April 2007  Edition

Ankeny Campus

Select from these dates: April 18 or May 16

Ankeny Campus

Cost: $250.00

Contact Dennis Hayworth at 515-964-6346 or dahayworth@dmacc.edu  for more information about the above Lean Manufacturing classes

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workplacelean™ PILLARS:  An 8-hour simulation of office processes and information flow using structured change to identify and eliminate waste. The emphasis is on learning to use Lean tools and team work to solve problems and make improvements.

April 19

Ankeny Campus

$285/person

Contact Dennis Hayworth at 515-964-6346 or dahayworth@dmacc.edu  for more information about the above Lean classes

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Supervision Basics for Leaders: 

This one-day workshop offers the building blocks of success to supervisors and managers. Attendees will learn to:

• Build an effective work team

• Work with difficult and conflicting personalities

• Communicate effectively and listen well

• Motivate employees and recognize their accomplishments

The next class is at DMACC in Ankeny

Building 18, Room 35,

June 14

9:00-4:30.

Cost: $175

lunch will be on your own.

 For more information, contact Dennis Hayworth at dahayworth@dmacc.edu

 or 515-964-6346.

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Essential Interviewing Skills For Employers:

Do you know how to interview for the behaviors, knowledge and motivations that are needed to be successful in specific jobs? In this workshop you will: understand the implications of poor hiring decisions, develop interview questions, learn how to avoid legal problems, develop interviewing techniques and conduct interviews that leave a positive impression.

Cost: $149/person

For date and time, contact Dennis Hayworth at dahayworth@dmacc.edu

or 515-964-6346.

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30 hour General Industry Standard Class
Contact or email for a schedule Ann Wolfinger @ 515-964-6838

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30 hour Construction Standards Class

May 7 - May 10

8:00 - 4:00

Ames
Contact or email for location and registration information Ann Wolfinger @ 515-964-6838

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Six Sigma Black and Green Belt Training
Click here for Des Moines Training Info and Schedule

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Windows Network Administration, Security and Design 

DMACC Continuing Education is offering advanced Business Network Administration.  Classes cover Windows 2003 Server and the new Windows Longhorn Server along with management of Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista Business workstations.  Classes meet Thursday evenings from 5:30-9:30 pm, Ankeny Campus, beginning April 19, 2007.  Advance Registration required by April 12^th.

For complete schedule information and costs, telephone Cindy Huisman at 515-964-6686 or crhuisman@dmacc.edu

DBR Will Be Partnering With GATC to Offer Training for Printers

DMACC Business Resources will be partnering with the Graphic Arts Training and Consulting Group (GATC) to offer a series of state-of-the-industry classes specifically designed for the printing and graphic arts industry. DMACC and other community colleges have applied for a business network training grant so that the training can be offered at a fraction of the normal cost.

Courses include:

Adobe Illustrator CS3:  3 Hours - $75

Adobe PhotoShop CS3: 3 Hours - $75

Adobe InDesign CS3: 3 Hours - $75
Adobe Acrobat Professional CS3 with PitStop Plugin: 3 Hours - $75

Sheetfed press operator training series: 8 Sessions Total 32 Hours - $358

Web press operator training: 7 Sessions Total 28 Hours - $316

Companies wanting more information about the training should contact Glenn Volkman at gavolkman@dmacc.edu or 515-964-6468.    

DBR Offers Free Informational Breakfast On Lean Manufacturing

COLLETTE SAYLOR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ONE SOURCE TRAINING IOWA, DES MOINES

In our competitive world, all organizations are working to stay viable. Smart organizations are using a practice called workplacelean to drive out the wastes that are inherent in all our systems and processes.

Ask how much time is lost ...
- Searching, deciphering, correcting, or waiting for information?
- Clarifying incomplete and unusable information?
- Doing rework because errors are not caught?
- Entering and copying information because departments use it in different ways?
- Delaying work because a signature or approval is needed?
- Making extra copies that are never used or required?
- Chatting along the way to the fax or copier and missing customer calls?
- Working in a disorganized office space?

All of these wastes cost an organization money - in time, resources, space and employee frustration - and often do not add value to a product or service from the customer's viewpoint. In reviewing work processes, companies should ask: "Are customers willing to pay for this?"

During the last 10 years, many manufacturers, pressured by their customers, have successfully worked toward leaner operations to provide consistent high-quality products at reduced costs with improved delivery times. Needed improvements on the shop floor are easy to see, but the waste in the flow of information in the office is often less visible. The same lean concepts and tools that have been successful on the shop floor are being modified to work in office and health care settings.

Statistics show the percentage of waste in office processes is more than 80 percent. How much more competitive, innovative and profitable could an office be by redirecting employees' efforts to more value-added activities? The payoff is better service to customers and the opportunity to become more profitable.

Workplacelean is designed and delivered to bring the power of more efficiency to office processes and transactions.

Collette Saylor is the executive director of One Source Training Iowa, a division of the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees. Details about the programs can be found at www.onesourcetrainingiowa