Within the automotive industry training is a key element in ensuring that companies survive, develop and prosper. Training strengthens a company’s capabilities to address technical progress, organisational development and changes in the market.
Purpose
Training develops knowledge, motivation, and inspiration to create real impact within an organisation. Training also improves the ability to manage risk and to address critical issues such as global governance and corporate responsibility.
Stakeholders are increasingly demanding that suppliers operate both responsibly and within a defined framework (TS 16949, SPICE Automotive, etc.), and that they work proactively along social and environmental parameters in addition to economic factors.
Training is a tool which can be used to support efforts in building sustainable businesses, moving from compliance to embracing and integrating social, environmental and economic factors into business strategies. Moving mindsets from compliance to sustainable operations is the first step to position a company for the future.
Managing risk in the automotive industry is of vital importance and begins by implementing the right processes, often those required for example by ISO/TS 16949 or SPICE Automotive, created for and based on people. These are recognised as basic requirements.
To excel in the industry it is also necessary to consider techniques to fully understand customer specific requirements (CSR), to improve processes beyond compliance (e.g. using VDA 6.3) and to consider developing processes with a minimum cost (e.g. using the Toyota Lean Production model).
Choosing the right process is important, but it is also important to raise the competence of those involved in key elements of the processes. The purpose of any training course must be to make each participant more capable and motivated and to empower them to implement changes and improvements.
Benefits
DNV has developed a set of training courses that are related to the automotive industry and its requirements. Our courses generate knowledge and capability to your organisation in the areas of:
Understanding the requirements of TS 16949 and its special requirements relating to design validation, process control, etc.
Capability to execute internal audits to TS 16949 requirements and extract maximum advantage from the discrepancies and areas for improvement which are highlighted in such audits
Understanding customer specific requirements (CSR) and how to react to non-conforming situations (8D procedures)
Software systems and process assessment (SPICE Automotive) and improvement
Risk identification and management
Identification and development of robust and excellent processes (VDA 6.3/EFQM/Malcolm Balridge etc)
Developing cost effective production and control processes ( e.g.Toyota Lean Production methodology)