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Vol 28 - No 04 - May 2002 Report on Fundamentals Of Operations Management held on 5th March 2002 Attended by almost 70 delegates, the seminar held on 5th March was aimed at either the newcomer to the area of operations management or people involved in related disciplines with an insight into the tools and techniques. The first speaker, Guy Dunkerley from IMI Norgen, started at the beginning of the process with a simple, logical explanation of forecasting and demand management. He used his experience to take us through Who, When, What and How and as a final thought, Guy closed with the point that 'not to forecast is a forecast in itself'. Tony Wild from Midas Consultancy then covered stock management. Tony coped well with the temperamental hardware to cover the three key areas of making stock records accurate, structuring the stock holding and calculating stock levels. Scheduling, capacity planning and engineering change was covered by Dominic Rowley from Pitney Bowes. His first presentation at an external event was well delivered, as he followed the master production schedule through rough cut capacity planning to detailed production scheduling and finished up with how engineering change can influence the planning process. Then using a bottle of paracetamol as an example, Mervyn Deighton from Boots Contract Manufacturing gave an excellent overview of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII). With a practical, hands-on approach, he took the delegates through the planning cycle and finished his presentation with reference to the keys to success of data and operation disciplines and key performance measures. A very different presentation followed on lean manufacturing, where Derek Flanagan used the experience of his company, Varian Medical Systems, to explain the implementation of lean and agile principles in an organisation. Derek had started the process in 1985 and he had a lot of material to cover,taking the group through the specifics of Kanbans, mass customisation, value-managed relationships and e-Business. However,his practical tyle was easy to follow and some useful learning points were conveyed. The final presentation took us on a virtual tour of the factory that makes 'virtually the best lawn-mower in the world'. Peter Catton,the Virtual Managing Director of ROMEtex, conducted the tour personally and discussed the issues that have been seen on the factory and the actions that have been taken to resolve them. The speakers gave the audience a useful overview of operations management tools and techniques,illustrated by real life examples, and also challenged the group with some conflicting thoughts - for example should inventory storage be open or closed? Despite being targeted at those new to the profession or in associated disciplines, the event also attracted many senior managers who found it a little too basic for their personal needs. However, the Institute intends to respond to these delegates by offering a future event on Advanced Fundamentals! Elizabeth Clark ,MIOM Related Topics:
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