Objectives:                      

To deepen the knowledge and develop the participants' skills with information on modern production systems and management, with emphasis on the principles of effective manufacturing or so-called effective production system in the Japanese experience, the principles and concepts of these systems and their differences from the traditional manufacturing systems and the engineering and engineering techniques and concepts required by the production managers, Kanban and Kaizen (Continuous improvement) and its comparison with the operations management systems in the Western experience and their impact on decision making by the production managers and engineers.

Targeted groups:

All engineers, administrators and technicians working in production management in all their specialties, and useful to engineers working in various administrative and engineering sectors, production managers, and general managers. 

Scientific content:

1-Historical overview of effective production systems.

2-Continuous improvement using effective production systems.

3-Types of the eight losses (Moda).

4-Characteristics of the instantaneous production system in Japanese companies.

5-Strategic characteristics of effective production systems.

6-Supply chain considerations in effective production systems.

7- Considerations of processes in effective production systems

Pay-for-draw production systems

Goo Doka system

Kanban system

Five bars

8- Human resources considerations in effective production systems.

9- Toyota Motor System