starting from 19th of March next, there will be regular Green Belt sessions in the city of Milano, Italy. The venue will take place in the Business Place Starhotels, at the Via Gaggia 3.
Following Black Belt sessions will agreed with the participants. have a look at the calender for the dates !
The site is now available in three languages (English, German and Dutch!
Productivity Engineering Europe was founded in 2006 and is specialized on the optimization of business operations, processes and training. We offer a wide range of services to our customers – from training and coaching to implementation. With consulting and training we offer a holistic service. We rely on proven and effective methods such as Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Our team represents more than 40 years experience in process optimization, from production to distribution.
A brief overview of the contents:
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Your team of Productivity Engineering Europe
What must be improved? (not how to improve it). Clear focus on the issue that is to be changed (not the solution).
Why are you going to spend time and effort to improve the situation? Clear focus on the importance of this project.
What can I measure that will show me I have finished the project? This measure should be a measure of ‘quality’, ‘waste’, ‘on-time’, ‘Euros’ or ‘customer satisfaction’. Clear focus on the ‘measurable benefits’.
Defining the problem, is the first step to take…Europe’s economy has experienced seemingly high productivity over the past decades, due largely to the massive capital investments in various sectors. However, the real issue is Europe’s productivity growth rate (how quickly we’re improving our productivity).
Over the recent years, Europe’s productivity has been lower then China’s and India’s productivity growth rate. Europe doesn’t fare any better when compared to countries around the world. As an economy, we start to lag behind, but on the macroeconomic level, Europe’s prospects remain very rosy, but from a microeconomic perspective our performance is of serious concern.
Compared to other developed economies, Europe has weakening labour productivity growth and sliding real income growth. Concerns about weak productivity growth will only intensify as structural changes in the global economy shift the engines of economic growth to China, India, and Brazil.
Various factors have contributed to our poor productivity growth:
The EU, in close partnership with industry and other levels of governments, is working on a strategic three-pronged approach to address the productivity growth challenges faced by Europe:
The EU, in close partnership with industry and other levels of governments, is working on a strategic three-pronged approach to address the productivity growth challenges faced by the EU:
No. Increasing the productivity of the labour force is an important contributor to how fast workers’ incomes improve. Productivity growth allows real wages to increase by lowering prices, leading to real improvements to our standard of living.
Europe’s population is aging. More and more workers, especially the Baby Boomers, are or will be approaching retirement age in the very near future. When this group of workers begins to leave the labour force, it will place great demands on the existing workforce and on the economy as a whole.
Europeans relocating from other parts of the continent or immigration will not address the full shortage of workers in the European economy. In order to successfully meet the challenges of the demographic shift and the high demands of today’s employers, we need to tackle the labour issue from both the supply and demand sides of the equation.
It is important to understand that all companies compete in a global market place and, more often then not, are competing with companies with a greater cost advantage. To ensure European companies are able to sustain themselves, they must look at how they can improve operational efficiencies to maintain their competitive advantage.
Productivity is an essential component to the success and health of every company in Europe and the overall standard of living.