How do organizations improve productivity? What is productivity to start with? This course presents best practices on how to boost productivity by focusing on quality and cost-saving initiatives. In this course, we will share best practices and tools from organizations that implemented quality methodologies to improve their processes and achieve faster cycle times, fewer defects and simplified operations. Participants will also learn how to apply these practices in their organizations and understand how to manage change. They will master the skills to leverage the existing culture to their advantage by creating a solid platform and moving the organization into a new mindset. This course is critical for every organization aiming to save costs and become more efficient and productive.

For Whom

Managers, supervisors and all those who are responsible for, or indirectly involved in, a cost or profit centre or a quality improvement function

Learning Objectives

At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• Define productivity and various types of organizational waste
• Identify areas of poor productivity due to poor quality and suggest ways to increase effectiveness and efficiency
• Justify and apply quality improvement tools and techniques to improve productivity
• Apply several cost reduction strategies to meet changing global, statutory and market conditions
• Apply to measure initiatives and set targets to improve productivity