Options for Change:

We offer a wide range of Workshop options, as well as Consultancy Support. 

As part of your project to introduce Continuous Improvement you will want to tap into the experience and expertise of others and, to help in this, we have prepared a series training programmes from which you can select those elements best suited to your own needs.

• The Change Process: See how the pieces fit together.  Get the Big Picture before getting bogged down in the detail!

Managing Change

• Managing the Change Process: The key to Continuous Improvement - a structured approach to running successful Quality or Process Improvement Projects.

• Changing the Culture: To systematically make the cultural changes necessary for successful introduction of Continuous Improvement.

• Leadership Training for Managers: Core skills for team leaders.

• Teamwork & Team Building: Effective teamwork is essential to the success of Continuous Improvement groups. 

• Business Process Re-Design: To design, operate and continuously improve work processes.

• Performance Measures: The tools to measure the right things, to use the appropriate measurement methods and to interpret and respond quickly and effectively.

• The EFQM Business Excellence Model: A recognised model for the Self-Assessment of a Total Quality System.

Lean Manufacture

• Accelerated New Product Introduction [with FMEA]: A methodology for the rapid and successful introduction of new or updated products.

• Process Mapping & Value Stream Analysis (VSA):   methods by which lean principles are applied in the examination of business processes.

• 5S Housekeeping: A Japanese approach to Workplace Organisation to improve efficiencies and promote safe working environments.

• Statistical Process Control (SPC): To answer questions like...

  • Do your manufacturing processes frequently fail to repeatedly and reliably operate?

  • Is inconsistent product quality a problem?

  • Do you fail to get it right- first-time?

  • Is the manufacturing process capable of doing the job correctly?

• Quality Awareness: Essential briefing for staff embarking on the Continuous Improvement process.

• Quality Costing: The route to major savings through either...

  • The P-A-F approach - control of Preventive, Failure and Appraisal Costs (BS 6143: Part 2), or,

  • The Process Model (BS 6143: Part 1) - applying quality costing to process (production or service).

• Manufacturing Process Re-Engineering with SPC : Monitoring, bringing under control and continuously improving manufacturing processes.

Other Methods

• cGMP: current Good Manufacturing Process: A term  recognized worldwide for the control and management of manufacturing and quality control testing of foods, pharmaceutical products, and medical devices.

• Project Management with Project 2010: A 2-day Programme of Project Management Fundamentals for first-line and project managers, team leaders, new managers and those seeking to renew skills.