Layered Process Auditing (LPA) is a management tool designed to 1) verify that your key process steps are performed as intended, 2)emphasize the importance of those process steps, and 3) identify opportunities for improvement. It's the perfect compliment to existing six sigma or lean manufacturing initiatives, but also serves well as a stand alone tool for improving quality, reducing safety incidences, and lowering the total cost of manufacturing.
In the past decade, LPA's have become increasing popular across a wide range of industries, supply chains and business types because of its simplicity, yet effectiveness in narrowing process variation, improving vertical communication, and uncovering breakthrough ideas for cost reduction and quality improvement.
This class, "Layered Process Auditing" not only teaches all the key elements to an LPA system, but also offers a strategic, step-by-step approach to successful LPAsystem launch. You will learn:
How to build an LPAplanning team
How to assemble all the key components to an LPAsystem including the templates, audit questions,documented produce, an the escalation plan
Tips on performing the audits and following up on the findings
Ideas on forming metrics for monitoring and evaluating your LPAsystem
Strategies for integrating LPA's into the rest of your organization and management system
Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
The essential tools and approaches of layered process auditing found in CQI-8
In addition to the premium instructional videos, you will also receive two sample audit templates, loads of audit questions, a sample escalation log, and a sample documented procedure. These documents, included at no extra cost, can be readily adapted to your processes and organization, and will cut your implementation time half!!
Sign up today to "Layered Process Auditing" to learn this world-class management tool!!
