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Welcome to
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the black donuts
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academy
An investment in your employees’ skill sets is an investment in your company.
Well-trained staff is the key to your company’s success. The mission of the Black Donuts Academy is to improve the standards of the tire industry by offering cutting-edge training. Our Academy offers a wide range of training programs at different levels, covering various fields of expertise and being intended for different functional operators in the tire industry.
If our existing course offerings do not match your plans, we are happy to custom design a training program to meet your specific needs.
The courses of the Black Donuts Academy are based on our vast and versatile experience in the tire industry combined with the constant implementation of the latest practices in technology and management. All our trainers have a long experience in the tire and rubber business. They will provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of the latest developments in the industry.
Our training programs combine theoretical aspects with practical exercise in order to generate immediate and sustainable business results for the participating company. The participating companies can choose between standardized programs carried out at our headquarters and fully customized trainings organized at your own facilities.
I hope to meet you at our Academy.
Sincerely,
Liisa Lindström-Varis
Principal, Black Donuts Academy
First courses starting 2019!
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Training program 1: Manufacturing Process
Learn how to increase efficiency through understanding the interplay of different operations.
For tire manufacturers, plant operators, maintenance staff and suppliers.
This course addresses the possibilities and best practices to increase company-wide production efficiency by examining strategic questions related to the choice of proper process technology, automation, management and the continuous pursuit of quality and productivity.
Comprehensive process management
- Upstream and downstream processes
- Managing multifunctional operations
- Process surveillance and development
- Waste minimization
One-stage tire building
- How to prepare the transition from 2-stage to 1-stage building
- Set-up and adjustments (tolerances, equipment)
- Needed changes in tire structure, components and materials
- Automation
- Capacity and product mix
- Manning
How to avoid common pitfalls
- Defining the best quality-control systems
- Maximizing the value from technology investments
- Efficiency and cycle-time improvements
Curing process
- Curing recipe
- Curing adjustments
- Curing time improvement methods
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Training program 2: Production Planning and Flow
Learn how to improve the flow of materials.
For tire manufacturers and plant operators.
This course covers the critical factors affecting the flow of materials in a tire factory and identifies the common characteristics of successful methods drawing upon best industrial practice.
- Simple pull methods
- Stock management
- JIT (Just-in-Time Manufacturing)
- Kanban
- Reducing manufacturing work in progress
- Scheduling methods
- Changeovers
- Profitability and capacity calculations
- Master data and BOM importance
- Role of identifications linked with master data
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Training program 3: Shop-floor Management Methods and Manning
Learn how to manage and streamline factory operations.
For tire manufacturers and plant operators.
Streamlining the manufacturing process requires reducing complexity. This course examines the key success factors required for managing and streamlining the manufacturing process and improving competitiveness.
- Daily and Shift Operations
- Communication and reporting
- Problem solving and action planning
- Focus areas and prioritizing
- Manning procedures
- HR efficiency
- Supervision
- Case studies