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Foundry Trade Journal - March issue ‘09 |
Training for a new approach to production control
Synchro32 - Industries Responsibility for Training
We sell to a global market a production control and management information system specific to the Foundry and Cast Metal Industry. The cast metal industry is unique in many areas of general manufacturing, as production control and their requirements differ considerably. Synchro32 is designed specifically to meet these unique requirements. The complete system is installed and utilized for training at SENAI - Servico Nacional de Aprendizagem Industria, a large training college in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
This college is developing the integration of the Synchro32 system into their Cast Metal Engineering courses, of which there are numerous. Training is no longer 'Spread Sheet Managed' as Excel has many limitations. The student will be trained in parallel with this specifically designed system, run by hundreds of foundries and cast metal manufacturers all over the world. This will provide the student with a broad understanding and the significance of utilizing a fully integrated system.
When these qualified students get into the 'real world' of working in a manufacturing environment, they have the advantage of being able to influence management , highlighting the major advantages of using specifically designed systems; commonly, in our experience, too many companies still run poor ad hoc, spread sheet and inadequately designed, fragmented systems. If the student is fortunate to work with a company running a specific integrated system...the advantages for the manufacturer, signify little training is required, as the student will be more than proficient in using the software system.
Training through colleges and universities has generally been conducted without students having access to specific production control systems. In fairness, there are so few systems available, specific to this industry, we at Synchro32 are aware of the responsibly we have, to make available to these colleges and training facilities this industry specific software.
Training students who are fresh and eager and familiar with the importance of software systems is not a luxury but a necessity. Training organisations still appear to concentrate on the distinct aspect of engineering, leaving the magnitude and use of an integrated system as the sole responsibility of the individual company.
In the next ten years 'survival of the fittest' will be a mantra recited by those that did!
Colleges need to upgrade their courses to include the use of complete integrated specific systems; the training of engineers is an essential for the future of any industry. The college in Brazil has recognised this and is going to great effort to incorporate Synchro32 into the syllabus. The long term benefit will be to the Brazilian metal cast industry as a whole. Hundreds of qualified and skilled people will be working in competition with those companies who would not recognise the importance of such systems.
Individually, we must all take responsibility for education and the benefits of progress and innovation within our industry. Talk to local colleges, request change...doing nothing is not an option. Competition is hot on your heels.
Interestingly we undertook a survey of all our customers...
- Synchro question : How many companies do you talk to about the advantages of an integrated specific system?
- Customer response : Very few...was the common reply
- Synchro question : Any particular reason why?
- Customer (common) response : The system provides such an unquantifiable benefit; we don’t want our competition to use it!
If any colleges or training facilities are interested in Synchro 32 as part of educational training...please do not hesitate to talk to us. We make no charge for the use of the system for these organisations.
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