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Training Courses

OpEx Solutions, Inc. (OSI) has several standard modules of training that are offered on three different levels:

  • Leaders and Facilitators

  • Supervisors

  • Practitioners

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OSI is a VMEdu Authorized Training Partner (V.A.T.P.). 

The table below shows the OSI recommended training courses by level. The control arrows at the top of each column allow sorting.

Seminar Details

BY REQUEST
Advanced Process Excellence

  • Flow Charts & PFMEA

  • Key Characteristics, R&R & Process Capability

  • Process Control & Error Proofing

  • Operators' Work Instructions & Training

  • Capacity Verification & Run-at-Rate

PRICING

• $1195 Non-members

• $1145 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $1095 COC Members

Asset Reliability Excellence
 
This training has been approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for continuing education for TCEQ Water and Wastewater Licencees.

  • TPM & Reliability Excellence Philosophy

  • Reliability Excellence Business Case

  • Developing the Reliability Excellence Strategy

  • Developing the Deployment Plan

  • Process Reliability Excellence Metrics

  • TPM Activity Board

PRICING

• $895 Non-members

• $845 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $795 COC Members

Back to Basics of Operational Excellence

  • 5S Workplace Organization

  • Standard Work

  • Daily Visual Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Rapid & Continuous Improvement (kaizen)

PRICING

• $1195 Non-members

• $1145 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $1095 COC Members

BY REQUEST
Back to Basics of Operational Excellence for the Office
  • 5S Workplace Organization

  • Standard Work

  • Daily Visual Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Rapid & Continuous Improvement (kaizen)

PRICING

• $895 Non-members

• $845 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $795 COC Members

Enterprise Transformation for Leaders
  • 5S Workplace Organization

  • Standard Work

  • Daily Visual Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Rapid & Continuous Improvement (kaizen)

PRICING

• $895 Non-members

• $845 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $795 COC Members

LEADER TRAINING WEEK
Integrated Management System & Transformation - IMST
  • 5S Workplace Organization

  • Standard Work

  • Daily Visual Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Rapid & Continuous Improvement (kaizen)

PRICING

• $2395 Non-members

• $2245 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $2095 COC Members


Integrated Management System for Leaders
  • Operations' Integrated Management System

  • Strategic Thinking (A3)

  • Value Stream Mapping

  • Policy Deployment & Transformation

PRICING

• $2395 Non-members

• $2245 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $2095 COC Members

BY REQUEST
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Basics of OEE & Relationships to TPM

  • OEE/TEEP Calculations

  • Developing the OEE Scorecard

  • Deploying OEE Metric

  • Setting up the Governance Structure

PRICING

Please contact OpEx Solutions, Inc. for pricing.

BY REQUEST
Problem Solving for Practitioners
  • Problem Solving Process (Company-Specific)

  • Problem Identification & Initial Reaction

  • Root-cause Problem Solving Using 5-Whys

  • Tools — Fishbone Diagram, A3… 

PRICING

Please contact OpEx Solutions, Inc. for pricing.

BY REQUEST
Process Improvement for Practitioners
  • Introduction to the Seven Basic Quality Tools

  • Using the Tools to Identify Problems

  • Problem Solving Using A3

  • Root-cause Problem Solving Using 5-Whys

PRICING

Please contact OpEx Solutions, Inc. for pricing.

BY REQUEST
Product Development Excellence for Leaders
  • Preliminary Assessment & Requirements

  • Project Planning

  • Products & Process Design

  • Product & Process Validation & Launch

  • Excellence in Sustaining Engineering 

PRICING

Please contact OpEx Solutions, Inc. for pricing.

BY REQUEST
Product Development Process for Practitioners
  • Preliminary Assessment & Requirements

  • Project Planning

  • Product & Process Design

  • Product & Process Validation & Launch

  • Excellence in Sustaining Engineering

PRICING

Please contact OpEx Solutions, Inc. for pricing.

OPEN ENROLLMENT & BY REQUEST
Project Management Exam Prep

4 Days (35 hours/35 CEUs including group exercises) 
8:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.

  • PMP Mindset

  • Creating & Maintaining High-Performing Teams

  • Starting the Project

  • Executing the Work

  • Keeping on Track

  • Keeping the Business in Mind

  • Closedown

  • Preparing for the Exam

    • Review of Exam Type Questions

    • Practice Test

PRICING

• $2,095 Non-members

• $1,995 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $1,895 COC Members

OPEN ENROLLMENT & BY REQUEST
Project Management Excellence

5 Days 

  • Project, Program, Portfolio & Operations Mgt.

  • PMP Exam Preparation

  • Project Management Framework

  • Project Initiation

  • Project Planning

  • Project Execution

  • Monitoring & Control

  • Closedown

  • Project Management Information System (PMIS)

  • Project Management Office (PMO)

  • Agile Approach to Planning & Executing Projects

  • Review of Exam Type Questions

  • Practice Test

PRICING

• $2,395 Non-members

• $2,245 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $2,145 COC Members

OPEN ENROLLMENT & BY REQUEST
Lean/Six Sigma Green & Black Belt Certification Program
This 3-week program is for Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification. Week 1 is for Green Belt certification and weeks 2&3 are for Black Belt certification.
  • Process Capability

  • Simple & Multiple Regression Analysis

  • Gauge R & R

  • Multi-Variance Analysis

  • DOE

  • Correlation vs Causation

  • Lean Tools & Techniques

  • Response Surface Methodology

PRICING

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (4 days)

• $2,145 Non-members

• $2,045 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $1,945 COC Members

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (2 wks)

• $4,795 Non-members

• $4,495 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $4,295 COC Members

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt & Black Belt (3 wks)

• $6,395 Non-members

• $6,095 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $5,745 COC Members

BY REQUEST
Standard Work

5 Days 

  • SW Alignment

  • Preparation for SW Observation

  • Time Study

  • Developing SW

  • Compiling and Maintaining SW

  • Incentive Systems

PRICING

Please contact OpEx Solutions, Inc. for pricing.


Strategic Metrics for Leaders

  • Fundamental Metrics

  • Strategic Metrics

  • Analytical Metrics

  • Balanced Metrics Structure 

PRICING

• $895 Non-members

• $845 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $795 COC Members

BY REQUEST
Supply Chain Excellence for Leaders
  • Supply Chain Strategy

  • Supply Chain Design & Optimization

  • Performance Managment & Metrics

  • Improving Supply Chain Execution

  • IT & Resources

PRICING

• $895 Non-members

• $845 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $795 COC Members

Theory of Constraints for Leaders
  • Strategic Thinking with TOC

  • Increasing Throughput & Flow with Drum-Buffer-Rope

  • Critical Chain

PRICING

• $895 Non-members

• $845 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $795 COC Members

BY REQUEST
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Leaders: 3 days/24 PDUs
Practitioners: 2 days/16 PDUs 

This training has been approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for continuing education for TCEQ Water and Wastewater Licencees.
  • TPM Philosophy & Culture Change

  • Seven Steps of Autonomous Maintenance

  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

  • Set-up Reduction (SMED)

  • Hands-on Activity

  • TPM Activity Board

PRICING

Please contact OpEx Solutions, Inc. for pricing.

BY REQUEST
Value Stream Mapping 

  • Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

  • Strategic Thinking (A3)

  • Problem Solving

PRICING

• $895 Non-members

• $845 AME/ASQ/IISE/PMI® Members

• $795 COC Members

BY REQUEST
Workplace Organization (5S)
  • Alignment to the Management System

  • Types of Visual Management

  • Sort

  • Straighten or Set in Order

  • Shine, Sweep or Scrub

  • Standardize

  • Sustain

  • 5S for the Office

  • Launching Workplace Organization

PRICING

Please contact OpEx Solutions, Inc. for pricing.

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