Day 1
08:30 - Day 1
08:30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00 CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Ian Joesbury, Chair Management Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
PHILOSOPHIES OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
09:15 OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: NOW AND THE FUTURE
Professor Rajkumar Roy, Director of Manufacturing, Manufacturing Department Director, The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Through-life Engineering Services (EPSRC-TES Centre) Director, Operations Excellence Institute (OPEX-Institute)
9:45 SIX SIGMA
GE/UTC (Invited)
• An introduction to the six sigma tool set
• Improving your output quality in an engineering environment
• Linking objectives to current processes to enhance productivity and reduce defects
10:15 LEAN MANUFACTURING: REDUCING COST WHILST GAINING PERFORMANCE
Luke Firth, Managing Director, Firth Improvement
• The basic principles of the lean manufacturing philosophy
• Putting it into context in a complex technical environment
• Overcoming the challenges by implementing bespoke steps to boost performance
10:45 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
11:15 SUPPORTING DIFFERENT CULTURES TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE
Yr Gunnarsdottir, Continuous Improvement and Process Leadership, Royal Dutch Shell
• Shell’s commitment to its global Process Leadership network
• Learning from cultural experience to show best practice
• Embedding a universal framework for continuous improvement
11:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: METHODOLOGY OR TECHNOLOGY
David Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, Meggitt
• Driving improvement through technology and process change
• Empowering employees – From the factory to the board room
• Managing change – it’s really quite simple
12:15 CASE STUDY: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR POWER GENERATION
Andrew Hulance, Head of Engineering and Support Services, Infinis
• Optimising the reliability of biogas and onshore wind
• Ensuring optimal compliance with environmental regulations
• Investing in a Logistics Headquarters to monitor performance and compliance
12:45 NETWORKING LUNCH
MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
13:45 Manufacturing Operations Management
Andrew Peters, Managing Director, Siemens
• Understanding the methodologies for end-to-end process optimisation
• Identifying collaboration capabilities to ease manufacturing processes
• The growing role of digital manufacturing as a solution to optimisation
14:15 INDUSTRY 4.0: HOW GREAT AN IMPACT WILL THIS REVOLUTION HAVE ON OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE?
Lina Huertas, Technology Manager, Manufacturing Technology Centre
• Technology’s role in the next industrial revolution
• Priority areas and applications
• Evolving manufacturing processes to sustain an increase in demand
14:45 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
15:15 PANEL SESSION
An opportunity to discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing technology to boost performance with leading industry experts.
Questions to consider:
• Does the financial investment outweigh the benefits?
• What are the challenges of integrating technology to support product manufacture?
• Is the role of technology in operational excellence going to continue to increase over the coming decade?
15:45 THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION
Professor Phil Webb, Deputy Director EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation, Cranfield University
• The evolution of intelligent automation and where it currently fits in the enhancement of overall performance
• Increasing competitiveness through high productivity levels, whilst reducing costs
• The benefits of intelligent automation in a complex technical environment
16:15 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
Terence Watson, Chair, Rail Supply Group
16:45 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
17:00 END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE
DRINKS RECEPTION
Day 2
08:30 - Day 2
08:30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00 CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Philippa Oldham, Head of Manufacturing and Transport, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
SUPPLY CHAIN AND PROCUREMENT
09:15 UNDERSTANDING THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND ASSOCIATED COSTS
Roy Williams, Managing Director, Vendigital
• Identifying areas for improvement in existing supply chains
• Does geography play a role?
• Creating a procurement and supply chain road map
09:45 SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE
Mark Bryan, Senior Supply Chain consultants, KPMG
10:15 PANEL SESSION: HOW DO YOU CONSOLIDATE A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN?
• The challenges of a global supply chain
• Ensuring best practice can be applied in all areas of the supply chain
• Meeting the end objectives to sustain overall performance
10:45 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:15 CASE STUDY: ESTABLISHING A STRATEGY FOR THE RAIL INDUSTRY
Terence Watson, Chairman, Rail Supply Group
• The requirements for an industry strategy
• Operational excellence considerations
• The future UK rail supply chain
11:30 DELIVERING LASTING RESULTS
David Jacquemont, Head Operation Service Europe and Sebastian Maurus, Expert Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co
• Implementing a ‘best practice’ culture
• Embedding specialists to support the transition
• Establishing a way of working that drives success
12:00 QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION
12:20 NETWORKING LUNCH
13:20 ROUNDTABLES: THE INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
The UK is a global leader in the field of operational excellence but as companies seek to expand and improve their global output, international approaches to OPEX come into play.
Delegates will be divided into four Round Tables and discuss the following points:
• How is operational excellence viewed internationally?
• Apart from the UK which other countries can be seen as OPEX leaders?
• Should culture be a consideration in an OPEX strategy?
Luke Firth, Managing Director, Firth Improvement
Ian Joesbury, Chair Management Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Geir Ivar Einset, Independent Consultant (Ex RUUKKI and SSAB)
14:00 ROUNDTABLE FEEDBACK SESSION
An opportunity for each table to offer a summary of the points that were discussed. There will be an opportunity for questions and comments from attendees. Each table facilitator will formulate a summary document that will be sent to all attendees.
14:20 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
GLAXOSMITHKLINE PHARMA CASE STUDY
14:50 OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS (OEE)
Chris Hurst, Head of Compliance and Operational Engineering GMS Engineering Services, GlaxoSmithKline
• The challenges of operational excellence from a global perspective
• Sustaining engineering competence across the global supply chain
• The role of technology in improving performance and productivity
15:20 EFFECTIVE EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY IN FMCG
Marcus Vallance, Production Operations Engineer, GSK and Alicia Sanchez Espin
Reliability Engineer, Production Engineering, Manufacturing, GSK
• Current reliability initiatives
• Application to different production areas and maturity levels
• Key Performance Indicators – how to measure reliability
15:50 WORKFORCE EMPOWERMENT
Robert Hayes, SeerPharma (UK)
• Identifying the key factors that would drive successful change
• Understanding and explaining the route map to achieve change
• Engaging the workforce
• Redefining roles and responsibilities within the organisation
• Measuring and rewarding success
16:20 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
16:30 END OF CONFERENCE