QRM Introduction Fundamentals of Quick Response Manufacturing
Upcoming dates (4)
Fee
- $250
-
Fee covers materials and instruction.
Discounts
QRM Center member $200.
3-7 from same company $213.
8+ from same compnay $200.
ID
RA18013-D657
Credits
- CEU: .5
- PDH: 5
Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
1/14/2025 12:0am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 1/21/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
- 1/22/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
Instructor
James Rink
Location
This is an online course.
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
Course Overview
Reducing lead times ensures satisfied customers, is good for business, and provides an enterprise-wide management strategy to improve your company's competitiveness. Learn how a unified focus on reducing lead times can eliminate waste, reduce costs, and improve quality in all areas of your enterprise.
Time is the most critical resource in today’s increasingly competitive global markets. Short product lead times will make customers stick with a company and ensure growing market share. Long lead times often result in extensive inventories, high WIP, unhappy customers, and, ultimately, falling competitiveness.
In this workshop, you will learn about the many hidden costs of long lead times and see how Quick Response Manufacturing tools and methods can eliminate these costs in all functional areas of your enterprise.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Assess the lead time situation in your company
- Identify improvement opportunities
- Use your understanding of QRM principles to convince others of the need for change
- Start implementing an initial QRM project
Who Should Attend?
This introductory course is ideal for professionals across all functional areas of an enterprise who are new to Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) and want to gain an overview of its principles and applications. It is particularly valuable for managers, team leaders, and decision-makers in manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, engineering, and office operations who want to reduce lead times and improve overall competitiveness. This introductory course will benefit anyone responsible for identifying inefficiencies, driving process improvements, or initiating organizational change.
Course Outline
The Power of Time
- The many hidden costs of long lead times and the power of short lead times
- Pitfalls of traditional methods and how QRM provides a new approach to lead time reduction
- Evaluating your organization(s) through short QRM quiz
- Group workshop on waste due to long lead times
QRM and Organization Structure
- The Response Time Spiral and ways to eliminate
- QRM’s cellular structure and how it works
- Case studies on cell implementation
Understand and Exploit System Dynamics
- Rethinking traditional efficiency and utilization measures
- Strategies for developing effective lot sizes
- Capacity planning: key relationships between utilization and lead time
- Accounting strategies
QRM – an Enterprise-wide, Unified Strategy
- How QRM extends beyond the shop floor
- QRM solutions for material planning, shop floor control (POLCA), supply chain management, office operations
- Mindeset and performance measures
Testimonials
"Good overview of QRM and a new way to think about the product delivery process."
—Mark Shepherd, Manufacturing Cell Supervisor, Graco, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"It was very interesting. Much better than most seminars I’ve attended. Professor Krishnamurthy was very interesting and entertaining with excellent real world examples."
—Bob Haugen, Vice President of Manufacturing, Waymar Industries, Burnsville, Minnesota
QRM Introduction Fundamentals of Quick Response Manufacturing
Location: Online
Course #: RA18013-D657
Fee: $250
Fee
- $250
-
Fee covers materials and instruction.
Discounts
QRM Center member $200.
3-7 from same company $213.
8+ from same compnay $200.
Credits
- CEU: .5
- PDH: 5
Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
1/14/2025 12:0am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 1/21/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
- 1/22/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
Instructor
James Rink
Location
This is an online course.
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
QRM Introduction Fundamentals of Quick Response Manufacturing
Location: Online
Course #: RA18013-D693
Fee: $250
Fee
- $250
-
QRM Membership discount: $200.
When three or more sign up from same employer, your course fee is $213.
When eight or more sign up from same employer, your course fee is $200.
Discounts
QRM Member discount: $200.
3 to 7 from same company: $213.
8+ from same company $200.
Credits
- CEU: .3
- PDH: 3
Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
4/8/2025 8:45am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 4/8/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
- 4/9/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
Location
This is an online course.
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
QRM Introduction Fundamentals of Quick Response Manufacturing
Location: Online
Course #: RA18013-D663
Fee: $250
Fee
- $250
-
Fee covers online materials and instruction.
Discounts
QRM member $200.
When three to severn sign up from same employer, your course fee is $213.
When eight or more sign up from same employer, your course fee is $200.
Credits
- CEU: .35
- PDH: 3.5
Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
7/16/2025 8:45am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 7/16/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
- 7/17/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
Instructor
James Rink
Location
This is an online course.
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
QRM Introduction Fundamentals of Quick Response Manufacturing
Location: Online
Course #: RA18013-D664
Fee: $250
Fee
- $250
-
Fee covers materials and instruction.
Discounts
QRM Membership discount: $200.
3 to 7 from same company: $213.
8+ from same company: $200.
Credits
- CEU: .35
- PDH: 3.5
Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
10/7/2025 8:45am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 10/7/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
- 10/8/2025 9:00am - 11:00am Central Time
Instructor
James Rink
Location
This is an online course.
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
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