Educational
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Factory Physics education and training enables participants to learn about and apply Factory Physics concepts and methods through a variety of learning experiences including, interactive learning, immersive learning and the Factory Physics certification program.

What Customers Say

“Factory Physics training provides your Supply Chain team with concepts and principles based on solid science that can be readily applied to improving your supply chain performance.”

Mike Gores

Global Supply Chain Manager

“I know of no quicker more effective approach to improving performance than the Factory Physics approach.”

Chandra Sekhar

Corporate VP of Manufacturing Strategy (ret.)

“I learned more about the underlying science behind the Toyota Production System from four hours of Factory Physics training than I did in seven years as a Toyota employee.”

Karthik Chandramouli

Director of Lean Transformation

Interactive Learning Workshops
(two-day sessions)

The Factory Physics Interactive Learning sessions enable customers to apply concepts and techniques with hands on tools. Factory Physics interactive courses are delivered by way of inhouse workshops or through Factory Physics ongoing public seminars. These courses combine lecture and learning by doing through various simulations and hands on tools.

Learn how to use Factory Physics to:

Increase Cash Flow

Reduce Inventory while Increasing Customer Service

Manage Low Volume High Mix Environments

Improve Assemble-to-Order Operations

Setup Effective Sales & Operations Planning

Optimize ERP Production Planning and Control

Sample Curriculum for Interactive Learning Workshops

Participants will understand:

Fundamental Operations Science principles including new developments through intuition building hands-on exercises
How to map production systems as the basis for modeling and optimization

Participants will understand the relationships between:

throughput/utilization
work-in-process
cycle time
inventory levels
service levels

Mixed buffer approaches

Production system optimization

Participants will understand Dynamic Risk-based Scheduling

Strategy, Tactics and Controls
Virtual queue
Due date quoting
CONWIP
Performance measures
Priority scheduling
S&OP+

Factory Physicist Certification

Completion of one basic statistics course at undergraduate level (or equivalent). Can test out of this requirement.

Read Chapters 2, 6, 7, 8, 9,10 and 19 of Factory Physics, 2nd edition.

Attend one week Factory Physics course

Discuss the difference between modeling techniques (analytical vs DES)
Work designated problems in Factory Physics, 3rd edition and complete CSUITE case study
Learn how to input data into CSUITE and to use CSUITE effectively
How to implement the optimal policies (CONWIP, ROP, ROQ, etc)

Lead one Factory Physics project that generates decreased cost, increased revenue or improve service level

Have access to CSUITE (with expiration date)

Provide support for achievement of organization’s goals by learning and applying Factory Physics principles to establish improved control and optimization of performance

Support co-workers through on-the-job implementations
Support managers by providing identification of improvement opportunities and guidance in setting and meeting performance expectations
Be a leader in assisting associates in learning and successfully using Factory Physics principles and applications

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Inhouse Workshops

Target Audience

Key staff members

Format

In-person

Duration / Timing

1 - Theoretical Lecture: 2 half-days
2 – Interactive Learning: 3 half-days
3 – Learning by Doing: TBD depending on the scope

Location / Date

To be determined by customer

Number of Attendees

Up to 20 people

Facilitation

02-03 FPI Team Members

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