Production Optimization Engineer: Efficiency Enhancement & Troubleshooting

OBJECTIVES:

• Appreciate the difference and consequences between pro-active and reactive problem solving
• Develop a structured approach to troubleshooting and problem solving
• Understand continuous improvement in the way you run your processes
• Implement teamwork and leadership principles, support, and cooperation practices
• Understand work practices which “allow" success in troubleshooting and problem solving

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is intended for Employees who are responsible for leading and directing people to achieve and improve productivity levels, those faced with the challenge of solving plant related problems, Production, Maintenance Engineering and Process Engineering personnel, Supervisors who are involved in the Operations / Maintenance function, Planners, Coordinators, Engineers, and Technologists

COURSE OUTLINE 

DAY ONE:

• Basics of Problem Solving
• Principles of problem solving
• Procedures of problem solving
• Methods and documents of problem solving
• Problem area and detailed procedures (indirect area, manufacturing process problems, product problems, lessons learned)
• Performance standard (strategic, operational, individual)
• Critical relationships

DAY TWO:

• Tools & Techniques – Practical Experience
• Application of decision logic
• Relationship analysis
• Relationship between plant species richness and primary productivity
• Problem analysis and synthesis
• Practical use of tools and techniques
• Project selection methods

DAY THREE:

• Maximizing the Contribution of People in Process Plants
• The machine-human connection
• A high-quality digital shift handover process
• Embrace technology and support human factors
• Working practices – empowerment or impairment?
• Individual motivators (external vs. internal motivation)
• Developing leadership competence
• Efficiency enhancement

DAY FOUR:

• Operator, Maintainer, Designer Interface in Process Plants
• Process plant and machinery specific issues
• Performance (impacting factors, performance defined in terms of speed, quality, and cost)
• Cross functional problem solving
• Development of maintenance strategy
• Life cycle analysis, design for operation, design for maintenance
• Strategies, planning, and protocols

DAY FIVE:

• Cross function team working
• Configuration management
• Development of standards and Key Performance Indicators
• Auditing the process to a dynamic standard