Already an educational leader in operational excellence, the University of Tennessee Center for Executive Education has partnered with Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) to launch “Establishing Reliability Excellence for Lean Implementation," a new, certificate program that links the optimization of manufacturing assets and processes to manufacturing plant efficiency. A direct correlation exists between a manufacturing facility’s equipment reliability and its productivity. Increased equipment reliability leads to increased production capacity and decreased downtime and maintenance spending.
"For a manufacturing facility to become ‘lean’ without high levels of equipment reliability will result in sub-optimal results in the best-case scenario and catastrophe in the worst-cast scenario," said Chuck Parke, faculty lead.
The implementation of lean tools has resulted in:
- Overall reduced WIP
- Reduction in product flow time from 390 days to 171
- An increase in deliveries by due date to 100% up from 25%
- Additional revenue of $40 million generated through extra capacity
The implentation of reliability has resulted in:
- In three years, an aluminum manufacturer reduced a plant's maintenance spending by 20 percent while increasing its raw material capacity 10 percent.
- Over a one-year period a soft drink manufacturer increased capacity of its high-speed processes by over 25 percent while reducing its costs of goods by 10 percent. It delivered an ROI exceeding 20:1.
- A film production company reduced equipment-related downtime by 40 percent at one location, delivering an ROI exceeding 12:1 over an 18-month period.
- A sugar refinery reduced maintenance costs by over 25 percent, delivering an ROI exceeding 7:1 over a two-year period.
The program is delivered in an intensive, one-week residency with some courses held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus and some at the Life Cycle Engineering location in Charleston, South Carolina. The course is built around three components:
- Leadership
- Processes
- People
- plant managers,
- maintenance managers,
- business unit managers,
- directors of operations,
- vice-presidents of operations and
- operations managers
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May 3-8
November 15-20
April 25-30
November 14-19
Contact The Center for information.
