Alabama Operations Management Institute

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The Alabama Operations Management Institute (AOMI) is intended to raise the skills of Operational Management in the state of Alabama, by providing training involving the role of a company’s process leadership in successfully implementing a sustainable production system.  The one fundamental difference of the AOMI program versus other training is the Management/Leadership Content.

AOMI focuses on the role of the leader in an operating 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.

AOMI participants learn how to define an operating system. An operating 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 Member.Focuses on the elimination of waste (optimization of resources) in all parts of the business.