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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
 

February 7-8, 2012

June 12-13, 2012

October 9-10, 2012

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.
 

April 10-11, 2012

August 14-15, 2012

December 11-12, 2012

 
Spring Lake, MI Herman Miller, Spring Lake, MI
Product:  filing cabinets
Processes:  Assembly, paint, welding, stamping
Uses sequential production system more suited to high variety production.

 

TBD

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.
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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:

 

February 9, 2012 - Mt. Sterling, KY

May 9, 2012 - Spring Lake, MI

June 14, 2012 - Mt. Sterling, KY

September 13, 2012 - Mt. Sterling, KY

November 14, 2012 - Spring Lake, MI

 

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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:

February 10, 2012 - Mt. Sterling, KY

May 10, 2012 - Spring Lake, MI

June 15, 2012 - Mt. Sterling, KY

September 14, 2012 - Mt. Sterling, KY

November 15, 2012 - Spring Lake, MI

 

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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:

March 8-9, 2012 - Mt. Sterling, KY

April 11-12, 2012 - Spring Lake, MI

August 15-16, 2012 - Spring Lake, MI

October 11-12, 2012 - Mt. Sterling, KY

 

  Pre-Register for Material & Information Flow

 

Changeover Workshop Coming Soon!

 

 

Toyota Production System Support Center, Inc. (TSSC)

 25 Atlantic Avenue, Erlanger, KY 41018 

Tel (859) 372-2521 Fax (859) 372-2522

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