Manufacturing Productivity Improvement Strategies
20th-21st July 2009, Legend Hotel Kuala Lumpur
So what is this workshop about?
This workshop aims at improving organizational productivity in a continuous basis. The main area of focus will be looking at achieving operations activities such as cost, quality, dependability, flexibility and speed. At the end of the session participants will be able to improve productivity within their working environment through problem solving. The session will also expose participants towards ways of measuring productivity within an organization.
The 7 Important Lessons you will learn during this 2-Day workshop
Lesson 1: Introduction to productivity
- The productivity challenge in the 21st century
- What is productivity?
- The value of employee input
- Productivity measurements
- Effects of productivity on ROI
- Product, service management versus process management
Lesson 2: The importance of productivity
- Creating competitive advantage
- Sustainable competitive advantage
- Ways of creating sustainable competitive advantage
- Competitive intelligence study
- Executives and supervisors roles in managing productivity
- Transformation process
- Input process and output
- Comparison of effectiveness and efficiency
Lesson 3: Ways to sustain and continuously improve productivity
- Benchmarking
- Kaizen
- Elements of TQM
- Why should your employees stay with you?
- How to overcome the shortage of qualified employees?
- Ways to retain employees
- Ways modern companies use to increase employees performance
- Training
- Team work as culture
- Productivity improvement tools
- Work study and method measurement
- Project - Breakdown on productive and non-productive time
Lesson 4: Introduction of Quality
- Definition of Quality
- Forces that trigger for a change
- Cost of Quality
- Benefits of Quality
- Paradigm shift in Quality
- The service gaps model
- The importance - performance matrix
- The Quality Wheel
- PDCA Cycle
- Plan for Quality Systems
- The quality Culture
- The culture change process
Lesson 5: Relationship between Quality and Cost
- What is cost of quality?
- Types of cost of quality
- Ways of identifying cost of quality
- The implication of poor cost of quality.(COPQ)
- Ways of calculating poor cost of quality.
- Strategies of reducing poor cost of quality.
Lesson 6 Understanding Quality Control Circle
- QCC concept
- Small group activity
- Independent
- Quality related problem
- Improving performance at work place
- QCC objectives
- QCC benefits
Lesson 7 Quality Control Circles Tools and Techniques
- 7 QC Tools
- Pareto Diagram
- Fish Bone Diagram
- Histogram
- Scatter Diagram
- The Check Sheet
- Flow Chart
- Control Chart
- Benefits of the 7 QC tools
- Ideas Creation Tool - Brainstorming
- Learn how to do each diagram
- Learn how to speak with data
- Principles, case studies and exercises in the application of the tools of QC and interpretation of results
- Individual and group exercise
Why should you attend this workshop?
You will learn the 5 essential skills to keep your operation on par with some of the best companies in the world.
You will learn how to:
- Improve organization's productivity by using problem solving techniques.
- Find workable, effective solutions to production problems while retaining high standards of quality.
- Improve the ability and skills of understanding productivity and achieve performance objectives.
- Identify types of wastes in organizations and save costs.
- Enhance organizational competitiveness in a turbulent business environment.
Course Leader
Mr. Thanabalan has extensive experience in the field of operations performance improvement particularly in various manufacturing and services industries. He is not only an excellent and resourceful trainer; he is also skilled in management and leadership of organizations. He graduated with a Honours degree in Management and Biochemistry from University of Science Malaysia in 1987. He also has an MBA from University Kebangsaan Malaysia, majoring in General Management.
Mr. Thanabalan has been in training and consultancy industry since 1996. He also lectures in University of Malaya and University of Technology Malaysia on a part-time basis as a visiting lecturer. To date he has conducted many public and in-house trainings in many business areas for government organizations and private sector.
Participants receive enhance benefits and impactful results from his training programs because of his vast industrial exposure in various areas. He empowers people to increase their limits, level of commitment, higher level of performance of the individual, team and the organization in achieving organizational goals.
What others have to say after they have attended Thanabalan workshop
“Benefit to apply in working environment”
Khairul Rozee b. Mohamad, Panasonic AVC Networks KL Malaysia Sdn Bhd
“Learn new ideas that could help to improve myself”
Edwin Charles Balakrishnan, Performance Additive
“Overall is interesting as the instructor showing a lot of time events based on his experience”
Noor Azam Din, Proton Holdings Tanjung Malim Sdn Bhd
“Informative sessions by having examples discussed and shared during the sessions”
Richi Lim, Assembly Services Sdn Bhd
“Mr. Thanabalan has vast experience and able to share his experience and knowledge with everyone”
Chong Kem Fatt, Onkyo Asia Electronics Sdn Bhd
Who Should Attend: General Managers, Factory / Production Managers, Executives, Engineers, Team-leaders, Supervisors and any personnel who would like to improve their productivity and personal effectiveness on the job.
Workshop Size: Registration is strictly to the first 25 people. This cannot be altered. If the past is any indication of the future, spaces fill up very quickly. If you are interested in attending, call us now or download the registration form here and fax it back to us at ++6 03 40235716.
HRDF Claimable: This workshop is claimable under the HRDF SBL Scheme. Checks with your department to make sure you are eligible.
Tax Deductibility: In all likelihood this seminar is tax deductible. Check with your accountant to be sure.
Workshop Investment $$: RM 1690.00 per delegates. This includes all workshop materials. Lunch will be provided.
Early Bird Offer!!
If you register yourself EARLY, you will enjoy a discount of RM100.00. For more information, please refer to the registration form here.
Group Discount!!!
If you register in group of 3 persons or more, you will enjoy additional 5% discount, and if your group are 5 persons or more, you will get a much greater discount of 7%, and 10% discount shall be entitled for group of 8 persons or more. So get your friend or colleagues to register with you!
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
We understand that some of you don't know us. That is why we make this workshop a 100% satisfaction guaranteed. If for any reason whatsoever you don't feel like you have received more than your money worth by lunch break, simply hand in your materials for a complete 100% refund. No weasel clauses, no hassles, no questions asked. We won't lie, as rarely we have to make refund to our participants; however is our integrity which makes our business successful.
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