WCM (World Class Manufacturing) - November mission

Since the first edition in 1992, more than 900 participants from across all EU Member states have participated in this practical training course.

The 5-day World Class Manufacturing training mission provides an in-depth analysis of Japanese manufacturing methodology and is aimed exclusively at EU managers with knowledge of WCM and an engineering background.

It assists the participants to acquire a better understanding of TQC (Total Quality Control), TQM (Total Quality Management), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), JIT (Just In Time), TIE (Total Industrial Engineering) practices and the current KAIZEN manufacturing methods (continuous improvement).

The training course consists of lectures, workshops and visits to some of the world’s most advanced Japanese factories in order to understand the real "Gemba" (production site), talk directly with their production managers and observe the effective implementation of manufacturing methods. This course will give its participants a detailed understanding of current Japanese approaches that they can adapt to help their companies lean journeys.

Participant Profile

Ideal participants have an important strategic role in shaping the company's best practice strategy or can influence the company's management of quality control / best practice / production systems as a full-time worker (e.g. Director, Manager, Operation & Logistics, Plant Manager, Quality Manager or Managing Director etc).

Eligibility

The candidate must:

• work for an organization that is a juridical person based in
• the European Union, or
• a COSME partnering country(*), or
• Ukraine
• be supported by his/her employer
• be able to participate in the entire programme
• have a good command of English
• be an employee/team leader involved in engineering methods or production/service strategy or production control or with experience in operations management
• have knowledge and practice of production methods of excellence

*Please check the status of your country at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/smp/guidance/list-3rd-country-participation_smp_en.pdf, Please only refer to the sub-paragraph: "COSME strand (SMP COSME)". SMP-COSME: Stands for “Countries Participating in the COSME strand of the Single Market Programme". The Single Market Programme is the Commission programme that funds the EU-Japan Centre.

Selection

In order to ensure a high degree of personal attention, the number of participants in this mission is limited.

The main criteria for selection are:

• the professional & educational background of the candidate.
• the strategy of the participant's company regarding WCM methodologies implementation.

The sector of activity is unimportant however applicants from consulting sector will have a lower priority in the selection.

Programme Design & Content

• Study block I: lectures, seminars & panel discussions, presented by experts from Japanese industry covering subjects
• Study block II: visits to companies - preparation for company visits and post-visit reviews

Further Information such as praticipation fee is available on https://www.eu-japan.eu/events/world-class-manufacturing-mission-I.