Operational Excellence & Learning

Delivering a one-two punch to create value for you

Manufacturing and Engineering expertise can determine who will be a champion in industry today. When you work with Dow Services, you can harness the value of Dow's intellectual property in this area, increasing your speed to implement through proven methodology and reducing your manufacturing costs through improved application. What makes the difference? Think of it as a one-two punch.

One, we license Dow work processes, management systems, and learning expertise to you. Two, we help you get the most from that technology, through our Operational Excellence and Learning Services. Our global Subject Matter Experts train your people and help to implement your learning program, so you can quickly achieve best-in-class performance. They also help you to gain efficiency and competitive advantage through assessing, coaching and consulting.

Our services for manufacturing site tenants include the following:

Operational Excellence

• Operating Discipline Management System (ODMS) Services — We can teach you everything you need to know about applying Dow's ODMS in your company — from coordinator and leader training; to common management system element training; to implementation, assessment, consulting and gap closure.
• Document Management System — We offer administrator training; user training; implementation planning and support; and assessing, consulting and performance improvement. At some larger sites, we can help with daily library management and operations.
• Operate Plant Work Process — We can provide a learning map workshop; overview training; coach training; role clarity workshop; task analysis / role alignment workshop; implementation planning and support; and assessing, consulting and performance improvement.
• Empowerment — Strengthen your workforce through empowerment training; team building workshops; implementation training and support; and assessing, consulting and performance improvement.
• Manage Production I/T Application Support — We offer administrator and user training; application set-up; implementation planning and support; and assessing, consulting, and utilization improvement.

Manufacturing and Engineering Learning

• Training Facilitation — Dow personnel or approved vendors conduct training on work processes and equipment use.
• Training Course Development — We work with you to create the overall class.
• Curriculum Development — We can create role-specific training sets.
• Learning Role Development — We help you to develop a person from your organization to be a learning leader.
• Training Administration and Training Consultation

Contact us today

Dow M&E Operational Excellence and Learning gives you the competitive advantage you need for winning global operations. We can help you to effectively implement systems, strengthen operational competencies, develop manufacturing talent, sustain the gains and optimize your operations. If that sounds like something you'd like to learn more about, then contact Dow Services today.