Training in Best-Practice Manufacturing Quality Methods and Tools — powered by The Luminous Group
Modern manufacturing demands a workforce that understands quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement. The Luminous Group provides practical, industry-proven training programs that give teams the knowledge and confidence to deliver reliable results — all offered at an exclusive 5% discount to MMA members.
High-Impact Training Courses
These modular training options, offered at an exclusive 5% discount to MMA members, help new and experienced employees build deeper understanding of quality tools, manufacturing processes and problem-solving methods used across today’s advanced manufacturing environments.
The Luminous Group’s High-Impact Training Courses are designed to address specific workforce knowledge gaps and strengthen operational performance.
Manufacturing Fundamentals
Ideal for: New hires, early-career employees, or teams needing a refresher on manufacturing and automotive terminology.
What it covers:
- Manufacturing Quality
- Basics Lean Principles
- Core Tools Overview
- Project Management
Process Monitoring and Correction
Ideal for: Employees involved in operations, quality, problem solving, or continuous improvement.
Included modules:
- Statistical Process Control
- Layered Process Audits
- Process Improvement Essentials
- 8D Problem Solving
Quality Planning
Ideal for: Team members supporting APQP, new product development, or product launch activities.
Included modules:
- APQP
- PFMEA
- Process Control Plan
- MSA
- PPAP
Training Enhancement and Mentoring System (TEaMS) and Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) enhance manufacturing efficiency by addressing workforce gaps and reducing setup time.
Training Enhancement and Mentoring System (TEaMS)
As senior operators retire, many companies struggle to maintain strong output on their lines with inexperienced operators and without a comprehensive operator training program.
Exclusive to MMA members and provided at a 5 percent discount, TEaMS, teaches manufacturing leaders how to effectively train operators.
- Ensures training is consistent and thorough
- Learning occurs via mentorship, practice and verification
- Reduces errors, scrap, rework, downtime and learning time
- Shows employees why their work matters
- Increases teamwork and retention
Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
Through training, facilitation and action planning, SMED engages a cross-functional team in analysis and improvement of a given job changeover process.
The Luminous Group’s SMED workshop helps clients’ teams streamline and standardize set-up processes, aiming to reduce set-up time to under 10 minutes (hence, single-digit minutes). Training aspects include:
- Lean manufacturing and 5S workplace organization
- Value streams understood via a Lego robot building exercise
- Identification of wastes and opportunities for improvement
- Development and assignment of action items (short-term and long-term)
- Report out to leadership
Get Started
Visit The Luminous Group website for details and request more information.
Learn More
Bill Rayl
MMA Executive Director of Workforce Solutions
Call 517-487-8513
E-mail rayl@mimfg.org