Manufacturing Project Management Training

Unlike generic Project Management processes created to manage contractual arrangements, this course is designed to meet the needs of Manufacturing Project Management. That involves projects where success depends on using tools to tap into internal tacit knowledge, facilitate decision making, coordinate the part time involvement of internal resources and engage people with changing ways of working.

That includes projects generated by Focused Improvement, new product introduction, Kaizen activities, layout changes, maintenance shut downs, capital projects, IT system implementations or changes to business processes.

These are projects where in addition to traditional planning, organisation and control of tasks, the project manager needs to guide and coordinate those in project and operational roles as the project progresses through the stages of design, development and delivery.

Nowhere is that more important than with Industry 4.0 projects which involves steps to
1. Develop "Use Case" concepts to match digital solutions to operational pain points
2. Implement successful use cases on a pilot basis to prove the approach and develop policy guidelines to support the transfer of the approach at scale to other parts of the organisation
3. Transfer the successful pilot approach to other parts of the organisation.

Course content includes a mix of theory, case studies and practical exercises to provide experience of applying Project Management Processes that

• Facilitate cross functional collaboration and engagement of those involved in today's operations with the future success of the project to deliver buy in and support for change
• Encourage knowledge sharing, timely release of resources and effective decision making to deliver better solutions
• Coordinate the transition from "current to new" in a way that minimises the impact on customer service levels and delivers faster operational gains.

Course learning goals are to:

• Understand practical project management principles and techniques
• Know how to take a structured approach to project definition, justification and delivery
• Learn how to lead and guide project teams in a way that supports user engagement
• Be able to manage activities throughout the project life cycle from concept to delivery of beneficial operation.

The workshop content is designed to help for those who have been tasked with delivering operational improvement. It is also relevant for Managers, Process Engineers and Change Agents, Team Leaders and Maintenance Engineers.

DAY 1
Introduction
Developing the project plan
• Confirming the scope, Developing the quality plan and task lists
• Defining the team and resource profiles, Developing the timetable
• Mobilising the project, Managing risks, Managing progress
• Measuring results and learning from experience

Managing people and teams
• Working with multi discipline teams, Creating a practical team vision
• Encouraging Innovation and creativity (within limits)
• Using visual management (improving understanding, exploring options, coordinating resources, mapping out collaborative interactions
• Using software (portals, document management, timetables and resource management)
• Managing technical change management

DAY 2
Recap
Personal organisation
• Getting organised,
• Developing Project management standard work
• Managing time, knowing your time traps
• Keeping in touch
• Facilitating Meetings

Knowledge management
• Understanding success criteria
• Collating tacit knowledge as design standards to aid early decisions and option selection
• Testing/learning through the use of models
• Understanding life cycle costs
Working with vendors and partners
• Setting design goals for low life cycle cost
• Defining design modules
• Selecting vendors
• Creating a shared project vision with clear accountabilities
• Collaborating on design/sharing knowledge
• Teasing out design weaknesses
• Value engineering
• Defining the installation plan.

DAY 3
Recap
Equipment commissioning
• Planning the commissioning activity
• Pre-commissioning including FAT, installation hand over and SAT
• Inspections and testing
• Managing the commissioning process
• Refining ways of working
• Managing the training process
• Assessing completion stages and completing Site Acceptance Testing
• Post commissioning
Learning from experience
• Capturing lessons
• Data Analysis and machine learning
• A3 process case study
Developing a practical 90-day action plan
• Developing a vision the team can get behind
• Defining a realistic and achievable 12-month outcome
• Delivering results
Review of the Workshop
• Benefits, Concerns, Q&A

The workshop will be led by Dennis McCarthy-DAK Consulting

Dennis began his career as an Industrial Engineer and led a number of major Logistics projects. He progressed to European Project Manager for a US Multinational managing pan-European Manufacturing, Logistics and IT projects. As a consultant he has supported manufacturing improvement programmes ranging in size from small single site applications to company wide multi-site transformation programmes in Europe, USA, India and China. This has included support for well-respected and award winning companies such as 3M, Ford, General Motors, Heineken, Pepsi, Rolls Royce and IKEA.