Control Point - 08' Schedule

Continuous Improvement Courses
Winter/Spring Schedule - All Courses held at Weber State University/TLC in Layton, Utah
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

July 17 - TOC 101 - Effective Decision Making/Intro to TOC (Jensen)
This 1-day course is an introduction to groundbreaking methodologies that make TOC so powerful. It includes a look at case studies of implementations that achieved unbelievable results. Learn how to dramatically speed up your Lean or Six Sigma implementations, with proven techniques. Learn how to compete worldwide!

Tuition: $345 each or $295 each for 2 or more

July 21-25 - TOC 206 Six Sigma/Lean Black Belt Certification (LaTurner)
Why Six Sigma with an emphasis on Lean & the Theory of Constraints First, it is a Six Sigma Black Belt certification program. But foremost, we have incorporated a significant addition that provides a viable approach for problem solving in any for-profit organization in either manufacturing or service organizations, large or small. Six Sigma and lean principles and all the processes and tools are introduced and emphasized throughout our program. The real advancement of these two philosophies and meshing them into one is another critical ingredient to make a firm truly successful. That important ingredient is presently called the Thinking Processes (TP) or the Theory of Constraints (TOC) which, among its many contributions, provides the financial, accounting, and productivity measuring needed for a successful integration of the Six Sigma and Lean programs.

Tuition: $3500 each or $3300 each for 2 or more.
Prerequisite: TOC 101

Aug 27 - TOC 401 - Critical Chain Project Management I (Leach)
Learn How To:
•   Create better project plans with shorter durations, usually by 50%.
•   Assure delivery on or before project- scheduled completion all the time.
•   Appreciate how adding project time buffers decreases total project time.
•   Understand how to plan and manage so your project team does not have to
     complete every project task on time to complete their projects on time.
•   Appreciate the evil of bad multi-tasking, and how to instead help resources
     engage in relay racer performance on the right project tasks.
•   Why the critical chain, and not the critical path, is the constraint to projects.

Tuition: $495 each or $445 each for 2 or more.
Prerequisite: TOC 101

Aug 28 - TOC 402 - Critical Chain Project Management II (Leach)
Learn How To:
•   Create better project plans with shorter durations, usually by 50%.
•   Assure delivery on or before project- scheduled completion all the time.
•   Appreciate how adding project time buffers decreases total project time.
•   Understand how to plan and manage so your project team does not have to
     complete every project task on time to complete their projects on time.
•   Appreciate the evil of bad multi-tasking, and how to instead help resources
     engage in relay racer performance on the right project tasks.
•   Why the critical chain, and not the critical path, is the constraint to projects.

Tuition: $495 each or $445 each for 2 or more. Prerequisite: TOC 401

Begins Sep 16 - TOC 201 – Systems Improvement-Jonah (Leach)
The flagship of all the Jonah Courses, this 6-day course is taught by an experienced Jonah’s Jonah and board certified Jonah. Students will return to their organizations as “Thinking Process - Jonahs” with the tools necessary to determine the correct answers to the three questions in any improvement effort: What to change? What to change to? How to cause the change to happen?
Scheduled for Sep 16-19 Following Days TBD

Tuition is $4400
Prerequisite: TOC 101

Oct 20-24 TOC 406 Master Lean Certification (LaTurner)
Derived from the Toyota Production System, Lean Thinking has been recognized as a major philosophy. We design the curriculum incorporating the best of Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints. We mesh the disciplines into one, intermingling concepts, thinking, and tools that can be applied in a system or process approach. The approach is to focus any improvement efforts as part of a system and process initiative. How and when can the tools be used in combination? How should we manage Kaizen events in a multiple-project environment? Strategies, the right people, the right initiatives, and buy-in are all critical to maintaining a program of continuous improvement. The classes are geared toward learning the how-to rather than memorizing terms in isolation. Even statistics becomes understandable for every student.

Tuition: $4500 each or $4300 each for 2 or more.
Prerequisite: TOC 201 & 206

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