PURPOSE

To inform the participants about the techniques and methods applied in order to increase productivity and reduce costs in enterprises.

CONTENT

- What is Efficiency and What is Not?

- Changes in the Understanding of Productivity Today

- Quantitative Indicators Used in Productivity Measurement

- Process-Oriented Approach to Efficiency

- Losses that negatively affect productivity in enterprises (in terms of labor, machinery, materials and capital)

- What is Cost?

- Preventing Waste in Driving Down Costs?

- Efficiency Improvement, Cost Reduction Techniques and Application Areas

- Determination of Expected Capacity Based on Unit Times

- Deviations between Expected Capacity and Actual Capacity, Causes and Solutions

- Determining the Optimum Number of Employees

- Practices for Efficient Use of Resources

 METHOD

- Narration

- Discussion

- Application examples

- Group work

 DURATION

- 2 days