SYNOPSIS

Becoming more efficient, effective and productive is the purpose of business process redesign. Recent industrial experiences in Australia and USA using Lean and Six Sigma process improvements have had extremely poor success rates. These methodologies were seen as 'a one solution fits all' approach. It is now plainly obvious to all that this was not correct. A clearer focus is needed during the process improvement analysis phase to identify the most appropriate solutions to address the real problems in an Opera-tion. Mike will present new process analysis and process design tools and techniques developed from the unhappy experiences of the Lean and Six Sigma ‘one fit for all’ solu-tions. Attendees will be shown how to optimise business and engineering processes to maximise operating profits. They will also learn how to analyse their own processes and to select the most effective solutions that will surely improve productivity.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

In engineering and maintenance since 1974, his career extends across original equipment manufacturing, beverage production, steel fabrication, indus-trial chemical manufacturing, quality management, project management, industrial asset management and industrial consulting and training. His spe-cialty is helping capital equipment intensive companies build sound business risk management practices, introduce world-class lean practices, develop ultra-high reliable enterprise asset management systems and instil the precision maintenance skills needed to continually improve plant uptime.
As a current maintenance, reliability, Lean Six Sigma and ISO 9001 quality system consultant, he continues to assist organisations such as BHP Billiton NickelWest, Smorgon Steel (now OneSteel), P&H MinePro, Barrick Mining, NewCrest Mining Imdex and State Energy Commission in improving equipment reliability. He is a consultant and trainer in Industrial Asset Management, Maintenance Management, Quality Management Systems and Lean Manufactur-ing. He held lecturing positions at Curtin University in Quality Management Systems and Manufacturing Management Systems. He held project engineering and maintenance management positions during his 8 years at the Swan Brewery. He held maintenance engineer and maintenance manager positions during his 10 years at Coogee Chemicals. In this role, he successfully introduced maintenance planning, condition monitoring and maintenance strategies that reduced production downtime and maintenance costs. He has authored numerous maintenance and industrial asset management publications and developed the www.feedforward.com.au UPTIME training series for chemical and process plants. His current programs for business – ‘The Accuracy Controlled Enterprise’ and ‘Change to Win Program’ – inculcate ultra-high reliability best practices into organisations within 100 days. He is a past Chairman of the WA Chapter of the Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia and is a confident and exciting presenter at Aus-tralian and international conferences and workshops.