Online Continuous Improvement eLearning - Training Resources

Lean Manufacturing Personal Training Library ...up Reduction, TPM, Visual Factory, Support Processes, and Continuous Improvement are explored in Unit 2. Lean implementation strategies and practices are covered in Unit 3. (3 Units; 3 Assessments; Approximately 10 hours of training.) In the 5S: Workplace Organization course, the student will learn the fundamental concepts of the 5S?s that help improve quality and productivity. (The 5S?s stand  more...

Industry Overview Information Technology ...uggle through fluctuating markets and must concentrate on continuous improvement to survive. Most agree that the demand for IT products and services will continue to increase, but at the same time, the customer is demanding more value per dollar in order to justify IT spending. Rather than ad hoc purchasing to solve a specific problem, customers are evaluating IT purchases in light of how they  more...

Performing Quality Assurance and Control The ultimate measure of success for any project is whether the results satisfy the project customer. After all, it's the project customer who determines whether the results of a project were worth the time and money that went into it. However, project managers can't wait until a project is complete to find out whether the results meet the customer's needs. At the scheduled conclusion of a project,  more...

The Path to Peace and Harmony A saying goes, " We will never be better as a team than we are with each other." The road to peace and harmony involves working with every team member toward mutual goals. Each team member must be involved to set the stage for success. Continuous improvement and teamwork are vital to creating a team that works and stays together. How can your team reach harmony? At the end of this course, you'll  more...

Six Sigma and Lean in the Organization ...developed in Toyota's manufacturing operations, Lean is a continuous improvement approach that focuses activities on reducing wastes. Whereas Six Sigma helps companies reduce defects and improve quality, Lean thinking helps reduce waste and improve process flow and speed. Due to the complementary nature of the Lean approach, many organizations incorporate it into their overall Six Sigma  more...

Six Sigma Management and Planning Tools In the 1970s, a group of seven "new" tools for quality management were developed in Japan. When they reached America in the 1980s and 1990s, they were renamed the Management and Planning (MP) tools. Used separately or in combination, they are powerful tools in the Six Sigma?? approach for insuring quality and continuous improvement. This course will cover the seven tools--affinity diagrams,  more...

Lean Concepts Most business processes are 90 waste and 10 value-added work. The challenge for businesses today is to find new ways to dramatically reduce costs and improve investment returns while better serving their customers. To meet these challenges, organizations have turned to Lean Thinking, which seeks the elimination of all forms of waste, strives for continuous improvement, and simplifies business  more...

Total Productive Maintenance How do you ensure that the maintenance requirements of physical assets are met as cheaply and effectively as possible? The goal is to reduce downtime and minimize maintenance costs. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a systematic approach to eliminating waste associated with production equipment and machinery. It is an approach that seeks to engage all levels and functions in an organization to  more...

A Primer for Ensuring Accountability ...ed to enhance your ability to communicate a philosophy of continuous improvement, what you expect of your staff, and what they must expect of themselves. This is a primer on multiple approaches to performance appraisal. It's much easier to hold people accountable for their work if they know exactly what's expected, and more importantly, why it's expected. Acting on the lessons in this course  more...

Creating a Business Execution Culture .... Businesses must be in a state of constant evolution and continuous improvement just to keep up. An organization's ability to execute is paramount to its survival. After all, how can a company be constantly evolving and improving if no one within the organization is getting anything done? In companies that execute well, the principles of business execution permeate the entire organization and  more...

Excellence in Service Establishing Service Standards ...performance against these standards to identify areas for continuous improvement. Learn To: Identify the importance of understanding customer expectations by evaluating the criteria customers use to assess the quality of your company's service. Identify the methods for setting, developing, and implementing service standards. Identify ways to monitor service standards. Audience:  more...