Process management and optimization

Free of cost

by funding

The course introduces you to the basics of operational and strategic process management and the use of artificial intelligence (AI). You will also learn how to recognize and implement improvements and gain the right understanding of the lean philosophy in a company.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Process manager with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification"
    Certificate "Process optimization with Lean, Kaizen and CIP"
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
    Process manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Process manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification

Basics of process management (approx. 2 days)

Understanding and terms in process management

Components of processes

Process map and process model

Roles in process management

Strategic and operational process management

Process management, organizational environment and process models

Preparing, conducting and leading process workshops


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Operational process management (approx. 4 days)

Operational process management cycle

Deriving operational process goals

Process-oriented organizational development

Systemic order clarification

Develop target processes

Introducing, executing, measuring and analyzing processes

Change management during process rollout

Dealing with resistance and conflicts

Process model "Introduction of BPM"

Introduction of OPM (practical examples)


Strategic process management (approx. 3 days)

Defining goals

Use process-oriented balanced scorecard

Developing a process map

Plan and control processes strategically

Integrate strategic and operational process management


Process-oriented organization (approx. 4 days)

Challenges in the design of the process-oriented organization

Setting up BPM governance

Forms of the process-oriented organization

Designing a process model

Aligning technology with processes

Integrating existing methods


Leading a process-oriented organization (approx. 4 days)

Challenges in managing the process-oriented organization

Introducing and implementing role concepts for process and line

Deriving competencies from processes

Establishing a learning organization

Accompanying change with process-oriented organizational development

Procedure models for the introduction of the process-oriented organization

Promoting a process-oriented culture

Leadership in the process-oriented organization


Project work, certification preparation and certification examination "Process manager with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)

Continuous process optimization with Kaizen

What is CIP/Kaizen? (approx. 0.5 days)


Historical development of the CIP (approx. 1.5 days)

General conditions for CIP

Saturated and unsaturated markets

Supply/demand orientation

Japanese corporate culture

Toyota Production System

Development of quality management systems, ISO 9001

TQM quality awards, EFQM model (2020)

Six Sigma


Philosophy of CIP/Kaizen (approx. 1 day)

The five central principles

Continuous improvement in ISO 9001 (7 principles, PDCA process model) and continuous improvement

Interaction of innovation, standard and kaizen

Internal customer/supplier principle

Process wear and tear

Informal evasive action

Change management

Tasks of management and employees

Worker self-assessment

CIP impulses


Customer requirements and satisfaction (approx. 1 day)

Society and market movements

Integrated management systems

Vuca and agility

Requirements and wishes

Kano model

Stakeholder analysis

CTQ Translation Matrix

CTQ Tree


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Project work (approx. 1 day)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Lean in quality management

Process optimization: Efficiency for the benefit of customers - lean management (approx. 0.5 days)

Philosophy: Focus on customer requirements

Productivity - Quality - Availability - Flexibility


Implementation and Kaizen (approx. 0.5 days)

Environment for Kaizen

Corporate culture of improvement and optimization

Visual Management

5S method/5A campaign


Eliminate waste (approx. 1 day)

Value creation/Muda

MIT study

Elimination of the three MU's, the 3-MU checklist

7 types of waste (TIMWOOD)

8V rule

Mura and Muri


Synchronize processes (approx. 0.5 days)

Production in the customer cycle

Cycle time, cycle time, throughput time

Cell logic, omega cell, chaku-chaku principle

One-piece flow

Pull principle (supermarket) and push principle

Just-in-time logistics [JIT]


Customer-oriented, highly efficient value streams (approx. 0.5 days)

Structure of a value stream

Value creation quotient [WQ]

Visualization: benefits, symbols, data box


Production leveling/Heijunka (approx. 0.5 days)

Heijunka versus series

Heijunka box

Batch size 1

Application example

Increasing the number of cycles

Kanban flow system (material and information flow)

Kanban project


Improving production facilities (approx. 0.5 days)

TPM, autonomous maintenance

Key figure OEE

Minimization of set-up times

SMED/EKUV


Project work (approx. 1 day)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Continuous improvement process (CIP)

Standardize processes (approx. 1 day)

Quality policy standardization

Advantages of standards

Standards in the company

Questions about the standard

Defining processes, from the process landscape to the process description

Visualization

Process planning

3 process states


Controlling processes (approx. 2 days)

ISO 9001 requirements (4.4, 8.1, 8.5.1): capable and controlled processes

Customer key figures (Cpk/Sigma level)

Selection of methods: Stacey matrix, Cynefin

Process management

Process analysis

Standard tools

Q7 and M7

Six Sigma tools

Process efficiency analysis

Data analysis, Statistical Process Control [SPC]

Statistical basics

SPC in series production: interpreting the quality control chart [QRK], automation (Jidoka)


Evaluation models (approx. 1 day)

PDCA: Improvement of improvement

Self-assessment maturity level ISO 9004 and EFQM

Management assessment according to ISO 9001

6-W questioning technique

4-M/7-M checklist

Benchmarking and best practice

BSC

Hoshin Kanri, X-Matrix

Measuring customer and employee satisfaction


Project work (approx. 1 day)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results


Continuously improve processes (approx. 0.5 days)

Customer satisfaction

Avoid mistakes

Error culture and Hansei


Avoiding mistakes (approx. 0.5 days)

Development according to customer requirements: QFD and design thinking

Risk management

Risk landscape

Risk matrix

Failure mode and effects analysis [FMEA]

Poka Yoke

Internal audits


Dealing with defects (approx. 1 day)

Error classification (DIN 55350)

Customer communication: complaint management, 8D report

Corrective actions, the search for root causes: 10 steps to problem solving with tools (Q7, M7)

Problem-solving funnel with 6 W and 5 times Why (Root Causes)

Fault tree, cause map

A3 problem-solving sheet


Empowering employees (approx. 1 day)

Why and how?

Ownership and entrepreneurship

Task of the manager

Employee satisfaction

ISO 9001: Competence and awareness, knowledge management

Idea management (BVW)

Lean: Teamwork

Quality Circle [QC]

Order fulfillment and problem solving in a team: project management and Scrum

Community of Practice [PoC]


Visual Management (approx. 0.5 days)

Purposes, advantages, methods

Visual process control, Andon (traffic light)

Store floor management


Quality controlling - finances (approx. 0.5 days)

The 10 rule of failure costs

Costs for conformity and error costs

Liability cost trap


Project work (approx. 1 day)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

After this course, you will be familiar with approaches, process models and systems to make processes even more successful.

You also recognize the permanent opportunity for improvement, you have the necessary expertise to implement these improvements and the right understanding of a functioning lean philosophy in the company.

The course is aimed at people who want to take on process responsibility, managers, division and department heads and people with knowledge of project and quality management.

Holistic process management takes into account corporate structures and culture as well as management principles and is therefore a decisive factor for the success of the company. Process managers are therefore in demand in large and medium-sized companies in all sectors.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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