Offered by the
Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT)
North Orange County Community College District
The Certificate Program in Manufacturing Management prepares participants for promotion to a higher level of management. The program focuses on current applications and workshops which are integrated to provide practical hands-on learning knowledge.
The program consists of practical real world solutions to everyday work issues. The diverse hands-on applications presented by professional experts make this certificate unique and rewarding.
To earn the certificate of completion, 8 out of 9 workshops must be completed in addition to successful completion of the certification exam. The certificate of completion is offered by the North Orange County CACT.
The Program
The program consists of nine, 4-hour workshops, one workshop offered per month. Workshops are from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., followed by a luncheon from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Each workshop can be taken independently and no prerequisites are required:
Management 101: “Back to the Basics”
Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvements
Total Quality Management-Six Sigma
Project Management Fundamentals
Performance-Work Measurement/Cost Analysis
Purchasing and Supply Management
Inventory Controls, Scheduling and Planning
Automation and Capital Justification
Process Mapping Certification Overview and Exam
Course Descriptions
Management 101: “Back to the Basics”
In today’s business, companies are dealing with increasingly tough challenges such as cutbacks in resources, an uncertain worldwide environment, and global competition. Organizational structures are becoming flatter, workers are becoming more educated, and companies are downsizing. So the question is: “Why do we need managers”? Why is the function of a manager still important? Successful leadership depends on the ability to work with and through people to get things done. The challenge is to have the employees participate, empower them and have them achieve goals. This workshop focuses on new strategies for management excellence while addressing basic knowledge, with emphasis on leadership and supporting employee learning.
Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvements
This hands-on training is to provide basic knowledge and advantages of utilizing manufacturing planning, scheduling and optimization techniques in conjunction with lean manufacturing principles. This valuable training is designed to guide you with setting up the manufacturing process and factory assembly lines. Emphasis will be given on strategic planning in meeting the needs and demands of customers and the marketplace. This special training will include:
Practical applications of value stream mapping with focus on factory response
Flexibility and effective utilization of company assets and capital
TAKT time
Evaluation of process efficiencies
Plant capacities and enterprise metrics
Total Quality Management-Six Sigma
Six Sigma is a set of process improvement methodologies that reach beyond functional activities, to rediscover and streamline business core values. Six Sigma techniques are proven to increase productivity, enhance quality and can be applied universally in manufacturing, service, health care, information technology and public sector organizations. This hands-on training will provide you with the needed tools to be familiar with Six Sigma best practices, and lead process improvements and deliver tangible results. Six Sigma emphasizes on eliminating defects, reducing rework, cutting wasted operating costs and increasing customer’s satisfaction levels.
Project Management Fundamentals
This workshop will examine the concepts and techniques of project management and team building in organizations. Plus, the workshop will provide the tools needed to make teams more effective.
Performance-Work measurement/Cost Analysis
The fundamental purpose of work measurement is to labor cost for a given job. Work measurement is the process of establishing the time that a given task would take when performed by a qualified worker working at a normal level of performance. There are various ways in which work may be measured and a variety of techniques have been established. This workshop focuses on scientific techniques to measure work and review the most common techniques such as direct time studies, predetermined work measurement and work sampling.
Purchasing and Supply Management
This workshop provides a framework for understanding and improving the effectiveness of supply chain management. The workshop will explore theories and practical applications, including supplier rating and business management.
Inventory Controls, Scheduling and Planning
This workshop is intended to provide the leadership and technical know how skills needed to meet the challenges of inventory management. Emphasis will be placed on hands-on applications of inventory systems, ABC classification, inventory accuracy and cycle counting. The workshop will introduce techniques of EOQ, ROP, and safety stocks models. In addition, Material Requirements Planning, ERP and Just in Time will be discussed.
Automation and Capital Justification
This hands-on, practical training/workshop review capital justification strategies that guarantee improved solutions, higher production, outstanding quality, and excellent review process. Case studies will be provided for hands-on learning, and attendees will be given the tools to develop strategies to implement successful techniques shared at this workshop.
Process Mapping
Process Mapping is part of overall operational strategy and linked to the efforts of lean manufacturing. The strategy is to review process from receiving raw materials through the manufacturing process and delivery to the customer. The pre-planning for successful implementation relies on critical review, and accurate analysis of the product and the process. The review includes yield factors, scrap if any, including a detailed knowledge of the value added and non-value added operations, as well as the quality requirements, a prerequisite for the management excellence. Using process mapping achieves dramatic reductions in product cycle times, resulting in increase in quality, responsiveness and flexibility. The benefits generally are lower costs, higher quality, and shorter lead times.
Certification Overview and Exam
To earn the certificate of completion, 8 out of 9 workshops must be completed in addition to successful completion of the certification exam.
For more information on the CACT Certificate in Manufacturing Management, contact:
Norma A. Alvarado, Director
Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT)
(714) 808-4611 nalvarado@sce.cc.ca.us
