Training

Team Leader Training
We offer a five day training development programme aimed at enhancing your work force's skills in effective line management. Team Leader Training provides a mixture of theoretical and practical training which enhances communication skills, helps with target achievement, team working and continuous improvement strategies. For further details please contact ukfirst.

Management Development
ukfirst partners with leading academic authorities to facilitate top-level programmes specifically for the furniture industry’s managers and executives covering subjects such as:

• Supply chain management
• Agile and lean management theory and application
• Process engineering
• Design integration

Lean Masterclass
ukfirst Master Engineers specialise in lean manufacturing and run regular events and master classes throughout the year for furniture manufacturers. The interactive masterclass offers the opportunity for you to gain first hand experience of lean techniques through effective team working in problem solving tasks. Whether you are just beginning your lean journey or are already a firm follower, these courses can provide you with the latest tools and techniques to implement beneficial changes within your business. To find out when the next Lean Masterclass is please see our events diary.

Best Practice Programme
There is always something to learn from other organisations whether outside, or inside the furniture sector. Many UK companies are willing to open their doors and explain to others how they have implemented profitable management techniques and ways of working that could give a company that competitive edge.

A programme of visits will be specially designed to give the industry an invaluable insight into the way that others operate through site tours, discussions and presentations from senior managers. This provides the opportunity to visit leading edge companies, both in the UK and abroad, to discover how they have confronted business challenges and to enable furniture manufacturers to:

• Learn how others have dealt with the challenges they are facing
• Pick up innovative ideas
• Network with like-minded people
• Return to their businesses refreshed and inspired
• Gain the motivation to Implement change

To find out when the next best practise visit is please see our events diary.