Customised Coaching to Support Operational Goals

Forward Vision have a long history of creating bespoke learning programmes both for SMEs and international blue chip organisations such as Draeger, Daimler Benz, United Biscuits, Nestle, Ford Motor Company, Rolls Royce Power, Greencore, NSK, General Motors and Flymo.

Programmes can range from addressing a particular skills need, or providing the training component of a specific company project, to a comprehensive development programme tailored to fit the needs, character and ambitions of the client organisation.

All programmes involve learning by doing; most operations management elements involve improvement activity in the workplace and many of these bring about an immediate return on investment. The following list of components is far from exhaustive:

Operations Management Techniques and Disciplines

Foundations of Lean and Operations Best Practice * Kaizen * Genba Kanri: Disciplines of Leadership in the Workplace * Problem solving * Standardisation * Workplace Organisation (5S) * Fast Changeovers (SMED) * Seven Statistical Tools * Statistical Process Control * Total Productive Maintenance * Six Sigma Black & Green Belt Training * Taguchi Techniques * QRQC (Quick Response Quality Control) and QRQE (Quick Response Quality Engineering) * Mistake and Error Proofing (Poka Yoke) * Lean Manufacturing Disciplines and Techniques * Just-In-Time & Kanban systems * Waste Elimination * Planning and Project Management * Process Mapping / Value Stream Mapping * Understanding Workflow * Line Balancing Skills * Cellular Manufacturing * Motion Economy Principles and Productivity Improvement * How to Produce a Standard Operation and How to Instruct it.

Leadership Skills

Communicating & Listening skills * Running Effective Meetings * Teamwork and Teambuilding * Being Assertive * Drafting and Delivering an Effective Presentation * Performance Coaching * Creative Thinking * Recruitment & Selection skills * Personal Organisation (Time Management) * Handling Grievances and Difficult People * Situational Leadership * Job Instruction * Self Development