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Public Training Course Schedules

September 2010 to January 2011

The following training courses are available. They can be readily tailored to suit individual requirements for in-house workshops. For more information about individual courses, or to discuss your training needs, please Contact Us

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Supply Chain / Inventory Modelling

Manufacturing Planning & Control

Operations Management / Team Leader Training

Step Change Management

Continuous Improvement

Procurement & Buying (Supplier Interface)

IS / IT

Product Management

Course Location: Solihull (Close to M42, Junctions 3 & 4, in Solihull, 25 minutes taxi ride from Birmingham International Railway Station and Birmingham (BHX) airport)

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Lean & Agile Supply Chain / Inventory Modelling	Days duration / Start dates:
Lean & Agile Supply Chain / Inventory Modelling	Days	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
SSC01 Tools, Techniques & Modern Trends In Supply Chain Management	1	8	20		2	24
SSC02 Materials Control Process Selection	1	16	28		9	11
SSC03 Advanced Forecasting & Inventory Modelling using Spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel®)	3	28		9		18
SSC04 Production Planning & Control, Back to Basics	2	22		3	20
SSC05 Producing Accurate Forecasts	1	27		8		17
SSC06 Warehouse Operations Management	1	21		16		13
SSC07 Strategic Supply Chain Management	2		7	18		13
SSC08 Participative Development, Sales & Operations Management	2		11	15		20
You may also be interested in our manufacturing and procurement courses
Lean & Agile Manufacturing Planning & Control	Days duration / Start dates:
Lean & Agile Manufacturing Planning & Control	Days	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
M01 Designing, Implementing & Operating Kanban Systems	2	6	18		13	31
M02 Advanced Scheduling Systems	1		15	17		17
M03 Bill of Material & Routing Design & Data Management	1		22		3	24
M04 Participative Master Production Scheduling (P MPS)	1	9	21	30		5
M05 Simple Capacity Planning & Control	1	10	22		1	6
M06 Stock & Work in Process Management	1	3	4	15		21
M07 MRP for Beginners	½am		5	17		11
M08 Material Requirements Planning (MRP1)	1		5	17		11
M09 Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP2)	1		6	18		12
M10 Simple Stock Control	1	23	20		16	28
M11 Simple Ways To Maximise Output & Workflow	1	22	21		15	27
M13 Manufacturing Accounting for Beginners	1	17	19	26		21
M14 Lean & Agile Manufacturing Detail (Pick & Mix)	1-28	In-house workshop only
M15 Agile Manufacturing Overview	1	27	18		3	31
M17 Stock & WIP Tracking for Beginners	½	In-house workshop only
M19 How to become a World Class Manufacturer	1	In-house workshop only
M21 Lean Manufacturing Detail	2	20		1	15	25
M22 Kanban & Lean Enterprise Simulation Game	1	In-house workshop only
M23 Capacity Management Foundation Course	2	13	25		6	6
M24 Materials Management & Stock Control Foundation Course	3	15	27		8	10
Also see: Supply Chain / Inventory Modelling and procurement courses
Operations Management / Team Leader Training	Days duration / Start dates:
Operations Management / Team Leader Training	Days	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
OM01 Organising & Engaging the Team	1	28		1	13	24
OM02 Managing and improving individual skills and overall skills levels	1	29		3	14	25
OM03 Organising & Managing the Workplace	1	21		2	16	26
OM04 Finance for Team Leaders	1	30		4	15	27
D03 Six Steps to Near Perfect Quality	1	24		5	17	28
M10 Simple Stock Control	1	23	20		16	28
M11 Simple Ways To Maximise Output & Workflow	1	22	21		15	27
C04 Continuous Improvement Basic Tools & Techniques	2	13	18		1	27
Step Change Management / Business Process Reengineering	Days duration / Start dates:
Step Change Management / Business Process Reengineering	Days	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
S01 Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) (Exec overview)	1½	In-house workshop only
S02 Business Process Re-engineering (Detail) (Module 1)	1	13	11	22		25
S02 Business Process Re-engineering (Detail) (Module 2)	1	14	12	23		26
S02 Business Process Re-engineering (Detail) (Module 3)	2	15	13	24		27
S03 Vision of a World Class Organisation	2	30		9	6
S04 Strategic Capacity Management	1		13		8
S05 World Class Change Management	1		14		9
S06 Introduction to Benchmarking (overview)	½	In-house workshop only
S07 A Guide to Benchmarking (detail)	1	In-house workshop only
S08 Programme Management	1	2	8	12	20	20
S09 Project Management	1	1	7	11	21	19
S13 Culture Development Methods	1		15		3	24
Continuous Improvement	Days duration / Start dates:
Continuous Improvement	Days	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
C01 Focused Improvement Systems	1	15	20	29		25
C02 Setting Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)	½am	16	21	30		26
C03 Measures of Performance	½pm	16	21	30		26
C04 Continuous Improvement Basic Tools and Techniques	2	13	18		1	27
C06 Improvement Techniques Pick and Mix		In-house workshop only
And from our Step Change page: S13 Culture Development Methods	1		15		3	24
Procurement (Purchasing & Supplier Management)	Days duration / Start dates:
Procurement (Purchasing & Supplier Management)	Days	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
P01 Modern Procurement Practices	1	24	27		14
P02 Supplier Development	1	21	29		15
P03 Service Level Agreements	1	20	28		16	31
P04 Supplier Assurance (Getting the best from suppliers)	1	In-house workshop only
P05 Introduction to Procurement	3	8	13	22		10
P06 Introduction to Managing the Supply of Materials	2	6	11	25		13
Also see: Lean & Agile Supply Chain / Inventory Modelling
IS / IT / e-commerce	Days duration / Start dates:
IS / IT / e-commerce	Days	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
I01 Information Systems / Information Technology Strategy	1	9	25		20
I02 System Selection & Implementation	1	10	26		21
Also see below:
Product Management / New Product Introduction / Quality Management	Days duration / Start dates:
	Days	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
D01 New Product Introduction (NPI)	2	1	25		6	18
D02 Specification Change Management: (Managing Product, Computer Programme, Documentation, or Process changes)	1	3	27		8	17
D03 Six steps To Near Perfect Quality	1	24		5	17	28
S05 World Class Change Management	1		14		9
S08 Programme Management	1	2	8	12	20	20
S09 Project Management	1	1	7	11	21	19
M03 Bill of Material & Routing Design & Data Management	1		22		3	24

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