Course Overview
This one-day workshop will introduce concepts of work flow design that lead to efficiencies related to just-in-time delivery and continuous improvement. Attendees will learn how to analyse existing flow and then come up with innovative solutions to improve the flow of the work and reduce obstacles that impact flow. This workshop is appropriate for process owners and leaders interested in learning ideas in workflow design and analysis that can then be used to improve process performance at the workplace.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
0.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand how work flows through your company, how different processes impact the flow and what you can do to improve workflow.
- Prepare a freehand sketch of an existing workflow at your company.
- Assess how information gets communicated to whom, when, in what format.
- Calculate the advantage of a perfect workflow – estimate your entitlement.
- Compare current state with potential and build an action plan.
- Determine what records/documents need to be created at different steps.
- Consider automation to speed up communications.
- Understand the difference between push and pull manufacturing processes – (Kanban system).
- Understand schedule boards, problem reporting, work load plans, and “ahead and behind” chart.
Effective as of Fall 2015
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