Process Management: Applying Process Mapping to Analyze and Improve Your Operation

This focused seminar equips you with a practical toolkit for implementing meaningful business improvements. You will work with proven process mapping techniques, learn how to document standard operating procedures, and apply value-added versus non-value-added activity analysis to drive real process management gains across your operation.

Who Should Attend:

Senior and midlevel managers with responsibility for process mapping and process quality improvement, industrial engineers, IT analysts and design specialists, and VPs of manufacturing.

How You Will Benefit:

• Identify process improvement opportunities and prioritize them strategically
• Manage bottlenecks to improve workflow efficiency and overall productivity
• Determine which non-value-added activities are candidates for outsourcing
• Use process management data to identify where excess inventory can be reduced or eliminated
• Build more realistic and effective scheduling grounded in actual process lead-time data
• Develop a clearer picture of how each process connects to the broader operation

What You Will Cover:

• Critical success factors for process management improvement initiatives
• Core business process elements, typical process types, and performance measurement and control
• Applying project management techniques to process improvement efforts
• Process mapping: gathering and organizing the data
• Analyzing data to identify and prioritize desired improvements
• The role and importance of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Cultural and organizational factors, including common barriers to change