About this Presentation
It has been demonstrated that low organizational productivity stems from a variety of root causes such as poor project due date performance, prolonged lead times, de-scoped or cancelled projects, and cost and budget overruns. At the same time there are task overloads, poor coordination, severe and chronic multitasking, unclear and conflicting priorities as well as very complex processes. These problems lead to overloaded resources, burn-out and high turnover levels, causing general dissatisfaction, high stress levels, the general feeling of dissatisfaction and low morale of civil servants. Governments worldwide are beginning to see that leading management methodologies, which helped some innovative organizations develop effective solutions, can now produce the results that taxpayers are demanding. Today’s leading performance improvement methodologies are Lean (a systematic approach to eliminate waste), six sigma (a rigorous, data-driven process to eliminate defects), and constraints management (a.k.a. theory of constraints – a breakthrough methodology to identify and manage a system’s constraints). Proper integration of these methodologies results in a very structured, focused approach to process and performance improvement with system-level impact. Constraints management provides the missing element of where to focus improvements which is critical to maximizing the return on investment. In fact, the integration of lean and six sigma with constraints management often yields 10 to 20 times greater returns than by implementing lean and six sigma in isolation.
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Instructor(s)
Bahadir Inozu, Ph.D
Dr. Baha Inozu is the cofounder and CEO of Sharp Focus, Inc., and a faculty member at the University of Southern California. He has collaborated with more than forty organizations to improve performance and reliability across a range of sectors. Internationally recognized for his expertise in system reliability and performance improvement, Dr. Inozu specializes in integrating leading methodologies to achieve high-impact outcomes. He currently supports the SafeMTS project as a Subject Matter Expert and contributes to the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) for the U.S. Navy.
His research centers on identifying and applying best practices from high-risk industries to advance safety and reliability. He is the co-author of High Reliability for a Highly Unreliable World. Previously, he served as CEO of NOVACES and as Chairman of the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of New Orleans.