About JMAM’s
CERTIFIED PRODUCT MEISTER Program
The CERTIFIED PRODUCT MEISTER program is designed to nurture core human resources for manufacturing. It is based on our longstanding consulting expertise, refined and developed in accordance with current industry trends and client requests.
The program is divided into four levels, with each level’s content organized around six themes: R (roles), Q (quality management), C (cost management), D (delivery and production management), S (safety management), and E (environmental management).
Based on this structure, we provide input (textbook education), level checking and skills certification (examinations), and implementation support (training and seminars).
Program Strengths
Structuring the competencies required in each position to improve frontline productivity
Systematic learning and objective evaluation
Committee members from various manufacturers ensure that course content stays fresh and relevant
Adopted by more than 500 manufacturers for promotion and training purposes
Accreditation Process
Benefits of the Manufacturing Accreditation
For companies:
- Clarifies fundamental knowledge and skills standards to create objective goals for skills development
- Useful when considering promotions and reassignments
For individuals:
- Offers a sense of accomplishment through systematically and progressively learning the basics of production management, which are difficult to study as part of everyday work duties
- Objective accreditation can improve perceived value both inside and outside company
Textbook learning for systematic knowledge input
Except for the Basic level, Production Meister exams can only be attempted after completing the necessary correspondence courses.
The correspondence courses are the optimal method for acquiring the basic skills of thinking, reading, and writing. They also necessitate that participants adopt a PDCA cycle for their learning, in which they create a study plan (Plan), deliberately study the materials (Do), review what they learn via feedback on reports (Check), and then apply their new knowledge at their workplace (Action).
Mastery of this cycle enhances participants’ grasp of the fundamentals of work. We believe that it also fosters perseverance, said to be waning these days, and awakens an eagerness to learn (ambition).
JMAM’s Perspective
The key to skill development for manufacturing personnel is on-site capabilities
A “strong worksite” is one where employees at all levels are always striving to improve things and resolve issues. The human resources necessary for this cannot be fostered overnight. In some workplaces, employees might lack the ability to identify problems and issues requiring resolution, and new employees may not have acquired the knowledge necessary for on-site manufacturing work. To improve a workforce’s on-site capabilities, each and every employee must have the right knowledge and skills for their position and role. This calls for appropriate education.
Mastering total management and process improvement for manufacturing
Today’s manufacturing personnel are expected to have total management skills and process improvement capabilities as well as specialist technical knowledge. Acquiring management skills like industrial engineering (IE) and quality control (QC) not only lays the foundation for further development among on-site manufacturing personnel, it is also essential for improving processes and resolving problems.
Furthermore, as the digitalization of work progresses, employees must combine a thorough understanding of their own company’s products, along with the skills, equipment, and facilities used to create them, with learning habits to gather information and stay current on the social and business environment their company faces. A clearly defined system of education is the best way to systematically foster human resources that can rise to this challenge.
