Why this program?
* Newly assigned team leaders and supervisors should quickly learn to work through people
* Supervisors need 2 types of skills to perform their job properly
1- Knowledge of the work:
Machines, tools, processes, operations, products and how they are made and used.
2- Knowledge of responsibilities:
Policies, agreements, rules, regulations, schedules, interdepartmental relationships.
Skills to be built through the Program
* Skills of instructing
* Skills to leading people
* Skills in improving methods
Being able to prepare work instructions
Become competent in the concepts, tools and methodology of Lean Manufacturing
Take notice of abnormalities and address them right away
Making sure that operators do their jobs according to standards
* Create a good working environment
Why It's a powerful tool?
* It is simple
* It helps people achieve standard work
* It develops a culture rather than jumping to solutions
* It's the heart of T.P.S. and has been implemented successfully since the World War II
* When people develop their own standard work, they starve to make it happen