Training For Production 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

Α. BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

The Communication Process
Conduct – Handling of Work Conflicts
The effective operation of Teams
Β. PRODUCTION PLANNING – METHODS
Production Planning
Basic knowledge of the concept and the utility of the MRP/ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Systems
The importance of files’ accuracy
Audit of files’ accuracy
Diagnosis of problems (Auditing)
Special tools for diagnosing, prioritizing and solving problems
Basic knowledge of computer tools in the daily production work used for estimations, diagrams and controls
C. IMPROVEMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOREMEN
What is a “Process”
Measurement of quality and efficiency
Planning of improvements
Checklist for the reduction of material waste, man-hours and operation hours and the improvement of Quality
Checklist for the improvement of cleanness and tidiness of the production area – production area allocation
Elementary principles in the study of time – methods for minor improvement proposals
Checklist for the reduction of energy consumption
Methods for the reduction of Setup time
How to write a work directive
How to guide an Operator to self-control
Management of small projects in Production
Analysis of machine break-times
Analysis of product defects
Prevention of Accidents – 100 Control Points for the hygiene and safety

Foremen
General Production Foremen (Supervisors)
Heads of Foremen dealing with their training

The Seminar aims at the training of production foremen so that they could deal effectively with the problems related to communication, planning, evaluation, management of conflicts, and by improving the quality and the productivity of their work within the company.

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.