Best Practices in Multi-Shift Operations 2011

Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Round-the-Clock Operations

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

Competitive global cost pressures and increasing customer demands are requiring manufacturers to build products faster, better and cheaper. But a multiple-shift operation poses a challenge because of the potential for “disconnects” that result in reduced throughput, reduced yields and higher operating cost. Operating multiple shifts can be like running several different companies at the same time. Each change of shift brings a new team of people with different skills, attitudes and objectives.

Continuous-process operations and plants that operate multiple shifts face the “5C Challenge”: maintaining communication, coordination, continuity, consistency & commitment across shifts. To be cost-efficient, plants need a system that fosters common goals and a seamless flow across shifts and processes.

This one-of-a-kind workshop will reveal how the world’s most successful companies manage multiple-shift and 24 hour operations and deliver world-class people and process performance. By highlighting Best Practices in 24-Hour Management from the world’s most competitive plants in the Americas, Australia, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, the seminar is jam-packed with practical tips, techniques and strategies for building a high-performance multi-shift operation and achieving substantial improvements in Cost, Quality, Delivery, Safety and Morale in less than a year. So whether you’re looking to create a leaner, more productive operation, improve capacity utilization or explore alternative shift scheduling systems, this seminar will address practical, proven solutions.