World Class Manufacturing training programme

The ‘World Class Manufacturing’ training programme is organised twice a year.
The next session will take place in March 2022.

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.

Further information including  is available on https://www.eu-japan.eu/events/world-class-manufacturing-mission-II.

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 but as a full-time worker (e.g. Director, Manager, Operation & Logistics, Plant Manager, Quality Manager or Managing Director etc).

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

Eligibility

The candidate must:

• Citizens of non-EU Countries participating in COSME are eligible to participate in the Centre's activities until 31 March 2022;
• Citizens of the UK are eligible to participate in the Centre’s training activities until 31 December 2021;
• work for a company that is > 50% EU or COSME partnering country owned;
• work for a company that is an EU or COSME partnering country juridical person;
• be supported by their employer;
• be able to participate in the entire programme;
• have a good command of English;
• be an employee/team leader involved in changing production engineering methods /strategy and / or production control, or with experience in operations management;
• have knowledge and practice of production methods of excellence.

Selection

The main criteria for selection are:

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

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

Cost

Free of charge for all participants.

Application

Please apply for this programme by 25 November 2021.
Application form: https://www.eu-japan.eu/wcm-march-2022-application-form