Best Practices in Multi-Shift Operations
Details :
This training
course will reveal how the world's most successful companies manage
multiple-shift and 24-hour operations to deliver world-class people and process
performance. All industries are highly competitive so in order to compete
successfully, 24-hour operations must continuously improve to achieve the
highest possible standards at all times.
For a
facility to operate safely and efficiently 24/7, it is necessary to apply shift
working best practices. Multiple-shift operation poses a challenge because of
the potential for fatigue and disconnects caused by the fact that the personnel
are changing every few hours. This can result in a significantly increased risk
of incidents and operational problems such as reduced throughput, poor
communication and increased levels of waste.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize and appreciate the issues
associated with 24/7 shift operation.
- Identify strategies to deal with the
issues.
- Benchmark your performance against that of
world-class facilities & explore alternative shift schedules.
- Develop effective Shift Supervisors.
- Create an Action Plan for continuous
improvement back at work.
This
course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit
delegates new to shift working environments, as well as those with many years of
experience of shift work, from both process and non-process industries, namely:
- Plant/operations personnel and managers,
shift supervisors and shift team leaders
- Personnel interested in Quality and Quality
Assurance
- Maintenance and Engineering Personnel
- Training & Development Personnel
- Personnel from Logistics or Network Support
Teams
- Personnel from Customer Service at any
level
- HR Personnel and those involved in Staff
health and welfare at any level
Day One:
Understanding the Issues Associated with Shift Working
- Shift Working Self-Assessment - How does
your operation measure up?
- Communication
- Continuity of operation and Consistency of
approach
- Benchmarking against world-class operations
- Shift-to-shift handover
- Fatigue and its consequences and other
People issues
Sharing the specific issues of the training course delegates
Case Studies
Day Two:
Effective Communications, Effective Shift Handover & Continuity of
Operation
- Deliver effective management communication
to all shifts
- Improve shift leader-team communications
- Develop effective interfaces across shifts
- Best practices for effective shift handover
and Start of shift meetings
- Teamwork
- Effective standard operating procedures
- Training and developing Shift Teams
Case Studies
Day
Three: Developing Effective Shift Supervisors, Continuous Improvement/Kaizen in
24-Hour Operations
- Evolution of the role of supervisor
- Training and developing effective
supervisors
- Benchmarking performance of supervisors
- Understanding CI
- Workplace organization, 5S and TPS
- Management visibility/GEMBA
Case Studies
Day Four:
Dealing with Fatigue, Pros and Cons of Different Shift Systems
- The body clock and circadian rhythms
- Causes of fatigue & Fatigue
Countermeasures
- Ergonomics
- History of shift working
- Alternative Shift Schedules
- Analysis of delegates' shift schedules and
issues
Case Studies
Day Five: Dealing with People Issues on Shift
- Managing performance
- Dealing with poor performance
- Improving Motivation and Counseling
- Discipline
- Consistency of approach
Applying the Learning - Group Vision and Action Plan
- All lectures are in colorful presentation
- All lectures are interspersed with interactive discussion
- All lectures include group discussion, case history and exercises
- Actual major incidents as well as industry experience are reviewed
- Participants receive a multicolor course manual
- Pictures of real incidents and case history are shown
- Videos on the subject are shown
daily 09:00 – 14:00