropriate situations.

• Set up the appropriate lean production line structure to achieve best profit.
  
• Improve manufacturing process and practices to meet today's demands of continuous changes.
  
• Develop the appropriate performance measures for "Lean Manufacturing Organization".
  
• Apply "Quick Change Over" techniques to adapt the constant demand change or model change.
  
• Develop effective external partnership such as Supplier Management, Vendor Management and Subcontractor Management.
  
• Install a new working culture among our employees to meet future challenges.
  
• Establish a new outlook of production flow and set up.
  
• Develop roadmap for total customer satisfaction.

Training Methodology

This session will be conducted in workshop manner. Real examples from the participant lines will be used as case study and applied as working examples. Apart from the workshop, this program will have lectures and group study. Video show on "World Class" practices will be shown during the training session.

Who Should Attend

All production personnel, executives, engineers and managers should find this program providing a break through view for modern manufacturing operation and useful for future development. Other functional support groups such as quality, purchasing, R & D, subcontracting will find this course able to enhance their skills in helping their organization to achieve "Lean Manufacturing Operation".

Resource Person

Mr. 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

• Working towards "Lean Manufacturing Company"
  
• Build Chain of Customers and getting focused.
  
• Total Quality Management
  
• Roles of Human Resources Management in Lean Manufacturing Operation.
  
• Outsourcing or Subcontracting Management.
  
• Quick Change Over and response to variable demand.
  
• Lean Manufacturing Operation Fundamentals.
  
• Concluding remarks.