Japan Best Practice Programme
Objectives & Benefits
Through Industry Forum’s unique heritage and links with Japanese Industries, this programme offers unprecedented access to senior management and the shop floor of recognised world leading companies. The programme stimulates ideas and enthusiasm which guided by Industry Forum personnel and subject matter experts gives delegates the vision to achieve measurable improvement in their own organisations.
Background
Japanese industry is globally recognised as being the world leader in its approach to continuous improvement, focused on improving Quality, Cost and Delivery Performance, utilising Lean Manufacturing and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles.
Industry Forum has had a long association with Japanese Industry and was the first organisation to be appointed the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) as an assessment agency for the prestigious TPM award process.
Now in its seventh year, this best practice programme offers a unique opportunity for delegates to experience first-hand TPM deployment and innovative improvement techniques, to help their own organisations move toward the goal of zero accidents, zero breakdown and zero defects.
Who should attend?
The programme is designed for Senior Executives, Managers responsible for their organisations continuous improvement or TPM programmes and graduates identified for fast track to senior management.
Programme Overview
Prior to the programme delegates will be given pre-diagnostic tools to help evaluate strengths and weaknesses in their own organisations and to set objective for areas to improve.
The programme will be led by experienced Industry Forum subject matter experts.
The programme will include lectures from leading experts in Lean Manufacturing and TPM, and visits to seven world leading organisations in the manufacturing and process industries. Each visit will have a specific theme, which will include TPM pillar deployment, application of the Toyota production system, and improvement using small group activities.
Structured opportunity for discussion, questions and best practice sharing will be organised throughout the programme.
Dates for May 2012 programme are:
- Outward: Depart Friday 11th May 2012
- Return: Depart Narita (Tokyo) Saturday 19th May 2012
More Information
Places are strictly limited to 20 delegates and are allocated on a first come first served basis. If you reserve a place and pay deposit before the 9th March you will receive a 10% discount on the cost for the programme.
If you would like to find out more we are holding a free of charge breakfast briefing at our Birmingham office to give an overview of the programme on the 2nd March 2012, including first hand feedback on the benefits gained from delegates who have attended previous programmes.
If you would like to attend the breakfast semianr, or simply know more about the programme, please contact Tomomi.austin-bailey@industryforum.co.uk or phone +44 (0)121 717 6619.
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