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ATAC 2009 Open Enrollment Course/Event Schedule - PDF Format

Auburn Technical Assistance Center offers new and innovative classes and workshops throughout the year. Check here for additions and updates.
Questions about classes, locations or prices: Contact Mitch Emmons, (334) 844-3881, emmonmb@auburn.edu
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All Classes and Events can offer direct registration online. Simply click the link above and fill out the required information. Or contact us directly at: 334-844-4659, or, toll-free at 1.800.446.0386. Your company will be invoiced or you can pay by credit card (Visa or Master Card only). NOTICE: No cancellations or refunds are allowed. Substitutions or changing to another event/course offering are permitted. Auburn Training Connection members receive a 20% discount. Multiple enrollments from the same organization/company receive a $100 discount.
Remaining 2008 Open Enrollment Events
Employee Turnover Predictors & Interventions for HR Managers Cost: $75/seat ($60 for ATC Members)
DATES: Nov. 21, 2008	DESCRIPTION: To assist existing companies in strengthening their employee retention/engagement strategy in the face of the demand for new tier-one automotive jobs, The Alabama Technology Network Center at Auburn University (ATN-AU) is holding a 1/2-day seminar on employee turnover predictors and interventions for human resource managers and plant managers. This half-day seminar will go into detail on the elements of turnover, what the current research says about why employees leave their jobs, and what employers can do to improve retention of employees. Purpose: • Know the elements of employee turnover. • Review the current trends in employee retention. • Review the relevant past and current models of turnover. • Review the predictors of employee turnover. • Discuss the implications for practice. • Introduce the predictors of why employees leave. • Present interventions to reduce employee turnover • Other relevant issues for employee retention.	LOCATION: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register
Lean For Job Shops Cost: $295/seat
DATES: Nov. 6, 2008	DESCRIPTION: This workshop teaches the principles of lean manufacturing for a discrete, non-repetitive environment, and how to apply them. You will utilize the lean concepts of batch-size reduction, visual signals, standardizing work, and others to convert a convoluted job shop environment into one that reacts to each customer’s specific demand while improving on time delivery, quality and showing a significant improvement to the profit margin by identification and elimination of waste.	LOCATION: Mobile, AL (training site TBD) Click Here to Register
Mechanical Print Reading & Measurement Cost: $350/seat ($299 for ATC Members)
DATES: Nov. 12, 13, 14, 2008 Continuing Education Credit Applies to this Course	DESCRIPTION: Registratin deadline for this course is monday, Nov. 3 2008. This course is taught per the ANSIY14.5M-1982 and ASME Y14.5M 1994 Standards and is designed to teach employees to read and understand mechanical prints and measurement. Course content includes: Standard Print Reading information such as : Title Block Information Bill of Materials Print Revisions General Notes The Alphabet of Lines Orthographic Projection Section Views Dimensions and Tolerances Thread Representation and Specification Geometric Dimensioning and Specification Measurements-Scales, Micrometers and Calipers Metrology-How to make measurements-Equipmen	LOCATION: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register
2009 Open Enrollment Events
Lean Certificate Series Cost: $1,295/seat
DATES: LCS #1 Feb. 2-6, 2009 LCS #2 May 4-8, 2009 LCS #3 June 22-26, 2009 LCS #4 Oct. 5-9, 2009 Continuing Education Credit Applies to this Course	DESCRIPTION: ATAC is offering four sessions of the Lean Certificate Series during 2009. Learn to produce more and be more efficient by eliminating non-value-added activities. Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste through continuous improvement techniques. Lean training is for managers, supervisors, plant managers, team leaders, manufacturing engineers and floor/process personnel. This course involves classroom and practical hands-on simulation training. WHAT THE COURSE COVERS: Principles of Lean: A full day of classroom instruction and hands-on exercises in a manufacturing simulation that promotes continuous improvement. Participants are introduced to standardized work, workplace organization, visual controls, set-up reduction, batch size reduction, point of use storage, quality at the source, and workforce practices and pull systems. Value Stream Mapping & 5s: The VSM process consists of identifying value streams/product groups, mapping a current state of material and information flow, assessing waste in the process, and designing an improved process. The 5s system of waste reduction (sort, set-in-order, shine, standardize, and sustain) is the basis of making these improvements. TPM & Quick Changeover: TPM is a Lean-based system applied to equipment maintenance. It focuses on a life-cycle approach using teams to improve availability, performance and quality of critical machines. The four-step changeover improvement process is based on the principals of the Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) system, developed by Shigeo Shingo, to dramatically reduce or eliminate changeover time. Pull/Kanban Systems & Cellular Flow: Pull/Kanban is based on the concept of building products based on actual consumption. The system uses visual signals when parts need to be replaced. Participants learn how to control shop floor inventory and production schedules by implementing pull systems. Cellular Flow is the linking of manual and machine operations into the most efficient combination of resources to maximize value-added content while minimizing waste. Sustaining Lean: The Lean process must be sustained by management and permeated throughout the organization as a cultural way of doing business. Sustaining Lean teaches how to instill the lean philosophy and techniques into the workforce and prepares Lean leaders to foster the sustained process of continuous improvement.	LOCATION: LCS #1: Briggs & Stratton, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register LCS #2: AU Campus - New Student Center Rm. 2222, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register LCS #3: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register LCS #4: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register
Lean Office Cost: $495/seat
DATES: LO #1: March 10, 2009 LO #2: Sept. 15, 2009 Continuing Education Credit Applies to this Course	DESCRIPTION: ATAC is offering two sessions of Lean Office during 2009. Apply lean tools to improving the efficiency of the office environment. Only about 20% of total lead time results from manufacturing activities. In a Lean manufacturing environment, administrative functions also need to be efficient and free of waste and non-value-added activities in the process. Through training in Lean Office, participants gain hands on experience through a live simulation in a traditional office environment to apply these principles to the office environment using typical simulated office equipment, supplies, forms, and procedures. By days end, each person will gain a practical understanding of how “Lean” continuous improvement techniques can be applied to the office to eliminate waste, gain more capacity from existing operations, and enhance your company’s ability to compete.	LOCATION: LO #1: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register LO #2: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register
Problem Solving Cost: $495/seat
DATES: PS #1: March 31, 2009 PS #2: Sept. 29, 2009 Continuing Education Credit Applies to this Course	DESCRIPTION: ATAC is offering two sessions of Problem Solving during 2009. Participants are exposed to and gain/refine experience with process flows, Pareto charts, root cause analysis tools (fishbone diagram and 5-why tools), and the A-3 one-page “story” of a problem. Participants learn and apply these tools in a live simulation, then, they work on an actual problem they currently have in their work environment. Trainees leave the course equipped with the problem solving methods and skills to clearly define problems, discover root causes and provide solutions to a current problem/issue from within their own work environment.	LOCATION: PS #1: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register PS #2: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register
Training Within Industry (TWI) Cost: $700/module or $2,100 for the entire 3-module program Chose from any combination of JI, JR, or JM. Sessions are comprised of two-hours each module for 5 days.
DATES: TWI #1: Feb. 16-20, 2009 TWI #2: Sept. 21-25, 2009 Continuing Education Credit Applies to this Course	DESCRIPTION: Clkck here for "AU Football Illustrated" feature on ATAC's work with companies in TWI. (printable pdf) ATAC is offering two sessions of TWI during 2009. TWI includes three modules of training that teach basic skills to help supervisors and other employees function successfully in a learning organization. TWI contains the basic skills that will help enable supervisors and other employees to make the transition from hierarchical "command & control" organizations to flatter, team oriented organizations. Each TWI course module is structured as five two-hour sessions with 8 - 10 trainees. Job Methods (JM): JM teaches employees how to improve the way jobs are done. The aim of the program is to help produce greater quantities of quality products in less time by making the best use of the manpower, machines, and materials now available. Job Instruction (JI): The objective of the course is to train employees how to teach someone a job or method. The method emphasizes preparing the operator to learn, giving a proper demonstration while identifying the Important Steps and the Key Points of the job, having the operator perform a trial run, and tapering off coaching while continuing to follow up. Job Relations (JR): This course teaches employees how to understand people on all levels and deals with the issues of motivation and problem solving. The course gives employees foundations for developing and maintaining good relations in order to prevent problems from arising. However, when problems do arise, it teaches how to get the facts, weigh and decide, take action, and check results.	LOCATION: TWI #1: Decatur, AL, Automatic SMP Click Here to Register TWI #2: Alexander City, AL, AmTech LLC Click Here to Register
Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt Cost: $2,600/seat - GB -- $8,000/seat - BB NOTE: GB is a two-week program; BB is a four-week program. The first two weeks of a session cover GB. BB involves all four weeks of a session.
DATES: GB/BB #1-1: Feb. 16-20, 2009 GB/BB #1-2: March 16-20, 2009 GB/BB #1-3: April 27- May 1, 2009 GB/BB #1-4: June 1-5, 2009 Continuing Education Credit Applies to this Course ****** GB/BB #2-1: May 18-22, 2009 GB/BB #2-2: June 22-26 , 2009 GB/BB #2-3: July 20-24, 2009 GB/BB #2-4:** Aug. 24-28, 2009 Continuing Education Credit Applies to this Course	DESCRIPTION: ATAC is offering two sessions of Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt during 2009. As it has in of some of the world’s most successful manufacturing, healthcare, and financial organizations, the proven methodology of Six Sigma can increase the efficiency and consistency of your processes to 99.9997% perfection. To begin your Six Sigma implementation, register now for ATAC's Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt course.	LOCATION: GB/BB #1: Auburn, AL Click Here to Register GB/BB #2: Auburn, AL Click Here to Register
Lean Accounting - Accounting for a Lean Enterprise Cost: $900/seat
DATES: June 16-18, 2009 Continuing Education Credit Applies to this Course	DESCRIPTION: Lean Accounting - Accounting for a Lean Enterprise Learn lean costing methods that provide more accurate and simpler information Learn how costs can be calculated and decisions can be made from value stream processes Learn how lean organizations achieve well-planned and effective operation Learn how to develop a practical approach to lean accounting This course is designed to assist companies in aligning their lean production system strategies with the organization’s accounting and financial strategies. This three-day seminar will teach you – using hands-on and classroom training -- how to make appropriate changes in your accounting systems to support an overall transformation to a lean enterprise. This course is appropriate for accounting managers, operations managers, finance managers, and others involved in the organization’s financial management processes.	LOCATION: Hilton, Pensacola, FL Click Here to Register
OSHA 10-Hr. General Industrial Safety Cost: $195/seat
DATES: OSHA #1: Feb. 24-25, 2009 OSHA #2: Oct. 13-14, 2009	DESCRIPTION: ATAC is offering two sessions of the OSHA 10-Hr. General Industrial Safety during 2009. Raise your employee’s awareness of the OSHA rules and regulations that apply to them. This day and ½ course provides an in-depth look at OSHA’s 29 CFR General Industry Standard and details the applicable S&H regulations to the affected employees of your facility. This training course will be administered by instructors that are authorized through the OSHA Outreach Training Program. Each participant will receive an OSHA 10 hour certification card from the Department of Labor upon completion of the course and exam. Training will cover guidelines set forth by standard OSHA safety and health guidelines and regulations.	LOCATION: OSHA #1: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL Click Here to Register OSHA #2: Auburn Training Connection, Auburn, AL
Lean For Job Shops Cost: $295/seat
DATES: LJS #1: March 4, 2009 LJS #2: June 10, 2009	DESCRIPTION: ATAC is offering two sessions of Lean For Job Shops during 2009. This workshop teaches the principles of lean manufacturing for a discrete, non-repetitive environment, and how to apply them. You will utilize the lean concepts of batch-size reduction, visual signals, standardizing work, and others to convert a convoluted job shop environment into one that reacts to each customer’s specific demand while improving on time delivery, quality and showing a significant improvement to the profit margin by identification and elimination of waste.	LOCATION: Both sessions of Lean for Job Shops are being held in Birmingham, AL Click Here to Register
Certified Quality Technician Cost: $720/seat Classes will meet from 6-9 p.m. on consecutive Monday evenings. NOTE: Class will not meet during Spring Break week, March 15-21.
DATES: Monday evenings from 6-9 PM, Feb. 2 - May 11, 2009	DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide recognized quality technician fundamental training and to prepare individuals interested in taking the CQT examination for certification from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). The course is comprised of 14 three-hour sessions. Classes will meet from 6-9 p.m. on consecutive Monday evenings. NOTE: Class will not meet during Spring Break week, March 15-21.	LOCATION: Auburn, AL Click Here to Register

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