SwRI: Workforce development training topics offered by SwRI, Process improvement for your business performance, Employee training, Staff development needs

Workforce development training topics are offered by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) including:

  • Process improvement for your business performance 

  • Employee training

  • Staff development needs

Our broad capabilities enable rapid curriculum development for any aspect of service processes or product manufacturing.

 

Current client interests include:

  • Kaizen event facilitation

  • Lean manufacturing

    • Principles of lean

    • Value-stream mapping

    • Cellular manufacturing

    • Flow manufacturing

    • Problem solving

    • Pull / kanban systems

    • Lean six sigma

  • Lean healthcare

    • Cycle time improvement

    • Cost reduction

  • ERP?enterprise resource planning

    • Software selection

    • Software implementation

    • Return on investment (ROI) improvement of existing systems

  • Quality improvement

    • Manufacturing

    • Distribution and service delivery

    • Healthcare patient safety and satisfaction

    • Healthcare process variability reduction

    • ISO 9001:2000 implementation, including compliance to other related aerospace, automotive and medical industry specific standards

    • Six sigma

  • Office staff productivity improvement

  • Specialized software application implementation

  • Technical staff project productivity improvement

For more information about workforce development training topics and capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Bill Rafferty at wrafferty@swri.org or (210) 522-5865.

 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) is an independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 12 technical divisions using multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving. The Institute occupies more than 1,200 acres and provides nearly two million square feet of laboratories, test facilities, workshops, and offices for more than 3,300 employees who perform contract work for industry and government clients.