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One of the initiatives I'm working n in my new job is setting up a school
for manufacturing
topics. I see formal education in manufacturing topics (shop floor control,
purchasing, inventory management, lean manufacturing, ISO 9000, etc.) as
critical to
continuing the improvement drive.

I see two kinds of courses. The first is formal education in which we would
educate
people on some topic. For example, we might have a four hour class on
various manufacturing
methods. I expect to use textbooks as source material and instructors form
local universities,
consults (don bombard me yet), and internal people.

The second kind of class is "spot training". Here we may have a team
working on some issue and they
need to make a scatter plot. While they may have been exposed to scatter
plots, this training would
give them the skills at the time they need it.

I'd like to hear from other list members about similar experiences. do you
have such a school in
your company? What issues were involved in setting it up? What issues are
involved in running it?


Dan O'Leary CQA, CQE, CQM, CRE
Business Process Executive - Manufacturing
doleary@mr.picker.com