Continuous Improvement Skills for Managers

In today’s “globalization” of economies, high productivity, quality & on-time delivery have become necessities for company survival. This hands – on course will give your managers & practitioners the knowledge & tools they need to lead & manage a Continuous Improvement process; putting your company on-track to become a leader in its field.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Continuous Improvement
• What kind of transformation can a company expect from adopting Continuous Improvement
• Management responsibilities in C. I.
• Establishing a C. I. culture
• Laying foundation for improvement
• Developing the C. I. plan
• Define measures & objectives
• Forming C. I. teams
• Deciding what to improve
• Using flow diagrams & functional charts
• Using the Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle
• Measuring your success

Course Objectives

Participants in this course will be able to:

• Lead & manage continuous improvement systems & processes
• Identify ways to measure results of Organizational Performance
• Analyze an improvement project & select the applicable improvement tools
• Collect & analyze data using improvement tools
• Examine the overall results of the efforts of continuous improvement & their impact on organizational accomplishments
• Monitor & adjust performance strategies
• Manage opportunities for further improvement
• Apply the principles of problem solving, PDCA, & the Continuous Improvement Process to structure an improvement project