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At ICS, we pride ourselves on being the most innovative ISO registration services provider in North America. We recently announced one of the most innovative and exciting educational programs offered in the Registration industry in the past twenty years. Our Professional Development Program helps clients reduce or eliminate their cost of registration while providing employees with a state-of-the-art training opportunity.
Drive Results With This Innovative Program from ICS
We are pleased to announce another innovative program for organizations registered to one of the international quality standards. We are forming an ISO Consortium of companies interested in improving their management system and adding value to their auditing process. This program will equip the participants with the skill and knowledge to improve their quality system in their organization.
We will focus on ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 as participants learn new skills, network with other organizations and share best practices while gaining assistance in the achievement of measureable improvements.
Benefits of Our Program
- The program sessions are designed with a “Practical Hands-on Approach”.
- Each session teaches concepts that the participants are expected to apply back at their organization.
- Participants gain improved communication and presentation skills designed to leverage impact and provide proven leadership skills back on the job.
- Participants meet and develop working relationships with “like minded” business people to share information throughout the programme and into the future.
- Included is a workbook of the process, tools and techniques used throughout the course to share the lessons learned with others in your organization.
How the Consortium Works
- Every month a half day session is held to teach participants various aspects of managing a world-class ISO management system.
- The program will start once we have confirmed representatives from 10 companies and will be held at our Guelph location.
- Each company enrolled in the program is allowed two participants at every session.
- Assignments are given at each session and are due to be completed for presentation at the next session. This drives the learning for the participants and ensures a measureable improvement in the organization by the end of the programme.
More Good News
This training program is eligible for funding through the provincial government programs available to Ontario based manufacturing companies. In partnership with the Ontario Government, the Yves Landry Foundation is making available up to $50,000 per project in the form of a grant to foster training that will lead to advancements in innovation within the manufacturing sector in Ontario.
The ISO Consortium – It’s About Results
Over the next twelve months, the focus of the consortium is for organizations that have implemented an ISO based management system to review the effectiveness of their existing system and implement innovative changes that will make their organization stronger and more profitable.
This interactive process will enable organizations to move beyond their existing quality management systems by understanding best practices of world-class organizations.
ICS has designed a program that will take place over the next twelve months through a combination of half-day seminars; best practices sessions and a variety of guest speakers. Participants from various industries will learn to leverage their existing ISO management system and go beyond the traditional organization to build a system of excellence and world-class techniques and processes.
The program will include the following:
- Ten half-day seminars
- Each session will focus on best practices
- Guest speakers from world-class organizations will be invited to the sessions
- Full set of materials for each participant
- Attendance for two individuals from your organization for every session
- All materials and teaching aids
The ten sessions will focus on the following:
Session 1: Setting the Foundation/Getting Started
- Ensuring you are getting real value from ISO 9001:2008, ISO14001 and OHSAS 18000
- Learn how to integrate the standards to derive real benefit
- Building a business foundation using the process approach
- Determining the key processes of your organization and the potential for innovation and improvement
- Project Planning and Tracking Tools
Session 2: Identifying the Value Added Processes
- Each participant will present their organizations identified key processes.
- Participants select the processes important to the business where improvement activities will be focused for the rest of the program.
- Value stream and process mapping techniques are taught to ensure participants document their systems to identify potential areas of innovation and improvement as well as waste and non-value added costs.
Session 3: Setting Targets and Objectives
- Setting objectives and targets to measure improvement
- Measuring effectiveness and efficiency – the role of measurement will be addressed in detail
- Methods and techniques to help analyse data
- Developing logical targets in value stream mapping
- Understanding the role of leadership in an improvement process
- The role of leadership in a ISO management system
- Implementing a world-class management review process
Session 4: Gaining Involvement in the Improvement Process
- Understanding the importance of employee involvement in the workplace and the improvement process
- Understanding the team development process
- Delegation and motivating others to perform
- Getting consensus
Session 5: Tools and Techniques
- Reviewing a toolbox of selected problem solving and improvement tools
- Tools and techniques that generate innovation are presented
- How to define a problem and ensure it is eliminated
- Root cause analysis concepts
- Implementing actions and verifying effectiveness
Session 6: Training Concepts
- Determine key competencies
- Developing effective training programmes
- Measuring training effectiveness
Session 7: Using Audits Effectively
- Types of audits
- Tools and techniques to use in process audits
- Conducting an effective internal audit
- Integrating quality, environmental and health & safety audits
- Determining and reporting non-conformances
- Managing Corrective and preventive actions
Session 8: Measuring Results
- Understanding Measurement
- Measuring the Cost of Quality
- Verification tools and techniques
- Implementing change effectively
- Error proofing concepts
Session 9: Advanced Improvement Systems
- Linking Lean and Six Sigma projects to the ISO system
- Implementing Ongoing Improvement
- Sustaining Change in an Organization
Session 10: Celebrating Results
- Team presentations on the achievements accomplished throughout past twelve months
- Using Lessons Learned
- Understanding Continuous Improvement
- Certificate Awards Presentation
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Who Should Attend
Anyone interested in learning and getting feedback on how to improve their management systems.
Duration
10 1/2-Day Sessions
Scheduled Dates
The program will start once we have confirmation of representatives from 10 different companies.
Price
Companies enroll 2 individuals in the program for $2995 (CAD).
Registration Form
ICS Training Registration Fax Back Form
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