Course Description

Enhance productivity by emphasiszing strategies that address quality and safety concerns with Manufacturing Quality Basics.

Manufacturing Quality Basics (covers BIQS / QSB) – 8 Hours

Manufacturing Quality Basics is a systematic approach that helps you achieve flawless launches, zero defects and a higher level of customer satisfaction by combining manufacturing best practices to enhance your current management system. This does not replace your plant’s existing management system. Instead, it complements it by applying tools to reduce errors and improve productivity.

OEM and Tier 1 suppliers are more frequently requiring their suppliers to understand and apply Manufacturing Quality Basics principles. In fact, adoption of these principles is becoming a decision factor when awarding new business. To help suppliers achieve the goals of Manufacturing Quality Basics, we offer services tailored to your need:

1. Full-day, onsite workshop that describes the various Manufacturing Quality Basics strategies, what the benefits are, how to incorporate these strategies into your existing management system and provide action planning suggestions to get you started.
2. Hands-on, onsite consulting at the client facility to assist in the implementation of these strategies.
3. Review of existing management system and strategies to provide feedback and recommendations for improvements and/or suggestions on how to incorporate not yet implemented strategies.
4. Concise training for top leadership to create a shared understanding of how Manufacturing Quality Basics can reduce internal and external ppm and lower costs.

Manufacturing Quality Basics can help you:

• Increase focus on the relationship between quality and productivity.
• Heighten the importance of ensuring that error proofing is working 100% of the time.
• Standardize work processes and encourage 5-S.
• Establish a visual management system.
• Promote implementation of a Layered Process Audit system designed to verify the most important safety and quality items every shift.
• Establish a Fast Response system to communicate safety and quality issues every day.

The workshop and accompanying consulting activities utilize training materials and sample forms developed by The Luminous Group to:

• Explain key aspects of Manufacturing Quality Basics strategies including Error Proofing Verification, 5-S, visual management, standardized work, Layered Process Audits (LPA) and Fast Response.
• Provide suggestions on how to incorporate these strategies into your existing management system.
• Provide an action planning module to help you plan implementation of Manufacturing Quality Basics strategies.
• Evaluate existing strategies to enhance the benefits to your organization and ensure compliance to your customers’ requirements.
• Meet OEM-specific requirements.
• When done correctly, Manufacturing Quality Basics strategies significantly improve quality, safety, cost, delivery and morale metrics.

This course is available in the following formats:

• Onsite Training: Available for groups wanting an in-person experience