Our Trainings & Workshops

Drawing up on our vast 100+ years of experience in the industry, we can structure, customize, and deliver the following training programs at customer site, or in another location such as a hotel conference room, or over skype. Each training program may be conducted like a workshop that leads to an implementation plan based on customer choice.

Main Modules

We deliver our training programs tailored to our customer's business requirements. Customers can also choose the whole module or a specific training program within a module, as required by them.

CODE	MODULE	DURATION	MAJOR TOPICS
DMP	Demand Planning	1 to 4 days	See: Demand Planning
COC	Customer Order Cycle Management	1 to 2 days	See: Order Processing
SCP	Scenario Planning	1 to 2 days	See: Scenario Planning
LP	Lean Processes	1 to 3 weeks	See the modules
SS	Six-sigma	See modules	See: Six-sigma and modules
CCC	Cash Conversion Cycle	1 to 2 days	Map CCC "As Is" process, Develop "As Should Be" process, Plan implementation
DMA	Decision Making with Analytic Hierarchy Process	1 day	Overview of AHP software, Practice decision making problems
TOC	Theory of Constraints	1 to 2 days	Concept and methodology, mapping "current reality tree" and "future reality tree" and implementation plan
CCPM	Critical Chain Project Management	1 to 2 days	Concept, exercises on CCPM, project selection, team formation and implementation plan
BPR	Business Process Reengineering	1 to 2 days	Concept, "as is" process mapping, breaking the rules, IT selection, team formation, revised organization structure, implementation
LGS	Learning & Goal Setting	1 to 3 days	See the modules

 

Module: LEAN PROCESSES (LP)

CODE	PROGRAM	DURATION	MAJOR TOPICS
LP01	Lean Product Design	1 to 4 days	See: Lean Product Design
LP02	Lean Product Design Process	1 to 4 days	See: Lean Product Design Process
LP03	Lean Manufacturing	1 to 4 days	See: Lean Manufacturing
LP04	Lean Supply Chain	1 to 4 days	See: Lean Supply Chain
LP05	Lean Service Chain	1 to 4 days	See: Lean Service Chain
LP06	5S (Five S)	1 to 4 days	Overview of "Serie, Seiton, Sieso, Shiketsu, Shitsuke"; Gemba walk, action items and implementation plan
LP07	Standardized Work	1 to 2 days	Time standards, Takt time and SOPs
LP08	Value Stream Mapping (VSM)	1 to 4 days	Basics of VSM, exercises, projects, "as is" maps and "as should be maps", or, "current condition" and "future condition", and implementation by A3 management process
LP09	Total Productive Maintenance(TPM)	1 to 2 days	Concept on how machines spend time, basic six losses, further breakdown of these losses into finer elements, action plan and implementation by A3 management process
LP10	Set-up Time Reduction	1 to 2 days	Concept, training in time study of setup/changeover operation with multiple activity chart and man-machine chart, strategy for setup reduction, and implementation by A3 management process
LP11	Cellular Layout, U-lines and One-piece Flow	1 to 2 days	Concept, part-machine grouping to create cells, machine-mould analysis, analysis of flow, throughput analysis, line balancing, and implementation by A3 management process
LP12	Kanban Pull System	1 to 2 days	Concept, strategy for creating flow, throughput analysis, supermarket type pull system, or single-piece flow system, fabrication and assembly line balancing, and implementation by A3 management process
LP13	JIT Purchase	1 to 2 days	Concept of JIT purchase, vendor managed inventory, point-of-use stores, JIT logistics, metrics (inventory turns and cash conversion cycle), stores elimination,paperwork reduction, and implementation by A3 management process
LP14	Kaizen	1 to 4 days	Overview, Gemba walk, problem identification using TOC, A3 Management to solve problems
LP15	Quality Circles	1 to 2 days	Concept, training in JUSE tools (Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers) for problem solving, action plan and implementation by A3 management process

 

Module: SIX-SIGMA (SS)

CODE	PROGRAM	DURATION	MAJOR TOPICS
SSQFD	QFD	1 to 4 days	QFD structure, training, examples, and application
SSPYF	Poka-Yoke or, Fail-proof Systems	1 to 2 days	Concept of poka-yoke, redesign and design out on products and processes, and implementation by A3 management process
SSSPC	Statistical Process Control	1 to 4 days	Statistical tools for process control, exercises, and implementation by A3 management process
SSTQM	Total Quality Management (TQM) and A3 Management Process	1 to 4 days	Basic ten tools, training, problem selection, A3 management process and implementation
SSSS	Six-sigma	12 days over 5 months	See: Six-sigma

 

Module:LEARNING & GOAL SETTING (LGS)

CODE	PROGRAM	DURATION	MAJOR TOPICS
LGS01	How to Organize Your Thoughts and Actions	1 day	Capabilities of the human brain, introduction to Mind Manager Software, advantages of visual thinking, how to accomplish more in less time without sacrificing quality, how to use Mind Manager in: Studying, planning, and executing, with illustrated situations. Situations: Studying a concept, Preparing for an interview, Planning a meeting or a function, Preparing a project, Understanding a complex phenomenon, Preparing an organization chart, and others
LGS02	Science of Learning and Training	1 day	Capabilities of the human brain, what happens in your mind-body when you are learning?, advantages of visual thinking, how to accomplish more in less time without sacrificing quality, and use of appropriate tools
LGS03	Role of Human Heart in Goal Setting	1 day	Basics of human brain, basics of human heart (physical heart, electrical heart, emotional heart), the link between brain and the heart, goals arrangement in 2x2 matrix, and the role of heart in goal setting