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Virtual Mobility Initiative
Smart Tools for Production Management
The initiative targets Production Managers and Engineers bearing control responsibility in manufacturing industries, as well as their co-workers. The course will be managed and stimulated by an international pool of experts in production management, innovative production process and ICT tools, with a
specific focus on TQM. Lean management, Modular Product Architecture, MRP.
Participants will have to opportunity to cooperate and exchange experiences with colleagues from
Austria, Italy, Spain and Turkey, through an online platform.
The course will start the 9th of February 2015 until the 26th of June 2015, the working language in
English.
Modules:
• Professional technical English: 10 hours in 2 weeks
• Quality and production management: cost reduction: 14 hours in 4 weeks
• Modular Product Architecture: 8 hours in 4 weeks
Visual planning – optional: 7 hours in 3 weeks
• Software in industry: Web 2.0 and SW: 10 hours in 3 weeks
• Practical example for production scheduling: 15 hours in 2 weeks
PROGRAMME
1. Professional technical English
• Trainers: Julia Melcher, Anastasia Sfiri
Module general objectives
• Basic Speaking Skills in English for workers in the technical sector and metal sector
• Workers should be able to introduce themselves, talk about their work and daily routine, and have
small-talk with their English-speaking colleagues at work. They should also be able to differentiate
between a formal and an informal context (register).
• Chapter 1: Introducing yourself - formal and informal context; introducing others; talking about work
life, family and hobbies.
• Chapter 2: Talking about work – talking about daily routine, tasks and responsibilities at work in more
detail; naming and describing objects and activities.
Start
End
Duration
Monday 09.02.2015
Friday 27.02.2015
3 weeks, 10 hours
2. Quality and production management: cost reduction
• Trainer: Gottlieb Galuska
Module general objectives
... is to learn about processes, methods and the application of tools to be able to continuously analyze and
improve the work (sphere of influence) and make product/processes more efficient and lean as well as
considering cost relevant factors.
In addition to that the students should be able to learn how to utilize the material / processes / organization
in a cost effective way, how to efficiently utilize working time and how to identify potential savings.
• Definition of quality success factors in a company and the relationship among them.
• Description of major elements of Total Quality Management, the alignment with the quality objective
and causal relationships.
• Description and application of state of the art quality concept. “Continuous Improvement Process”
and “Lean Concept”.
• Description and application of a selected set of tools, supporting the continuous improvement
process and lean management concepts.
• Definition and application of 2 types of cost models, classification of cost factors and linkage to the
working areas in day to day business.
Competences to be achieved when enrolling this course: The major competences which have to be achieved are the abilities to apply the concepts of „Continuous Improvement Process (CIP/KAIZEN)” and „Lean
Management”. Therefore a sound knowledge of success factors of quality, Total Quality Management and
tools which support those concepts is of fundamental importance. Cost drivers are going to be detected and
defined which are caused by wastage and inefficiencies.
Start
End
Duration
Monday 02.03.2015 (CW 10)
Friday 04.04. 2015 (CW 14)
5 weeks, 14 hours
3. Modular product architecture
• Trainers: Maurizio Scabbia, Uberto Cortese
Module general objectives
This module will provide you with an insight of modular product architecture. By participating we will learn
how to:
• Identify modular product architecture applied to company's production process
• Define the transformation process of a products family from integrated to modular architecture
• Identify actions to enhance the role of production department in modules' definition
1. Identify different product architectures
2. Identify business benefits of the introduction of modular architecture
3. Define possible applications within company's production process to introduce modular architecture
into an existing product family Product architectures, business benefits of modular product architecture,
application to company production process
Start
End
Duration
07.04.2015
30.04.15
4 weeks, 8 hours
3.1. Visual planning (optional)
• Trainer: Maurizio Scabbia
Module general objectives
This module will provide you with an insight of visual planning. By participating we will learn how to:
• Definition of quality success factors in a company and the relationship among them.
• Recognize the principles of project management within the production management's activities −
Identify the importance of visual planning in production
• Identify different levels in visual planning (from macro to micro)
• Apply visual planning techniques to the projects
1. Formalise projects through visual planning
2. Recognise Classical vs. Lean (visual) approach
3. Recognise a visual master plan
4. Recognise a visual department plan
5. Describe a problem (and its possible solutions) through visual planning
Start
End
Duration
Monday 07.04.2015
Friday 24.04.15
3 weeks, 7 hours
4. ICT, WEB 2.0 & SW for the Metal Sector
• Trainer: Sismen Navin
Module general objectives
This Module will enlighten you in some of the aspects related to Web 2.0 technologies and their extensions
needed for your working life in the sector, together with giving you some information about efficient use of
software in metal sector. Efficient use of software is also linked to Web 2.0 infrastructure, which allows you
to locate the appropriate one by facilitating your search with others’ input.
• Improve ICT, WEB 2.0 understanding, get familiar with WEB 2.0, for improved utilization of WEB 2.0
tools for knowledge exchange in metal sector,
• Awareness of SW utilization and SW selection tips in the storage and maintenance control & management, for increasing workplace activities‘ efficiency.
Specific objectives; to be able to:
• Use WEB 2.0 tools,
• Understand storage and maintenance control & management SW
Competences to be achieved: Be able to use WEB 2.0 tools for knowledge exchange; search, locate,
utilize the most up to date software available for increasing the efficiency in industry using ICT.
Topics of the course
• ICT, WEB 2.0 & SW for metal sector
• ICT & WEB 2.0 (9 hours of learning)
• SW (1 hours of learning)
Start
End
Online Assistance
4 weeks
Monday, 30th March 2015
Friday, 17th April 2015
Fridays 16:00 - 17:00 CET
3 Weeks, 10 Hours
5. Practice of provisioning for production scheduling
• Trainer: Inaki Narbaiza
Module general objectives
This module will help you to plan the material goods and the capacity of manufacturing resources in the
production by machining:
• identifying basic concepts of production management
• developing MRP I and MRP II systematics: Material Requirements and Manufacturing Resources
Planning.
Learning outcomes:
1. Describe and explain the basic concepts of production management.
2. Explain and describe the logic operation of an MRP I system and develop manufacturing programs
analyzing the material requirements.
3. Explain and describe the logic operation of an MRP II system and develop manufacturing programs
analyzing the capacity needs of manufacturing resources, by establishing the differences between
each of the systematics.
Start
01.06.2015
End
26.06.2015
Duration 4 weeks, 12 hours
Moodle platform
http://www.teacamp.eu/moodle2/course/index.php?categoryid=7
Contact point Italy
Confindustria Veneto SIAV spa
Chiara Salatin
Tel. +39 041251 7511
Email: [email protected]
The initiative has been made available by the Leonardo MEVEL partnership:
www.mevel-eu.net
Il presente progetto è stato finanziato con il sostegno della Commissione Europea. Questa pubblicazione rispecchia il punto di vista dell'autore e, pertanto,
la Commissione non è responsabile di alcun uso che possa essere fatto di informazioni qui contenute.