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Implementing Statistical process Control SPC for Short Run Production ...Executive Institutea ™s August 16th 2012 3rd Thursday - a Operations Improvement Seriesa FREE webinar, a Implementing Statistical Process Control for Short-Run Production.a SPC has helped many manufacturing companies achieve world class quality in production operations. Application of SPC techniques have become commonplace and a normally accepted business practicea accept in  more...

A Case for Routine Use of Statistical Process Control SPC in Manufacturing ...Executive Institutea ™s FREE June 2012 3rd Thursday - a Operations Improvement webinar, A Case for Routine Use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) in Manufacturing. Statistical Process Control is a term that describes a process for predicting failures and methodically determining the underlying cause(s) before the predicted failures can manifest into real failures. SPC represents a  more...

A Better Method for Cross Training Production Personnel ...Executive Institutea ™s August 2009 3rd Thursday - Operations Improvement Series FREE webinar, A Better Method for Cross-Training Production Personnel. Companies that take cross training of production personnel seriously report as much as a 30% fewer direct labor employees than exact peer companies. They also report faster cycle times, higher fill rates and lower customersa ™  more...

Measuring Performance of Your Global Procurement Organization How to Shape Behaviours in Global Purchasing ...Executive Institutea ™s November 8th, 2011 a Global Manufacturing Enterprise Seriesa FREE webinar, a Measuring Performance of Your Global Procurement Organizationa How to Shape Behaviors in Global Purchasing.a This montha ™s powerful 1-hour webinar has 2 important objectives: 1. Define the best alternatives for structuring a modern Procurement function in a global  more...

How to Achieve Maintain ERP Systems Master File Data Integrity ...Executive Institutea ™s May 19th 2011 3rd Thursday - a Operations Improvement Series FREE webinar, How to Achieve & Maintain ERP Systems Master File Data Integrity. Contrary to the popular belief that modern, fully-integrated information systems provide executives with the tools to make more effective and efficient decisions, there is increasing evidence that this promise has not been  more...

Demystifying the Calculations of Efficiency Utilization and Productivity ...Executive Institutea ™s November 2010 3rd Thursday - a Operations Improvement Series FREE webinar, Demystifying the Calculations of Efficiency, Utilization & Productivity. Given enough time, important terms always seem to morph and get used interchangeably. This is true with many daily terms we use in business. Worse, when important terms morph, the original (and correct) use of the  more...

How to Calculate the Impact on Total Factory Costs from a One Percent Change in Planned Load ...Executive Institutea ™s September 2010 3rd Thursday - Operations Improvement Series FREE webinar, How to Calculate the Impact on Total Factory Costs From a 1% Change in Planned Load. The largest cost driver in most manufacturing companies, outside of the cost of direct material, is underutilization of semi-fixed and fixed costs. These costs are the aggregated expenditures on plant,  more...