This Operations Strategy for Leaders training course is a transformative experience designed to equip executives and leaders with the strategic insights and skills needed to optimize organizational operations. Delegates will gain a competitive edge by mastering operational excellence, aligning strategies, fostering innovation, and driving sustainable practices.
This Energy Training Centre training course will highlight
- Strategic decision-making in operations
- Aligning operations with business goals
- Designing process and layout
- Managing lean, inventory and agile operations
- Managing process experience and quality management
- Driving innovation and technology adoption
- Building a culture of continuous improvement
At the end of this Operations Strategy for Leaders training course, you will learn to:
- Develop and implement strategic operational decisions.
- Align operational goals with overall business strategy.
- Drive innovation and effectively adopt technology.
- Manage the operating system with strategic fit.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Our engaging training methodology combines lectures, interactive discussions, practical exercises and 'learning by doing' activities, providing executives with a dynamic and immersive learning experience.
The Organization will have the following benefits:
- Enhanced strategic decision-making capabilities.
- Improved alignment of operations with business goals.
- Increased integration of innovation and technology.
- Fostering culture of continuous improvement.
- Recognizing crucial issues in overseeing operational change by managing the transitions that impact both processes and individuals.
- Utilizing a variety of analytical methods to enhance the management of operations and the supply chain.
- Formulating a consistent approach to analyze particular aspects of a company's performance, aiming for operational improvement.
At the end of this Operations Strategy for Leaders training course, the participants will gain the following:
- Enhanced strategic decision-making skills
- Ability to align personal goals with organizational strategy
- Proficiency in driving innovation and technology adoption
- Leadership in fostering a culture of continuous improvement
This Operations Strategy for Leaders training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Executives and Senior Managers
- Operations Directors, HR and cross functional team leaders
- Business owners
- Strategic Planners
- Business Analysts
- Operations Improvement Managers and team leaders
Day One: Foundations of Operations Strategy
- Operations Strategy – definition, characteristics, and challenges
- The new operations agenda
- The operational contribution to strategy
- Operations performance
- Aligning Operations with business goals and market needs – recognizing trade offs
- Key decisions area - utilizing Gemba Walks for operational insights
Day Two: Process Design, Process Layout and Capacity Management
- Runners, repeaters & strangers
- Process design and layout for volume and variety
- Process technology and AI
- People and processes
- Capacity management
- The bottleneck
- The coping zone
Day Three: Lean, Inventory and Agile Operations and Projects
- Inventory management
- TPS (Toyota Production System)
- Lean operations
- Value Stream Mapping
- Waste identification
- Agile operations
- Agile projects
Day Four: Quality Management
- Quality management
- Process experience
- Service blueprint
- Service quality gap
- Process analysis
- Common techniques for process improvement / problem analysis
Day Five: Change Leadership and Sustainable Improvement
- Change Leadership
- Measuring and communicating executive impact for ongoing improvement
- Sustainability as a value creation
- Risk analysis