Productivity
There are various techniques available to help you increase productivity in business - and many have been proved successful by some of the world's largest organisations.
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Skill Control (Online)
It is understandable that a person with better-developed skills and capabilities is generally a more productive employee. This course shows you how to ensure that you optimise the potential of each individual. (8 hours) full details...
Kaizen (Online)
Kaizen is widely promoted as one of the most important factors in Japanese competitive success. It involves everyone in the company, from management to shop floor, in a cycle of continuous evaluation and improvement. (7 hours) full details...
7 Tools For Continuous Improvement (Online)
The 7 Tools - sometimes called the 7 quality tools or pictorial tools - present complex or abstract statistical information in a simple pictorial form. They can play a crucial part in the drive to reduce costs, improve quality and safety and enhance productivity. (6 hours) full details...
Production Led Maintenance (Online)
Production Led Maintenance (PLM) is based on the principle that it's the operator who is most familiar with the particular machine they use; so they should be responsible for inspecting and maintaining it so that waste is kept to a minimum. It's another key tool in the drive to reduce costs, improve quality and safety and increase productivity. (6 hours) full details...
7 New Tools (Online)
The 7 New Tools (also known as Planning or Management Tools) equip you with ways of organising information (verbal and qualitative) so that even the most complex problem can be broken down into simple components. It's invaluable in the planning process - and in helping to improve quality and safety, reduce costs and increase productivity. (7 hours) full details...
Business Improvement Techniques (Online)
If you’re a first line manager, an NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques is a highly flexible, nationally recognised qualification that helps you to become more effective in your job and to demonstrate your skills and experience to current or future employers. The NVQ qualification is awarded once you have shown that you can competently perform a range of tasks connected with your job. (0) full details...
Managing the effective use of equipment (ILM Unit M3.29)
To operate successfully, many organisations require certain assets or equipment, such as IT kit, important data or even industrial machinery. Using this equipment efficiently, and keeping it safe and secure is vital. (6 hours) full details...
5S: Workplace Organisation (Online)
This package shows you the importance of a better organised working environment, the principles and benefits of the 5S approach and how to start its implementation - and profit from it. 5S is a technique adapted from the Japanese. (7 hours) full details...
Materials
Your ability to manage the supply and demand of materials can be critical to the success of your organisation. This course looks at the importance of putting in place an effective system for storing materials and maintaining optimum stock levels. (2 hours 50 minutes) full details...
Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (FMEA) (Online)
The concept of improving effectiveness and efficiency at work to keep costs down, meet deadlines, improve quality and boost productivity is nothing new. It's crucial to survive in a competitive environment. (7 hours) full details...
JIT Kaizen (Online)
JIT Kaizen is an improvement technique designed to help minimise waste at your workplace - and within the production process itself. It gives you the means to assess how a process is currently organised and how you could improve it. (7 hours) full details...
Standard Operations (Online)
A standard operation employs the best method currently available of performing a specific task, so that the right levels of quality, cost, delivery and safety can consistently be achieved. This course gives you a good solid grounding in the principles and application of standardisation, a good basis on which to build further learning and skills development. (7 hours) full details...
Managing the efficient use of materials (ILM Unit M3.28)
Your ability to manage materials and minimise waste can be critical to the success of your organisation. This course looks at the importance of putting in place an effective system for storing materials, managing supply and demand, maintaining optimum stock levels and minimising waste. (2 hours) full details...
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