Middle School Entrepreneur—From Idea to Production

John Muir Middle SchoolHorace Mann Middle SchoolWausau, Wisconsin

History of the Program Where we were How did we get here Business/Technology Collaboration Resources needed

Business Course Entrepreneurship Class Length Class Set-up Topics covered Prototypes PowerPoint—Business Plan Junior Achievement—It’s My Business Seamless Transition to Manufacturing

Idea to Production

Manufacturing Course

Pen Act. Safety Pay logs Intro MFG

Job assignments

PM Training

Fearless comfort (DANGER)

Pre-production run

8th Grade Manufacturing (Time Line)

Jigs/fixtures Machines Quality Measurements

Anxiety Stress Apathy

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8

Comfort Zone

Smooth ride (temporary)

Relief Celebration Independence SUCCESS!

Takeoff Turbulence

Landing

Time tracker Lean Manufacturing

7 deadly wastes Kaizen Value vs Nonvalue

Intro to manufacturing Safety

Boot Camp

A Typical Day…

Production

Punching In

First shift begins

7:50 am

Workers punch in Start early

• Are the workers ready• TIME TRACKER!!

Work permit can not work without it!

7:50-7:54 am Wood Floater- getting lumber out

to work stations Inventory Control- inventory

count, plant layout and product distribution

*All this happens during Plant Managers production plan delivery

7:50-7:54 Risk Safety Control- Shift safety

worker placement Workers rotate doing safety (Wayne,

Ken)• Duties

Monitors safety violations

7:54 am

Plant Manager is the Boss! “Hands”

Empower Plant Manager Delivers Production

Plan PM’s produce all PowerPoints

• Daily Goals, Job charts, etc.

Plant Managers

Plant Manager

Responsibilities

Production Plan

Seating Charts

Job Charts - QC placement - Worker placement

Flow Process Charts -Need to know every step of the process -No bottle necks -No idle time

Trains QC Review Production Plan

Monitors QC

Ensure a Quality Product

Worker of the day

Rewards

QC Training

Building Processes - QC needs to know all steps in great detail

Monitoring Quality

Worker Motivation

Feedback on improvements

Work uniform

Punch In - fill in paycheck log

7:55-8:33

Inventory Control- Track product routing process with

Bingo Charts Prevent overproduction Forecast/predict production deadlines

Keeps product organized in storage - no bottle necks - no standstills

Checks off completed Processes - use bingo chart

Feedback on improvements - what should we make more of

Inventory Control

Carries out job task set out by PM

Training Process during lunch -communicate with PM

Responsibility'sWork uniform

Lets PM know when enough pieces are produced - stop before we overproduce the amount we need

Punch In - fill in paycheck log

7:55-8:33 Wood Floater- Product

transportation Picked up and delivered from and to IC

to QC BIG JOB!

Get product to correct job station on time - be fast and efficient at this job

Never sit still always looks for product to transport

Feedback on improvements

Wood Floater

Carries out job task set out by IC

Training Process during lunch - work closely with IC

Responsibility'sWork uniform

Have product ready before class starts - product should be at correct work stations - punch in when get to class - always check in with IC

Punch In - fill in paycheck log

TABLE 1 TABLE 2 TABLE 3 TABLE 4

TABLE 7 TABLE 6 TABLE 5

Router #1 Disc Sander

Router #1 Router #1 Drill press 1 Router #1

Router #1 Band saw 1

Router #1

CNC Router #1Band saw 1 Band saw 1 Band saw 1

Drill press 1

Drill press 1

Band saw 1

Band saw 1

Starting Point

Finishing Point

WF

PMQC

QC QC QC

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Flow

Flow

Flow

Hour

Work Stations

Accountant

QC

CNC

OS

Safety Line Safety Line Safety Line Safety Line Safety Line Safety Line

WF

Router

Router Router Router

Band Saw

Band Saw

Band Saw

Band SawBand Saw

Ban

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Disc SandersDrill Press

Plant Process Flow

7:55-8:33 Quality Control:

Help carry out production Train workers Check product quality

Monitoring QualityWorker Motivation

Feedback on improvements - no bottle necks - no standstills

Quality Control

Carries out job task set out by PM

Training Process during lunchResponsibility'sWork uniform

Punch In - fill in paycheck log

7:55-8:33

Account Managers- Collect paycheck logs/time cards, payroll, handout paycheck, track worker progress DAILY GRADE!!!

Account Manager

Payroll

Accountability

Bonuses

Incentive tracking Deductions

Accounting

Pay Logs

Time Cards

Payroll Training

Payroll Procedures

Sick Days

Employee reports(communicate with Plant manager)

Punch In - fill in paycheck log

Account Managers Monday

Handout new time cards Handout new pay log Print collection sheet Collect time card and pay log from last week

Tuesday/Wednesday Collect forgotten time cards and pay logs Enter account information into spread sheet

Thursday Print paychecks

Friday Handout paychecks

Your Pay

•Workers•$15/hour•$600/week•$2400/month

•$28,000/year

•Quality Control•$22/hour•$880/week•$3,520/month

•$42,240/year

•Plant Manager•$45/hour•$1,800/week•$7,200/month

•$86,400/year

7:55-8:33 am

Waste Management- Recycle waste Sort “cut offs” and reclaim usable wood Communicate with Inventory Control

and Plant manager-Making sure they use recycled waste FIRST.

7:55-8:33 am

Production Workers

Actively listen to QC

Feedback on improvements - how can we do this better

Worker

Work efficiently with quality - no bottle necks - no standstills

Be Motivated - use red, blue, yellow cups

Responsibility'sBe able to measure

Follow instructions

Be to work on time

Punch In

Punch In - fill in paycheck log

7:55-8:33 am Clean-up Czar- Delegates the

clean-up process Blows the work whistle

“Cleeeeaaannuuppp!!”

PLANT MANAGER

QC QC QC QC INVENTORYCONTROL

WorkersWOOD

FLOATERWASTEMNGMT

ACCOUNTMNGR

RISK CONTROL(Safety)

Workers Workers Workers

Chain Of Command

LUNCH!

Plant Manager Training

Collaboration

Lunch Time: PM support group Between Schools Outsourcing/Globalization

PROBLEM SOLVING Material lists

Math: • Layout (math teacher teaches)• Measurement• Engineering

• Jigs and fixtures• Design problems

• Production troubles: (video)• Bottlenecks, standstills, etc.

Industry Partnership

Mark Duginski-

Donated machines

Jig/fixtures (fences,etc)

Accuracy/precision

Interchangeable parts-Eli W., Henry F.

TEAM STUDY

Over-time Production

STRIKE!

Summary

Student Driven!!!! Would you let your students drive your car

with you in the back seat? Failure leads to success

Not about the product it’s the PROCESS Not to make factory workers Life Skills- communication, team work,

organization, people management, leadership/follower-ship, conflict resolution

Business+Technology=Student Success!