A Highly Interactive Training Course On

Essentials of Manufacturing Processes

The Key to Operations Management

10-14 Feb 2025
Dubai
$5,950
 
18-22 Aug 2025
Dubai
$5,950
 
17-21 Nov 2025
Dubai
$5,950
 

Course Overview

What are the fundamentals of modern manufacturing processes and operations management? This Essentials of Manufacturing Processes training course integrates multiple disciplines, including manufacturing engineering, operations management, maintenance, and reliability. It explores various manufacturing management functions and processes and examines how to effectively manage them using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

This Essentials of Manufacturing Processes training course will help you develop effective practices and techniques for managing manufacturing processes and critical assets proactively. By mastering these skills, you'll be better equipped to meet deadlines, achieve your objectives, and ensure the integrity of your plant. Additionally, you'll enhance your decision-making abilities to drive operational excellence and reliability.

This COPEX training course will feature:

  • Classifications of manufacturing processes
  • Manufacturing capacity scheduling
  • Just in time and lean manufacturing systems
  • Quality management systems and six sigma
  • Learning from failures

Training Objectives

By the end of this COPEX training course, participants will be able to: 

  • Have a solid understanding of manufacturing processes and best practice techniques
  • Have an understanding of a range of planning, management and controlling different manufacturing processes
  • Have the ability to design a process for managing equipment failures and their implications to the operational organisation
  • Know the practical approach to developing an action plan to utilise these technologies in their own areas of responsibility, fitting them into the overall manufacturing strategy, and measuring benefits
  • Know the Integration of quality, maintenance, reliability and information systems concepts

Training Methodology

This COPEX training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This is designed to be a hands-on, stimulating experience. This training course is highly interactive with many discussions and facilitated practice sessions led by speakers who are at the forefront of their field. There are plenty of case studies, and illustration of both worst and best practices in the field of maintenance and asset management. The trainer has conducted many research and development project in aspects of manufacturing, maintenance, quality and operations management and will share publications about projects in these fields.

Who should Attend?

This comprehensive 5-day training course has been designed to benefit both qualified new professionals as well as experienced professionals who might need to refresh their skills It is highly recommended that all Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering and technical support staff including leadership and management attend this workshop. If you and your company are interested in greatly increasing productivity, this will be a very valuable course.

This COPEX training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Manufacturing supervisors and superintendents and anybody involved in setting manufacturing strategy
  • Anyone working in materials and procurement management
  • Safety and integrity professionals and anyone working in areas related to risk management
  • Audit and quality assurance professionals
  • Operational professionals who are interested in maintenance reliability and asset management

Training Outline

Day One: Classifications of Manufacturing Processes
  • Introduction to processing and assembly operations
  • Production systems
  • Volume versus variety in manufacturing processes
  • Manufacturing layout configurations
  • Fundamentals of metal forming and sheet processes
  • Classification of material removing processes
Day Two: Capacity Scheduling
  • What is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)?
  • Introduction to Material Requirement Planning (MRP)
  • The evolution of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII)
  • Introduction to SAP
  • Layout and capacity planning
  • Master Production Schedule (MPS) 
Day Three: Just in Time (JIT) and Lean Manufacturing
  • The concept of lean thinking
  • Push versus pull in manufacturing
  • Different types of waste (Muda in Japanese language)
  • Fail-safe systems in manufacturing (Poka Yoke)
  • Continuous Improvements (The 5 Ss)
  • Case studies
Day Four: Quality Management and Six Sigma
  • The meaning of quality
  • The gap model of quality
  • Total quality management
  • Deming wheel of Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDSA)
  • Quality management maturing grid
  • Quality awards 
Day Five: Learning from Failures
  • Why do systems fail?
  • The concept of learning from failures
  • Case studies from oil and gas industry
  • Case studies from space and aviation industry
  • Case studies from nuclear power generation industry
  • The Decision Making Grid model for selection of appropriate strategy

Certificates

  • COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

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training course for you!

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Frequently Asked Questions

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When will I receive the confirmation for my registration/s?

Upon successful registration, processing window will take not more than 24 hours from the time of registration. An email including the registration confirmation, invoice and joining instructions will be sent to the provided email address.

What is included in the training fee?

Published training course fees are inclusive of the training venue, training manual, writing materials, lunch and coffee breaks with refreshments over the entire duration of the training course.

What are the available payment methods?

The training course fee can be settled by either:

  • Bank transfer
  • Credit Card

How many hours per day, and what are the timings of your training courses?

Our training courses will run for 5 hours per day. The standard daily timing is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm including the coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

Where do you usually hold your training courses?

Our training courses courses are being held at five-star hotels in prime and iconic destinations across the globe. Cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Houston, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, etc.

Do you provide hotel booking assistance to your delegates?

Once officially registered, we can assist by providing the corporate rates provided by the hotel where the training course will be conducted. Early confirmation will enable us to secure the room at reduced rates

In case of failure to attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the circumstances presented. Generally, cancellations must be initiated in formal writing at least 14 days prior to the commencement date of the training course. Further, the option to shift an existing registration to another training course on a later date is possible. Otherwise, a full refund will be initiated.

What will I receive after the training course?

Delegates who will attend and successfully complete the training course will earn a COPEX Certificate of Completion. This certification is designed to validate the successful knowledge transfer, and that the desired learning objectives and outcomes to further advance your professional competency are achieved.