Workshop on Optimizing Efficiency and Productivity in the Shop floor

Program overview:

The concern of every employer (organisation) is about optimizing efficiency and how to increase or manage productivity. Therefore, each employee must optimize efficiency and productivity of his/her output even with less input or resources consumed. Productivity is a measurement of the efficiency of production, taking the form of a ratio of the output of goods and services to the input of factors of production. Labour productivity takes account of inputs of employee hours worked; capital productivity takes account of inputs of machines; and marginal productivity measures the additional output gained from an additional unit of input.

An important point in seeking productivity improvements in a subsystem (production and maintenance) of an organization is to link the subsystem improvements to the total system productivity. Optimization of a production and maintenance operation must have a direct effect on the overall productivity of the organization to avoid waste of resources.

For whom:

This program is designed for Operators, Team Leaders, Coordinators, Operatives, Technicians, procurement and store operators. Engineers and other employees who are involved operations and production processes as well as quality control personnel, inspectors, and those interested in cost or profit centres or quality improvement functions can also benefit from this program.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• assure jobs are done right the first time and always;
• motivate employees to change from negative attitudes about efficiency and productivity optimization to positive attitudes;
• improve employee skills level and also influence how effective productivity-building efforts will be;
• reduce lots of waste through poor work ethics, lack of team working and poor materials handling; and
• develop productivity skills that will contribute greatly to quality and cost-effective products to enhance profitability.

Course Outline:

Day 1: Understanding Efficiency,

Effectiveness and Productivity in Operations

• Positive Work Attitude
• Work Ethics and Productivity
• Teamwork Skills with Team Spirits
• Managing Production Resources:

-Man, Machine,   

-Materials,

-Methods, Money,

-Time and Information

Day 2: Maintenance Techniques,

• Machine Repairs Collaborations,
• Waste Reductions,
• Achieving Zero downtime, etc.
• Role Playing among participants

Training Methodology: Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.