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Smart Factory & Production Management

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⏱ Training hours2 hours
🏢 FormatOn-site delivery · Customized design
👤 InstructorJohn Kim
✅ Key OutcomeStronger hands-on production management skills

The 8-hour Smart Factory Production Management course, led by John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting, is a structured program for manufacturers going through digital transformation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Modules build step by step, from the talent profile behind a successful digital transformation to smart factory fundamentals, hands-on production and equipment management, and implementation strategy, so teams gain practical innovation skills for the shop floor. Balancing theory and practice, the course gives managers and site leaders who are considering a smart factory practical knowledge and a clear direction for implementation. Participants learn the key elements of manufacturing digital transformation and the expertise needed to build and run a smart factory. The curriculum is proven by Nanum Consulting’s experience training 50+ major corporations and institutions.

Who is this course for?

Well suited to manufacturing production managers, shop-floor managers, and employees of companies preparing to adopt smart factories. It is essential training for the core talent of manufacturing sites aiming to raise productivity through digital transformation.

What will you learn?

  • Systematically learn the fundamentals of smart factories

Curriculum

Module 1: The talent profile for a successful digital transformation
  • Korean companies caught in the trap of copying knowledge since the IMF crisis
  • Without continuity, innovation and revolution fall back to where they started
  • What is the difference between revolution and innovation?
  • To break fixed ways of thinking, ask “WHY?”
Module 2: Smart factory or digital transformation?
  • The Definition and Purpose of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  • Digital Transformation Is a Means, Not an End
  • Why Bet Everything on a 4–11% Success Rate?
  • Why is this a medium- to long-term project, not a short-term one?
Module 3: Production and equipment management
  • SCM, ERP and digital transformation
  • Production management for the smart factory
  • Equipment management starts with diagnosis
  • Equipment management is the foundation of the plant value chain
Module 4: Smart factory implementation strategy
  • Digital transformation starts with the company vision
  • In plant management, big data comes first
  • The Union Carbide accident in Bhopal, India
  • Only change management that resonates with the shop floor leads to success

Expected results / After the course

  • Real improvement in production management skills

On-site training references

Lotte Fine ChemicalHanwha ChemicalHanwha TotalHyundai ElevatorDoosan InfracorePOSCO EnergyHanwha Engineering & ConstructionHanwha Power Systems (Changwon)GS Engineering & ConstructionGS CaltexSK Incheon PetrochemDaegu Digital Innovation AgencyMoorim PNPParts DBAPSTHamburg Süd KoreaCAD&GraphicsKorea GraphicsAVEVADongseo PetrochemicalDongwoo Fine-Chem (Pyeongtaek Plant)VBKSITMIT Co., Ltd.Open TechnologyLIG Nex1Wonik MaterialsFRONTISOCIOSSTEMand more

We tailor this course to your company

From diagnosis to execution — Nanum Consulting

FAQ

Well suited to manufacturing production managers, shop-floor managers, and employees of companies preparing to adopt smart factories. It is essential training for the core talent of manufacturing sites aiming to raise productivity through digital transformation.
This is not theory alone. The course covers how to manage smart factory equipment you can actually use on site, such as robotic arms and digital touch screens. Drawing on instructor John Kim’s extensive field experience, you learn step by step, from the talent profile that makes digital transformation (DT) succeed to concrete implementation strategy.
This intensive 8-hour course can be delivered in one full day or as two 4-hour sessions. Pricing and scheduling are tailored to your company’s size and requirements through a customized consultation.
John Kim has led smart factory implementation and production management improvement projects at many manufacturers. Through field-focused, hands-on training, he has helped participating companies succeed in their digital transformation.
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Smart Factory & Production Management

The 8-hour Smart Factory Production Management course, led by John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting, is a structured program for manufacturing digital transformation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era. Digital transfor

Duration2 hours
FieldIndustry-Specific
InstructorJohn Kim
Training objectives
  • Systematically learn the fundamentals of smart factories
Expected results
  • Real improvement in production management skills
Curriculum
Module 1Module 1: The talent profile for a successful digital transformation
  • Korean companies caught in the trap of copying knowledge since the IMF crisis
  • Without continuity, innovation and revolution fall back to where they started
  • What is the difference between revolution and innovation?
  • To break fixed ways of thinking, ask “WHY?”
Module 2Module 2: Smart factory or digital transformation?
  • The Definition and Purpose of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  • Digital Transformation Is a Means, Not an End
  • Why Bet Everything on a 4–11% Success Rate?
  • Why is this a medium- to long-term project, not a short-term one?
Module 3Module 3: Production and equipment management
  • SCM, ERP and digital transformation
  • Production management for the smart factory
  • Equipment management starts with diagnosis
  • Equipment management is the foundation of the plant value chain
Module 4Module 4: Smart factory implementation strategy
  • Digital transformation starts with the company vision
  • In plant management, big data comes first
  • The Union Carbide accident in Bhopal, India
  • Only change management that resonates with the shop floor leads to success
About the instructor
Instructor John Kim
John Kim, Lead Instructor
10 years in industry · 15 years teaching (3,000+ lectures)
Education
· MBA (advanced major: Marketing), Korea University Graduate School of Business (graduated)
· Sungkyunkwan University Consultant Program (completed)
· Sogang University Graduate School of Business, Short-Term MBA (completed)
· Seoul National University Lifelong Education Instructor Development Program (completed)
· Chung-Ang University, B.A. in English Language and Literature (graduated)
Experience
· Current: CEO, Nanum Consulting
· Formerly at Hyosung Corp., Daeduck Electronics and Shinhan Diamond: overseas assignments and strategic planning (10+ years)
· Current partner instructor, Expert Consulting
· Current: Partner instructor, PSI Consulting
· (Current) Partner instructor, Korea SMEs and Startups Agency and SME Training Institute
Credentials and publications
· Certified consultant
· Certified teacher
· Completed official IDEO Design Thinking training
· B2B Marketing Design (1 Apr 2025)
· The Chinese Diamond Tool Market: Present and Future (co-authored, Korea Tool Association)
· Battles That Changed History and Innovative Weapons (in progress)