Professional education

One source tailored to your needs

There is no shortage of organizations offering short courses and training in Lean, Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, Leadership, Globalization, etc. The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, in conjunction with other departments at Wayne State University, is unique in that it can address almost all of your professional education needs.

Customer focus

Equally as important, our customer-focused strategy means that we will tailor courses to fit your needs. In addition, we have the ability to follow up the courses by working with the participants and their respective companies to apply the principles to immediate high-impact projects. Our strategic focus is the globalization of engineering and manufacturing management, GEMM for short. This applies to the entire automotive industry from OEM to its broad network of tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers.

Courses

Below is an array of courses we can deliver to your organization or group of organizations.

Globalization/engineering/management/global leadership/automotive engineering statistics
Provide engineers with a business perspective
Global cross-cultural teams
Six Sigma
Technology change management
Global product development
Lean
Project management
Sourcing to emerging markets
Reliability risk management
Global markets
Statistical process control
Finance and accounting for engineers
Global supply chains
Product and process reviews
Marketing for engineers
Value engineering
Decision and risk analysis

For more information contact Dr. Kenneth Chelst at kchelst@wayne.edu or 313-577-3857.