Supply Chain Management: Continuous Improvement
This program can be taken as a standalone offering or eligible towards completion for any of our Executive Certificates.
Description
This program will be delivered by:
Faculty:
Philip Coles, MBA, M.S., Professor of Practice in Management, Lehigh University. In addition to his formal education, Professor Coles studied lean and continuous improvement at The Kaizen Institute, the Manufacturer’s Resource Center, and the Toyota Supplier Support Center. He has over 30 years of industry experience, including as Vice President of Strategic Management, Project Manager, and Kaizen Facilitator in charge of the continuous improvement program at a multi-million dollar produce company. In this role, he visited world-class manufacturing companies such as Dell and Toyota to learn about their supply chains.
Participants in this program will:
- Understand management roles and responsibilities
- Learn methods for assuring employee involvement and empowerment, in part by focusing on the process for improvements
- Evaluate current processes using Six Sigma techniques
- Increase efficiencies through better organization and visual management
- Improve work procedures and processes through standardization
- Match supply with demand and balance assembly lines, eliminating waste
- Use Value Stream Mapping to increase process responsiveness to customer needs
Price:
$695.00
Who Should Attend?
Mid-level managers and functional experts with at least 3 to 5 years of professional experience interested in obtaining new knowledge and skills for success in Supply Chain Management and Operations-based positions.