Training for Foremen

Description

This pioneering seminar is an invaluable practical aid for the development of the production foremen and the improvement of their quality and efficiency within the company. The seminar, based on the 25 years of experience of our company’s consultants, deals with the usual problems that Production Foremen face:

Insufficient knowledge of efficient upwards (Heads), downwards (operators) and horizontal (foremen, Heads of other departments) communication
Lack of knowledge of the methodology regarding the resolution of daily conflicts developed at work and proper guidance-motivation of the workers
Lack of knowledge of the tools used for planning, as well as, of the methodology for auditing and monitoring problems of low efficiency, waste of materials, hygiene, safety and tidiness and problems related to the quality of the intermediate and final products
Lack of knowledge of the tools used for the efficient collaboration with the persons who supervise (brainstorming, cause and effect diagram)
Inability to present problems in a distinct way that reveals the parameters, which could help in their resolution
Lack of methodological approach in the resolution of problems and particularly in the analysis of the causes and development of corrective and preventive actions
Difficulty in evaluating the efficiency of the operators
Unsatisfactory tidiness within the plant
Basic lack of elementary rules for the 1st level maintenance

Course Content

Nicholas J. Michaloliakos

Chem. Eng., top manager in large international companies for 20 years, Managing Director of Advanced Quality Services Ltd, a management consulting company specialising in strategy that has participated in more than 300 integrated reengineering projects.

Alexandros Oikonomou

Mechanical/Electrical Engineer NTUA, Industrial Eng. MSc., CIT, UK, t.D / CEO of big industrial enterprises, with a long and wide-ranging experience in reorganization and operational training.