Training: Problem Solving

Typical training course length: 1 day

Participants should gain a practical framework for solving problems using a prescriptive methodology: learn how to categorize problems and analyze solutions, how to deal with constraints often faced in developing solutions, how to select the right problem-solving tool for each situation, and learn to apply more than 20 innovative tools and methods to generate ideas, gather information, organize your thinking and analyze data. The program should feature presentations, discussions, and individual and group exercises.

Program Highlights:
• Approaches and barriers to problem solving
• Problem solving using a prescriptive methodology
• Selecting the right tool to achieve long lasting solutions
• Tools to solve broad and specific problems
• Tools to analyze decisions and prevent problems
• Nominal group process and brainstorming
• The seven basic quality tools

Typical syllabus
• Employee Involvement Overview
• Tools for Effective Team Members
• Roles in a Team
• Keys to Problem Solving
• The 5S's - An overview
• Visual Management
• Glass Wall Management
• Seven Quality Tools
• 8 Basic Steps of Problem Solving
• Suggestion Programs
• The Improvement Story
• Effective Presentations

Other Training Courses Available:
Kaizen | Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) | Standardized Work
Problem Solving Class | Error Proofing | Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

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