Training

The following training classes can be conducted at your site.

Root Cause Analysis

A facilitated group process aimed at uncovering the basic, underlying causes for events and behavior that we don’t want repeated.

A systematic, analytical process that:

Identifies behaviors and thought processes that lead workers to make mistakes
Alters the manufacturing work environment to focus on preventing, rather than continuing to react to, chronic equipment failures
Engages the manufacturing workforce to incrementally and continuously improve plant and business performance
Reduces injuries, environmental accidents, and equipment failures
Finds and puts in place solutions that really work

How to plan and execute outages that hit their goals for schedule duration and total cost

Coordinating the various outage planning teams so preparations are completed on time
Building detailed work plans
- Making safety paramount in all job steps
- Accurate estimate of costs (labor, materials, equipment, etc)
- Complete headcount of needed craftsmen, contractors, supervisors, etc
Scheduling the individual work plans harmoniously in a way that safely minimizes the duration of the outage
Conducting periodic planning readiness assessments to ensure an outage will be successful
Executing the outage on time and under budget

Dramatically reduces the time (up to 50% reduction) to complete equipment changeovers when going from product ‘A’ to product ‘B’
Converts as many changeover steps as possible to “external” (performed while the equipment is running), then simplifies and streamlines the remaining steps
Results:
- Less equipment down time, more production time
- Enables more frequent product changes, if desired
- Improved responsiveness to customer demand
- Less waste or off spec product during product changeovers
- Lower inventory levels

Contact me. Let’s talk about your needs and how I can work with you to improve your production environment.