Medium-Size Businesses & Focus on Manufacturing

 

If your organization is ready to take your manufacturing in-house with the goal of ensuring high quality and maximizing efficiency, this workshop could be of value to your team. This workshop is suitable for senior management and staff alike. 

 


How to ensure that my organization for in-house manufacturing?

-          Selecting appropriate manufacturing process while considering economic environments

-          Aligning with organization’s mission and vision and assessing organizational preparedness for in-house production

-          Setting up manufacturing environment (e.g. ensuring zero part travel time; reviewing appropriate manufacturing standards; identifying necessary capital requirements; assessing readiness level)

 

Measuring progress in a new manufacturing environment

-          Detect / error rate and completeness of production (is it possible to bring the rate to zero and what are the necessary organizational processes in my organization/department?)

-          Time spent on changeover (is it possible to eliminate equipment idling and why is it necessary? What is the average utilization rate in our industry and what is the resource/equipment utilization rate in my organization?)

-          Capacity and capital expenditures (is my manufacturing facility investing in unnecessary capital assets and is it possible to meet forecasted customer requirements without additional investments? How do capital expenditures impact production costs and how to minimize the impact?)

-          Time necessary to enhance quality and/or other key attributes of the product (what is the industry average and can it be improved on?)

 

The topics above are discussed from the theoretical and practical perspectives. Participants have an opportunity to work through these topics in groups with the goal of establishing key measures to be utilized going forward.

 

Reading:

-          How Should You Organize Manufacturing? By: Professor Robert H. Hayes, Roger W. Schmenner

The structure and management of manufacturing should reinforce corporate priorities. The company's "manufacturing mission" is to help the company do what it wants to without wasting resources in… (https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/78106-PDF-ENG?Ntt=manufacturing)

 

-          Beyond World-Class: The New Manufacturing Strategy By: Professor Robert H. Hayes, Gary P. Pisano


Virtually all manufacturers aspire to "world-class" status. But even those who attain it will only be as good as their toughest competitors. This explains why so many companies that have adopted… (https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/94104-PDF-ENG?Ntt=manufacturing)

This outline was suggested by Alla Volodina (York University). For other ideas on training and education on various business topics, refer to Alla Volodina Rate My Prof: allavolodina.com

 

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