10. October 2016

The goal of the WBA is to secure competitive advantages for interested companies via further education of their employees in technological and organizational areas. This happens at periodic training dates. With pleasure we illuminate the upcoming seminars and modules.

 

Module 1
Manufacturing and Tool Technologies I + II
03.10.2016-11.01.2017


Topics

  • Fundamentals and current state of injection molding technologies
  • Function complexes of injection molding tools
  • Design of injection molding tools
  • Tools for special injection molding processes
  • Design of process chains
  • Process technologies milling, turning, drilling, spark erosion
  • Process technologies grinding and polishing techniques

Further information and registration

 

Module 9
Process and Project Management / Work Organization and Logistics
03.10.2016-25.01.2017

Topics

  • Methods und approach of process management
  • Process synchronization
  • External and internal project management
  • Workplace design, ergonomics und work time models
  • Configuration of manufacturing control
  • Factory planning und logistics

Further information and registration

 

Seminar
Operative excellence: “Lean” in the Tool and Die Industry
10.11.2016

The term “lean” has been commonplace in the manufacturing industry since the 1990s. Lean thinking, lean management and lean organization are only three examples of a number of terms that have gained in significance. In the tool and die industry, which is molded by manual and technical labor, the introduction of lean principles is coupled with fundamental changes but also very high potentials.

A seminar for:
Managers, production managers, master craftsmen and operators in the company, as well as executives and owners of small and medium-sized companies of the tool, die and mold industries.

Further information and registration

 

Seminar
Cost Transparency in the Tool and Die Industry: From Quotation Calculation to Measurement of Productivity
23.11.2016

Tool rooms are confronted with a competitive environment formed by price dynamics and cost pressure. Companies that manage to differentiate themselves with their excellent productivity while always controlling their cost have sustainable success.

  • Increase of productivity
  • Transparent cost controlling
  • Systematic application of cost calculation and productivity measurement

A seminar for:
Managers, production managers and controllers in companies of the tool, die and mold industries.

Further information and registration

 

Module 2
Strategic Management und Industrialization / Lean Management
01.12.2016-15.03.2017

Topics

  • Strategic Management, St. Galler Management-Modell and GMN
  • Strategy audit, Market-Based-View, Resource-Based-View
  • Strategic option, strategic fit
  • Paradigm shift from manual to industrial in the tool and die industry
  • Spheres of activity and strategies for the tool and die industry
  • Lean principles und production systems in the tool and die industry

Further information and registration

 

Module 10
Company and Personnel Management / Employee Motivation
01.12.2016-29.03.2017

Topics

  • Company founding and management
  • Personnel management and development
  • Recruiting employees / Methods to motivate employees
  • Conflict management
  • Change processes with motivated employees
  • Compensation types in the tool and die industry
  • Employee types and manners

Further information and registration

 

Seminar
Automation in the Tool and Die Industry
05.12.2016

With the help of automation, companies in the tool and die industry are able to reduce costs in mechanical manufacturing by operating at full capacity with low personnel requirements. Apart from automation, a wide range of optimization possibilities via the digitalization of many operations on manufacturing is already visible, which will need to be used in the future increasingly.

  • Automation solutions
  • Smart Services
  • Best-Practice solutions

A seminar for:
Managers, production managers, operators in the company, and executives and owners of companies in the tool, die and mold industries.

Further information and registration

 

Seminar
Milling Technologies in the Tool and Die Industry
06.12.2016

With an average share of 35%, milling is an important part of the value-added chain of industrial tools. Machine and process technologies and technology-oriented NC-programming are key success criteria for a goal-oriented use of milling.

  • Milling tools and process technology
  • Simultaneous five axis milling
  • Modern process chain design

A seminar for:
Specialists and managers that are responsible for the technological orientation of their company

Further information and registration

 

All inquiries to the topic of further education should be directed to Carmen Halm, available by phone at +49 (0)241 99016316 or by email c.halm@werkzeugbau-akademie.de