Manufacturing Performance Online Certificate Program
Tuesdays • August 21, 2012–July 18, 2013
Online training— Online sessions meet every Tuesday at 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Contact

  • Kevin Curry
    Program Manager
    KU Continuing Education
    1515 Saint Andrews Drive
    Lawrence, KS 66047
  • 785-864-7861
  • kgcurry@ku.edu


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Each year, hundreds of manufacturing practitioners worldwide learn to improve their engineering, manufacturing and process capabilities in manufacturing training seminars taught by our instructor, Joseph Berk. Our Manufacturing Performance Improvement Online Certificate Program allows individuals to receive training that was once available only to those whose companies would bring in Mr. Berk for onsite seminars. Best of all, the certificate can be completed online, so you will have no travel expenses or time away from the workplace.

How the Manufacturing Performance Certificate Works

  • Complete three courses of your choice over two years and earn a certificate in Manufacturing Performance
  • Complete six courses of your choice over three years and earn an advanced certificate in Manufacturing Performance

What You Will Learn

  • Proven approaches for quality improvement in manufacturing and service environments
  • Quality-related statistical considerations presented in an easy-to-understand manner
  • Approaches for identifying all potential failure causes
  • Optimal corrective action selection and implementation
  • Cost reduction and optimization approaches in manufacturing and industrial environments
  • Risk identification and management techniques
  • Proven logical approach for rapidly eliminating the causes of delinquent delivery performance
  • Estimating methodologies and measures for cost minimization and control
  • Which statistical process control might be an appropriate process control technique

Who Should Participate

This certificate program is intended for those who want to improve profitability, on-time delivery performance and customer satisfaction. The program will provide course participants with the tools and techniques needed to rapidly improve their manufacturing organizations. Course participants with backgrounds in manufacturing, engineering, procurement and quality assurance will find this training directly applicable to their work environment.

Courses

Complete any three courses of your choice within two years to receive a Certificate in Manufacturing Performance or complete any six over three years and earn an Advanced Certificate in Manufacturing Performance.

Currently scheduled courses:

  • Manufacturing Delivery Performance Improvement
  • Manufacturing Cost Estimation
  • Industrial Statistics
  • Manufacturing Quality Management
  • Root Cause Failure Analysis
  • Cost Reduction and Optimization

Course offerings for this certificate are subject to change.

Information about each course will be posted soon. Please bookmark this site and check back.



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