Livonia Technical Services Company

 

29600 Trancrest Avenue

Livonia, MI 48152

VOICE/FAX (248) 474-2035

www.livoniatech.com

 

QUALITY OPERATING SYSTEMS  (QOS)

1 Day Training Program or 2 Day Workshop

 

Who Should Attend

Anyone involved in developing, implementing, or participating in quality-related activities.

 

Purpose of the Training

This training program provides a detailed explanation and illustration of the actions and methods needed to design, implement, and use the Quality Operating System originally developed by Ford Motor Company. During this training you will:

 

·    Find out how the QOS Cycle is structured.

·    See how team work and process-thinking are critical to improvement.

·    Discover how you can identify—and then improve—important issues that affect the bottom line of your business.

·    Find out why Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) is important to a good Quality Operating System.

 

What You Will Learn

·  Why continual improvement is forever—and how to approach it in that way

·  How to understand customer wants and needs, including those that are unspoken

·  How to make QOS integral to your business practices and daily activities

·  How to pick key process and key measures for your QOS activities—and how FMEA can help

·  Why consensus decisions take longer to make but are easier to implement

·  What you can do to make sure that everyone participates in QOS

·  How to balance tasks and relationship issues in ongoing improvement efforts

·  How to predict the future outcomes of your manufacturing & business processes

·  Why good-bad inspection methods are expensive, ineffective, counter-productive, and addictive!

·  How to determine which process issues affect customer satisfaction—and how to improve them

·  How to integrate good team work principles into your QOS activities

·  Why constant employee awareness, participation, and commitment is necessary for success