This Management & Leadership training course presents a high-level appreciation of the features and benefits of three key Performance areas namely; Performance Measurement, Continuous Improvement, and Benchmarking. Originally led by Japanese organizations, many International Companies are now leveling the field as performance measurement is seen as vital to quality process management and therefore Shareholder Value.
At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
Explain the benefits of Performance Measurement, Continuous Improvement and Benchmarking
Show how these activities play a part in helping their organization perform at a higher level
Determine methods for generating and implementing effective performance measures
Use a process improvement and benchmarking methods
Integrate performance measures with relevant Lean and Agile tools to increase productivity
General Managers
Operational Managers
Maintenance Managers
Maintenance & Reliability Engineers
Technical managers & supervisors
Quality Managers
The Need for Performance Measurement
The impact of Lean and Agile methods
Data Use and Abuse: How to use Data Constructively
Selecting the ‘vital few’ Performance Measures
Performance measures in Operations and Projects
Current good practice in Performance Measurement
Understanding Variation: The key to understanding performance
What histograms, run charts, and control charts tell us about performance
The Range and Standard Deviation
Introduction to Control Charts
How to Improve a Process
Problem and Mission Statements
What are Lean and Agile?
The key principles of Lean management
Project failures and the origins of Agile
The fusion of Lean and Agile approaches – the current state of the art
Analyzing a Lean and Agile process or project
Applying the tools and techniques in practice
Benchmarking process and project performance
Identifying causes of problems, and potential solutions through benchmarking
Demonstrating the link between a cause and its effect
Investigating Relationships between Variables
The role of Knowledge Management
How the tools integrate with Lean and Agile methods
Scoping and planning benchmarking study
Identifying and selecting benchmarking Metrics & Partners
Running effective Lean and Agile projects and processes
Integrating performance management with Lean and Agile
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.