SHORT COURSES

Strengthening your Management Operating System: The Key to Resolving Daily Tonnage Shortages, Equipment Availability Issues, and Other Operational Challenges

HALF DAY08:00 to 12:00

Level: Introductory

Facilitators: David Truchot, President, Veltiosis Consulting LLC

Management Operating Systems (or MOS) are not well understood, and this course aims to share our expertise and some of the key tools to start identifying gaps and missing links that slow your organization’ successes and launch sustainable correction action plans.  We will review with you best practices that are in use in the pits or in maintenance workshops and share some of this insider knowledge so you can start optimizing your operations.

Some of the key tools we will review are: Leader Standard Work, Short Interval Controls, DWOR (Daily Weekly Operating Reports), Skills Flex Matrices, Variance Reports, Robust Action Logs, and Root Cause Corrective Action tools & processes (RCCA). 

We will provide you with a critical approach and a proven suite of tools that are used underground, in daily production meetings, at dispatch, or in maintenance workshops, day in / day out.  We will also share with you some of the pitfalls and strategies to ensure your changes are sustainable.

The course materials are based on years of analysis, design and sustainable implementation of robust Management Operating Systems at various production facilities or maintenance organizations in many industries across the world (Mining, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Pulp & Paper and Aerospace).

Short Course Objectives:

  • Learn what are the key components of a Management Operating System

  • Use tools right away to identify key gaps in your organization

  • Review 7 practical tools that are used in operations / maintenance

  • Identify the limits of IT Systems over behaviors

  • Understand the 3 components of change (process/system/behavior)

  • Learn how to make change sustainable (understand why change fails)

  • Prevent Recurring Issues & Control Costs

Target Audience:

Mine Managers, Plant Managers, Operations Managers, Supervisors, Continuous Improvement Managers, Maintenance Managers, Maintenance Superintendents, Drilling Contractors, Mining Contractors, Ramping Up Mine Managers, Open Pit / Underground Mining Operations & Maintenance Management

About the instructors:

David has been in consulting for more than 20 years; he has delivered sustainable management operating systems at more than 30 mines and manufacturing plants worldwide. His specialty is in designing sustainable tools and implementing change that are simple but that yield sustainable operational results, in the field, with your teams. He holds a Six Sigma Green Belt and speaks French, English and Spanish.

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