NORCROSS, Ga. - AkzoNobel has announced the creation and launch of a series of in-depth “Boot Camp” training events to support their Process Centered Environment (PCE) program. PCE is a set of management tools designed to bring practical, definable and measurable processes to improve efficiencies specifically within collision repair centers.
Describing the PCE bootcamp, Mike Day, Collision Center Business Development Manager for Toyota Motor Sales, USA, noted, “It identifies lean processes that are unique to collision repair which, if implemented, can profoundly improve workshop flow, profitability and customer satisfaction.”
The AkzoNobel PCE Boot Camp is a 2 ½ day, in-shop learning event. Courses are designed around the principles of PCE. The “Boot Camps” are being conducted at DCR Systems located in Mentor, Ohio. DCR, a global strategic partner with AkzoNobel, has a patented repair process that brings to life the concepts found in the AkzoNobel curriculum.
Doug Kirk, Senior Process Engineer for AkzoNobel and one of the program facilitators for the event notes, “This course will strip away the mystique that surrounds Lean, Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma with exposure to a real world collision repair facility that is process centered.”
Six 2009 PCE Boot Camps are planned. Class size is controlled and pre-qualification is required. For additional information regarding registration information go to
https://www.akzonobelcarrefinishes.net/default.asp?sid=65385&pid=1850.
