This program examines lean thinking and techniques for decision analysis with emphasis on the lean approach and responsiveness to the customer requirements. Decision-making is the most central human activity, intrinsic in our biology, and done both consciously and unconsciously. We need it to survive. Taking a decision is not just a question of selecting the best alternative. Often one needs to prioritize all the alternatives for resource allocation among a portfolio of the option or to examine the effect of changes introduced to initial judgments
At the end of this conference the participants will be able to:
Improve productivity through the use of better, timelier information.
Understand how world-class organizations solve common asset management problems.
Optimize planning and scheduling resources.
Carry out optimized failure analyses.
Optimize asset management budgets by the avoidance of unplanned equipment failures in service.
Develop a practical approach of an action plan to utilize these technologies in their areas of responsibility, fitting them into the overall strategy, and measuring benefits.
Operation Professionals
Maintenance Professionals
Reliability Professionals
Key Operations Supervisors
Internal Improvement Consultants
Scope and significance of Decisions
The Decision Making Process
Choosing Between Options by Projecting Likely Outcomes
Decision Tree Analysis: decision models; low probability, high-consequence events; valuing additional information and control
Monte Carlo Simulation: optimization; advantages and limitations
Definition of Decision Analysis
How, and Why, Bad Decisions are Made
Problems with Traditional Methods
Guidelines for Good Decision Analysis
What is AHP?
The Comparative Matrix
Consistency Analysis
Sensitivity Analysis
Benefit/Cost Analysis
Resources Allocation
Applications of the AHP (The Concorde Case, Maintenance Strategy, Highway planning)
Risk Mitigation
Fault Tree analysis
Risk Priority Number
The Criticality Matrix
Equipment Criticality Grading
Cases from Oil and Gas Industry and others
Modelling Reliability of Systems
Series and Parallel Systems
The Redundancy Concept
Types of Redundancy
When to Use Redundancy
What is ERP and how did it develop
What is MRP System
What is MRPII System
Planning and Control
The Bill of Materials
Master Production Schedule
Scope of Decisions
Challenges of Performance Measures
Performance Measures as a Continuous Improvement Process
Desirable Features in Maintenance Performance Measures
Best and Worst Practices in Performance Measures
Advantages of OEE as an Improvement Programme
Lean Maintenance through the Use of OEE
Analysis of the Six-Big Losses
Basics of design evaluation
How to convert the voice of the customer to engineering solutions for a better design
Apply the concept of House of Quality in practical cases
How to get the most of your CMMS?
Benefits that can result from CMMS
Optimum Decisions for Maintenance Policies
Unmet needs in Responsive Maintenance
Key Features of Next Generation Maintenance Systems
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
Managing an office has become an increasingly sophisticated and complex job. The increased demand for speed and accuracy, knowledge of new technology, and an increasingly diverse workforce bring challenges and also opportunities for growth. This dynamic and in-depth course explores some of the more advanced skills which can help an office manager to work more confidently, creatively, and effectively.
As a supervisor, the success of your organization rests in your hands. This course provides you with the opportunity to develop highly effective and essential supervisory skills that will strengthen teamwork and organizational success. Also, this course will help you manage everyday operations with greater ease. Furthermore, it will help you leverage both your managerial and people skills to meet your new challenges as the 21st-century supervisor.
This course is designed for participants to introduce to key issues and themes in international development.
Participants will explore and engage in academic debates and discussions around a set of key factors that shape, influence, and constrain the development and prosperity of nations.
The course will explore a number of key themes in international development, including how questions of gender and generation shape the impact of poverty; how processes of globalization, migration, and violent conflict impact development; and how development and the environment are linked.
It also considers what exactly we mean by poverty, and how different ways of understanding poverty feed into different approaches to tackling it.
It will also consider development institutions: what are the key institutions in the architecture of international development? How do they differ, and what are the challenges and opportunities they present? Through this module, participants will gain a solid background in the various factors which shape current approaches to and debates on international development.
By introducing participants to a range of problems in economic development, we will look to analyze how economic theory and models can explain the lack of development in some nations. We will apply such theory to real-world economies to understand the nature of the problems they face and how effective policies can be in tackling the problems.
A five-day course on the practical aspects of piping and pipeline design, integrity, maintenance, and repair. The participants will obtain an in-depth understanding of the ASME B31 code rules and API standards, their technical basis, and practical application to field conditions.
Corporate/Public governance and risk management are critical There is increasing attention being paid to corporate governance and risk management in business schools and among legislators.