7 IE TOOLS
Developing knowledge and skills for making Kaizen progress forward
Have Kaizen activities been carried out smoothly at your company’s production site?
- Your factory leaders and staff have basic understanding of Kaizen, but don’t know where and how to start your Kaizen activities?
- The result of waste elimination activities does not meet your company’s expectation?
- You have little opportunities to take part in courses focusing on useful and effective tools for Kaizen?
OBJECTIVES
- Have a basic knowledge of 7 Industrial Engineering (IE) tools and their applications.
- Be able to apply 7 IE tools to production site.
- Be able to conduct Kaizen activities by using 7 IE tools.
TARGET
- Middle and junior factory managers (Chief, Foreman, Supervisor etc.) in the production management department or in charge of Kaizen activities.
CONTENT
Part 1: Basic principles of Kaizen (Improvement) and IE
- The definition of IE (Industrial Engineering)
- The 7 wastes in manufacturing activities
- ECRS Principle
Part 2: Productivity improvement with 7 IE tools
1. Process analysis
~ Analyze whole production process from raw materials to final product, in order to eliminate wastes and carry out Kaizen activities ~
2. Motion analysis
~ Analyze motions to eliminate wasted movements and to re-arrange the movements’ order and co-ordination with less labor-consuming and higher economic effectiveness~
3. Time Study
~ Analyze movements from work time perspective to eliminate wastes and improve productivity ~
4.Operation analysis
~ Analyze the movements of man and machines to calculate the time-consuming ratio of each activities to the entire process ~
5. Combination work analysis
~Analyze the time-consuming relationships between combined movements (between Man and Machines or among Men) to re-arrange the process with higher productivity
6. Line balancing analysis
~ Design a harmonious production flow which could remove the differences of necessary time-consuming between each stages ~
7. Material handling
~ Analyze the product transfer flow process to reduce time-consuming and wastes ~
Part 3: 7 IE tools applications and action plan for Kaizen activities
- IE tools applications to PDCA cycle (Plan – Do – Check – Act)
- 7 steps to conduct improvement activities
Part 4: Action Plan
COURSE EVALUATION
Until now, the number of participants have reached to 326 participants.
* Number of evaluators: 321
REFERENCE
Download “7IE tools " pamphlet (PDF version) here: