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TPS Overview (W1)

Description:

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Designed for managers who are directly responsible for implementing TPS at their facility.

Discussions are centered around technical elements of TPS. Each element of TPS is carefully presented and discussed, then illustrated with the simulation.   TPS principles and concepts will be conveyed through presentations, discussion, simulation and plant tour at a host site.

Length: 1.5 days    
Schedule: Dates Classroom Host Plant
 

June 15-16, 2010
September 14-15, 2010
November 9-10, 2010 
January 11-12, 2011

Georgetown, KY Summit Polymers, Mt. Sterling, KY
Products:  molded, decorated and assembled plastic systems for automotive applications
Processes:  Assembly, molding, paint
Uses Pull System of manufacturing suitable for high volume, low variety production.

*Tentative

September 28-29, 2010

Toluca, MX 
Spanish (with English translation)
Robert Bosch, Toluca, MX
Products:  brake components
Processes:  Assembly, machining
Uses Pull System of manufacturing suitable for high volume, low variety production.
  July 13-14, 2010
March 8-9, 2011
Grand Rapids, MI Herman Miller, Spring Lake, MI
Product:  filing cabinets
Processes:  Assembly, paint, welding, stamping
Uses sequential production system more suited to high variety production.
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Basic Thinking & Skills (W2)

Standardized Work:

Description:

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Very specific classroom training to develop the basic skills for grasping the current condition needed to begin standardized work. This workshop method is hands-on practice in a simulated environment utilizing time measurement and the 3 documents of standardized work.
Length: 1 day    
Schedule:

 

June 23, 2010 - Georgetown, KY

July 15, 2010 - Grand Rapids, MI

September 22, 2010 - Georgetown, KY
November 11, 2010 - Georgetown, KY
 

 

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Problem Solving:

Description: Classroom training focused on developing the skills and thinking to utilize the TPS practical problem solving framework.  This workshop is thinking and discussion using actual cases.
Length: 1 day    
Schedule:

June 24, 2010 - Georgetown, KY

July 16, 2010 - Grand Rapids, MI

September 23, 2010 - Georgetown, KY

November 12, 2010 - Georgetown, KY

March 11, 2011 - Georgetown, KY

 

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Material & Information Flow:

Description:

 

1/2 day in classroom designed to develop the skill to document the current condition and locate the process bottleneck. 1 day shop floor focused on grasping the current condition and finding the bottleneck in an actual shop floor setting.
Length: 1.5 days    
Schedule:

June 17-18, 2010 - Mt. Sterling, KY

July 21-22, 2010 - Grand Rapids, MI

September 16-17, 2010 - Mt. Sterling, KY

November 4-5, 2010 - Mt. Sterling, KY

January 13-14, 2011 - Mt. Sterling, KY

 

  Pre-Register for Material & Information Flow

 

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TSSC, Inc., 25 Atlantic Avenue, Erlanger, Kentucky  41018    phone (859) 372-2521    fax (859) 372-2522

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