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J.H.
Berk and Associates
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Is
your organization operating at its fullest potential?
We
provide training that makes manufacturers successful, including
quality improvement, certified operator implementation, lean
manufacturing, cost reduction, root cause failure analysis, supervision,
industrial statistics, design of experiments, quality
function deployment, risk management, technical writing,
presentations, and more. Our purpose is to
provide the best and most cost-effective training in the world,
with measurable results.
Don't take our word for it...see
what our clients tell us!
Recent
programs...
A Cost Reduction for Manufacturing graduation in
Bangkok, Thailand!

A
Root Cause Failure Analysis graduation in northern
British Columbia!

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Our
training approach...
We present onsite, focused,
and intense training tailored to your needs. We're
driven by a manufacturing philosophy based on respect,
responsiveness, and results. Please contact
us to discuss how we can assist your organization.
We often receive calls from
individuals asking if they can attend one of our training
programs, and we're pleased to announce that now we can do so.
We've teamed with
the University of Kansas, and we are pleased to offer a Manufacturing
Optimization Online Certificate Program. Our
6-week Cost Reduction for Manufacturing course starts in January
2012.

The
Manufacturing
Optimization Online Certificate Program features practical, experience-based and proven approaches for
rapidly optimizing your manufacturing process. The program
includes basic concepts, improvement opportunity identification
techniques, implementation strategies, risk identification and
avoidance methodologies, and extensive use of practical examples
in all modules.
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An unending focus on cost reduction is what makes
businesses survive and thrive in good times and bad. Our newest book, Cost
Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial Companies,
was published in January 2009 by Scrivener Publishing and Wiley. This is a
hands-on, no baloney, rapid road map approach for any organization interested in
identifying and acting on cost reduction opportunities. The book focuses
on design, process, supplier, and overhead areas. In addition to
providing roadmaps in each area, this book identifies the risks (and actions to
control risk) for each recommendation. As an added feature, Excel templates for
the quantitative assessment techniques included with this book can be downloaded
here.
Our cost
reduction training program is based on the concepts included in this book.
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One of our key training areas (and the one we built
the business on) is failure analysis. We know what it's like when
recurring failures add cost to the operation and you have to find the right fix
quickly. We also know what it's like when a failure shuts the
operation down or prevents clients from using your product.
ASM International published our latest work, Systems
Failure Analysis, in December 2009, and you can order a copy
here. This is a great book based on actual experience in manufacturing
environments, with a focus on finding and fixing root causes of complex systems
failures. Our Root Cause Failure Analysis training
program
uses the approaches and technologies described in Systems
Failure Analysis because they work, as many
satisfied clients will attest.
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Tired
of quality management buzzwords that are long on promise but short on results? Take
a look at our Quality
Management for the Technology Sector workshop.
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Quality Management for the Technology Sector
focuses on
implementing quality management techniques with proven track records.
This 1-day seminar focuses on quality
measurement, root cause corrective action techniques (including FMEA, FTA, and SFA), defining
customer expectations (including QFD),
using statistical techniques (including SPC and DOE), supplier
teaming, and the latest quality standards (including ISO 9001:2000).
The program is based on Quality Management for the Technology Sector
(Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002), our hands-on, practical guide to implementing
effective quality management tools.
I would highly recommend this book not just to
quality assurance professionals, but to professionals in all disciplines. -
John W. Gozza, Quality Assurance Manager, Composite
Structures LLC
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The book addresses the two major areas of
Quality, people management and technical expertise. This is refreshing because
it treats these topics openly and honestly, noting the pitfalls of specific
Quality initiatives as well as the benefits. - Douglas
Caldwell, Management Visibility, The Boeing Company
The book provides a great treatment of current
continuous improvement tools and technologies. The material...is direct,
to the point and is easy to read. Although many of the concepts are
quantitative, examples and case studies makes the material easy to follow. -
Jerry Ricketts, Vice President, Operations, OEA Aerospace
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