The Alabama Operations Management Institute (AOMI) is intended to raise the skills of business leadership in the state of Alabama, by providing training involving the role of a company's leadership in successfully implementing a sustainable production system. The one fundamental difference of the AOMI program versus other training is the Leadership Content.
AOMI participants first learn how to define a production system. A production system is defined as:
- Consistent use of standardized management concepts applied to all areas of the business with the ultimate target being a high quality/low cost product, when it is needed, in as short a time as possible.
- Attempts to simplify the business to allow greater involvement by ALL Team Members.
- Focuses on the elimination of waste (optimization of resources) in all parts of the business.
Characteristics of a production system include:
- Clean, well organized work places.
- Consistent use of standardized Management Principles, applied in all areas of the business.
- Common vocabulary and built-in Problem Solving Thought Process (PDCA).
- Exposes problems and waste, making them easy to see for opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Visually Managed/Focused on Inputs.
- Short feedback loops.
Operational Realities of a production system include:
- Increased demands on management time on the factory floor/real involvement.
- Very demanding on support departments.
- Timing is sacred – whatever it takes is only option.
- Problems are normal, but must create a higher level of intensity in ALL Team Members.
- Increased use of cross-functional teams/task forces.
- One Team/One Focus.
- Quick feedback.
AOMI focuses on the role of the leader in a production system. Some of the leadership points emphasized include:
- Cultural Development.
- Change yourself first.
- Be Consistent, Be Crystal Clear.
- Live your values daily.
- Ensure learning is done by DOING not listening.
- Promote problems as being normal / as opportunities to learn and coach.
- Lead with questions not answers.
- No “snap shot” assumptions.
- Teach the thought process… “thinking way”.
- Ask questions consistent with the standard problem solving process.
- Apply Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) to everything you do.
- Manage by Exception.
- Coach/Teach/Plan.
- Create a culture founded on Safety and Quality.
- Promote open communication and teamwork.
- Strive to simplify the business so ALL Team Members can participate.
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