Training Overview
Operational improvement is most successful when frontline employees and emerging leaders understand how to recognize waste, improve flow, and support continuous improvement efforts. This 24-hour OPEX Manufacturing Practitioner program is designed as a practical, junior-level development course for team members, supervisors, coordinators, and future leaders who play an active role in improving manufacturing performance. Participants gain a strong foundation in Lean and Operational Excellence principles that can be immediately applied in daily operations.
Through hands-on exercises, simulations, and real-world manufacturing examples, participants learn how to identify inefficiencies, improve workplace organization, support standardized processes, and contribute to plant-wide improvement initiatives. The course focuses on practical execution skills that help participants become valuable contributors to larger Operational Excellence efforts.
Training Objectives
- Identify waste and inefficiencies within key manufacturing processes
- Apply Lean tools including 5S, visual management, standard work, and Kanban
- Improve process flow using basic Value Stream Mapping and operator balance concepts
- Understand principles that reduce changeover time using SMED methods
- Recognize common causes of equipment losses using TPM methodology
- Support improvement initiatives that improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost
- Improve workplace organization and visual control systems
- Contribute effectively to larger Operational Excellence improvement efforts
- Build confidence participating in kaizen events and team problem-solving activities
- Develop a continuous improvement mindset for daily operations