Workflow Essentials (PM115E01) – I-CAR Canada

This course provides an understanding of supplements and how they affect costs and key performance indicators (KPIs). Students learn how to evaluate the work in process with an introduction to the tools used by a production manager. The course introduces students to the concept of determining what the capacity of their shop is by looking at the big picture first. After completing this course, students will be able to understand how supplements affect production, costs, and staff by identifying missing items, time involved, and repair or replace decisions for each job. Students will also learn to survey the shop floor using quality control, roadblock, and parts status techniques taught in this course, determine the facility capacity by using the big picture approach, identify the right technicians for the jobs to increase efficiency, understand how to analyze paint shop and estimating capacity for the facility, match the equipment needs to the jobs in process and apply the proper staff at the right times while encouraging a learning-centric culture