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Description

Without an effective strategy for
Continuous Improvement
, your business runs the risk of stagnating and falling behind in today’s competitive marketplace. Every commercial organisation must consistently strive to improve its products, its services, and its internal processes in order to offer real value and the utmost in customer excellence at all times. Rather than addressing a single system or one specific methodology, continuous improvement revolves around the concept that there’s always a better way to accomplish something, whether it’s based on small, incremental improvements at the level of the individual, or larger, organisation-wide changes in procedure.
From 
workplace organisation
 and 
standard operating procedures
, to 
process synchronisation 
and
quality management
, it’s important that the people involved in improving your company’s processes are given the right knowledge, tools, and techniques to successfully implement a systematic approach. In developing a team attitude toward improving quality at all levels, managers and business owners must demonstrate their own commitment by providing the necessary training and support. 
The methods, skills, and procedures taught in this course will allow you to direct and facilitate improvement in all areas of your business operations, boosting performance in
total productive maintenance
,
changeover and set-up
, and
production levelling and scheduling
through the adoption of practices like
value stream mapping
, and the principles of
poka-yoke
.
By completing this course, you’ll acquire all the valuable and practical skills your business needs to consistently
achieve operational excellence
and inspire customer delight. You’ll learn how to apply both basic and advanced continuous improvement tools to bump up efficiency, as you motivate your personal professional performance alongside that of your company’s various functions and departments. This course will also provide you with the up-to-date knowledge and analysis that will make it possible for your company to remain current in the marketplace, while meeting and exceeding customer needs faster and with greater accuracy than the competition.
Who this course is for:
The course is suitable for business owners responsible for improving their business processes.
The course is suitable for professionals involved in the development and improvement of business processes.
The course is suitable for students seeking career in business process management.

What you'll learn

You’ll know how to add value, eliminate waste, and propel the efficiency of your business model forward with lean value stream mapping and analysis.

You’ll learn how to implement 6 S methodology to improve workplace morale, safety, and productivity inside a clean, organised, and high-performance environment.

You’ll understand how to create and execute standard operating procedures for developing reliable and repeatable processes

You’ll know how to employ total productive maintenance (TPM) to improve equipment availability, reliability, and overall effectiveness.

You’ll discover how to use poka-yoke methodology and devices to identify and prevent potential flaws in the pursuit of a zero-defect and error-free workplace.

You’ll have the ability to construct and apply a quick changeover and set-up time reduction program that’s both profitable and adaptable to product changeovers

You’ll learn how to vastly improve production planning, levelling, and scheduling in order to increase efficiency and ensure customer satisfaction.

You’ll be fully competent in the use of a complete set of continuous improvement tools dedicated to attaining superior results at all levels of your company

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Course Content

27 sections • 95 lectures
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1-Value Stream Mapping
9
1.1-Course Introduction
1.2-Section Introduction
1.3-The Purpose of Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
1.4-VSM Process - Stage 1 and Stage 2
1.5-VSM Process - Stage 3
1.6-VSM Process - Stage 4, Stage 5 and Stage 6
1.7-VSM Benefits,Types of Mapping,and Applications.Mapping Tips and Good Practices.
1.8-Section Summary
1.9-VSM Quiz
2-6 S Workplace Organization
8
2.1-Section Introduction
2.2-The Role of 6 S in Lean and Quality. Applications and Benefits.
2.3-The 6 S Process - Step 1 and Step 2
2.4-The 6 S Process - Steps 3 through 6
2.5-The 6 S Implementation Plan. Visual Factory.
2.6-Key Success Factors to 6 S Excellence
2.7-Section Summary
2.8-6 S Quiz
3-Standardized Work and Standard Operating Procedures
7
3.1-Section Introduction
3.2-Standard Operations Basics
3.3-Basic Elements and Forms of Standard Operations
3.4-Standard Operations and Operations Improvements
3.5-Sustaining Successful Standard Operations
3.6-Section Summary
3.7-Standardized Work Quiz
4-Total Productive Maintenance
8
4.1-Section Introduction
4.2-Total Productive Maintenance Basics - Terms, Definitions, Approaches
4.3-The Traditional TPM Model
4.4-Overall Equipment Effectiveness and Six Big Losses
4.5-TPM Implementation
4.6-Maintenance Performance Indicators
4.7-Section Summary
4.8-TPM Quiz
5-Poka Yoke and Mistake Proofing
7
5.1-Section Introduction
5.2-Source Inspection and Poka Yoke
5.3-Poka Yoke Approaches and Principles
5.4-Poka Yoke Devices
5.5-Poka Yoke and Zero Defects Checklists
5.6-Section Summary
5.7-Poka Yoke Quiz
6-SMED, Quick Changeover and Setup Time Reduction
9
6.1-Section Introduction
6.2-SMED Basics. Types of Changeover Operations.
6.3-Changeover Costs
6.4-Changeover Improvement Process - Steps 1 through 3
6.5-Changeover Improvement Process - Steps 4 through 6
6.6-Techniques for Setup Reduction
6.7-Improving Changeover Rules. Benefits.
6.8-Section Summary
6.9-SMED Quiz
7-Production Levelling and Scheduling
11
7.1-Section Introduction
7.2-Production Levelling and Scheduling Basics
7.3-Levelling Techniques
7.4-Requirements for Levelling Production Schedules
7.5-Level Scheduling in Pull Production
7.6-Production Planning and Scheduling - MTS
7.7-Production Planning and Scheduling - ATO
7.8-Production Planning and Scheduling - MTO and Hybrid
7.9-The Eleven Scheduling Concepts
7.10-Section Summary
7.11-Production Levelling and Scheduling Quiz
8-Process Balancing and Synchronization
9
8.1-Section Introduction
8.2-Process Synchronization and Bottleneck Scheduling
8.3-Process Balancing - Part 1
8.4-Process Balancing - Part 2
8.5-Adapting to Schedule Changes
8.6-The Theory of Constraints - Basics
8.7-Implementing the TOC
8.8-Section Summary
8.9-Process Balancing and Synchronization Quiz
9-Quality Management - Principles, Practices, Tools
16
9.1-Section Introduction
9.2-Defining Quality
9.3-Total Quality - Principles, Practices and Techniques
9.4-Quality Costs
9.5-Quality Cost Measurement
9.6-Quality Cost Reporting
9.7-Quality Costs and Decision Making
9.8-Seven Classic Quality Tools
9.9-Management and Planning Tools
9.10-Process Improvement Tools
9.11-Innovation and Creativity Tools
9.12-Lean Tools
9.13-Performance Excellence in Organizations
9.14-Section Summary
9.15-Quality Management Quiz
9.16-Course Closure