Course Description

The main objective of this training program is to identify ways and means to improve the managerial skills in industrial SME for production management and quality control practices in order to increase profits an/of decrease/eliminate costs or losses. To achieve the training objectives, we will discuss the productivity elements and quality dimensions, as well as the several cost and waste reduction strategies. We will review quality control and quality improvement techniques with focus on its relations to productivity. The course will also introduce problem- solving tools and basic statistical concepts, process control and process capability plans, acceptance sampling, and attribute controls.

Course Topics

v  Objectives of Production Management

v  Objectives of Inventory Management

v  Forecasting Demand and Lead Time

v  Control of Lead Time

v  Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

v  Just-In-Time (J.T.I) Method

v  Quality Definitions and Quality Dimensions

v  TQM Approaches (Deming, Crosby, Juran, etc.)

v  Continuous Improvement – KAIZEN

v  Control Charts and Pareto Chart

v  Cause and Effect, How-How and Why-Why Diagrams

v  Poka – Yoke

v  Quality Audits

v  Production waste

v  Lean Thinking and 5 S Program

v  Key Performance Indicators for Industrial facilities.

Who should Attend.

Production managers, engineers, quality control personnel, or those interested in production management and quality engineering profession such as;

i.   Lean Managers

ii. Production Supervisors

iii. Production Engineers

iv. Quality Managers

Requisites

Familiar with industrial SME

Instructors

Basel Shadid, PhD, PMP, P.Eng.

Holds PhD. In Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University (Ontario, Canada), M.Sc. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from Cleveland State University (Ohio, USA), and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Jordan (Amman, Jordan).

Dr. Shadid is results-oriented professional with successful 18-years record of achievements in global leading organizations in manufacturing, R&D, education and consulting industries.

In GOIC, Dr. Shadid is the Director for the Industrial Investment Sector, leading a team of industrial experts to selectively identifying, developing and promoting opportunities in a variety of industrial sectors in the Gulf countries, providing investors and government industrial promotion agencies with Market Studies, Pre-feasibility and Full Feasibility Studies, Bankable Studies and Multi-Client Sector Studies.

Duration (hours)

18 hours (3 days)

Time (Start and end time of each training)

8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

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