Process Improvement Activity - MasterClass
Introduction
Almost all organisations, in all sectors, work in an environment of continual cost pressure. Most now recognise that short term measures such as cutting inventory and reducing staffing levels are not sustainable and that we need to tackle the root cause of the underlying performance issues. For an existing product, the only effective way to maintain the balance of reducing costs whilst maintaining profitability is to continuously eliminate wastes that prevent staff spending their time adding value.
What is a MasterClass?
Industry Forum has developed the MasterClass programme as a proven, structured approach for an organisation to implement structured process improvement.
The Industry Forum Engineer works with members of your line team and support function, using a 'learning by doing' style to implement process improvement in a focus area of your organisation. The Industry Forum Engineer facilitates your team to understand the current situation and implement the improvements required to eliminate waste from the process and optimise the use of resource.
At the end of the activity your team will have a practical understanding of the tools and techniques of continuous improvement. They will have successfully implemented sustainable improvements to drive Quality, Cost and Delivery performance and will be equipped to support your organisation in undertaking further improvement activities.
The Benefits of an Industry Forum MasterClass
The following are examples of the benefits from recent Process Improvement 'MasterClass' activities
A food packaging company activity eliminated wastes by 5C/5S workplace organisation and line balance. This resulted in a reduction in packing line cost per unit of over 50% and generated savings in excess of £130000 per annum.
An automotive and aerospace component manufacturer focused on their bottleneck process area. Eliminating wastes through problem solving and set up improvement eliminated 70% of the defect level and improved delivery schedule achievement from 17% to 91%. The capacity freed up has the potential to increase profitability by over £140000 per annum.
Testimonials
The Masterclass has provided us with the tools and techniques to establish and
plan the optimium manning levels to meet our scheduled requirements
The topics learned will really help me with being able to apply the techniques for real on the shop floor
and gain more benefits throughout the whole factory.
