SETUP REDUCTION

TRAINING COURSE

COURSE SUMMARY:

Learn specific strategies and techniques to reduce the time required to setup or changeover between operations. This two-day training course includes a complete review of the principles of good methods with an emphasis on applying them to setup work.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: (by the end of this course you will be able to)

• Recognize good methods and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Define a Best Method for doing a job.
• Understand various ways to document and analyze your current methods.
• Understand several structured approaches to generating method improvement ideas.
• Understand and apply specific strategies for reducing setup/changeover times.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Anyone responsible for reducing setup times, improving work methods and/or improving the flow of work through an organization.

KEY COURSE CONTENT:

    Principles of Good Methods

• Learn the ten principles of good methods and their underlying strategies.
• Learn how to identify improvement opportunities.
• Learn how to apply the principles.

• Learn five strategies for documenting an existing method.
• Learn six techniques for analyzing and measuring a work method.
• Learn five strategies for analyzing problems and identifying root causes.

• Learn five structured approaches for generating improvement ideas.
• Learn four creative approaches for getting ideas from others.

• Learn how to document and analyze setup.
• Learn two strategies for performing setup prep work in advance of execution.
• Learn seven strategies for reducing setup execution time.

BENEFITS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION WHEN YOU TAKE THIS COURSE:

• Improves quality
• Optimizes work and increases productivity
• Eliminates waste and reduces costs
• Enhances safety
• Increases production uptime
• Shortens production or delivery response times

COURSE DETAILS:

Length: Format: Location: Registration Fee:

Two days Lecture/Interactive On-Site Contact Training Coordinator for Pricing

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

412.937.6384

[email protected]

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:

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