Foundry Process Improvement

Overview

Participants will receive basic root cause analysis training, which can serve as a refresher, a preparatory course for the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Six Sigma Green Belt Certification program, or as a follow-up to any quality certification training. Metalcasting facilities often struggle with problem solving and have a need for training with a focus on metalcasting issues. At its core, this course provides personnel with disciplined problem-solving techniques, and emphasizes tools to better understand process data and performance using unique examples and case studies drawn from metalcasting facility settings.

Discussion on the first day will include problem solving approaches, problem statement development, team and project management, process thinking, problem characterization, and examine types of data. The second day will focus on collecting and analyzing data, tools for analyzing process variation, process capability, and testing the root cause(s). The third day will focus on developing solutions, countermeasures and methods for sustaining improvement, and conclude with a capstone problem-solving exercise that allows students to demonstrate what they have learned. Participants will also have an opportunity to bring specific problems and/or process improvement challenges to class for discussion and analysis.

Participants will obtain a higher level of knowledge about problem solving and process improvement practices used in established metalcasting facilities. They will be armed with the knowledge to begin working through process-based problems and understand ways to solve issues that may plague their organization. This course also provides an opportunity for hands-on practice using metalcasting-specific examples.