About this Presentation
This presentation will show you how two-tier scheduling has been deployed at Worsley Alumina (an operation within South32) to deliver a revolution in work management in: 1. The medium-term planning: 2- 10 year horizon, including approvals, enabling programs, decarbonisation and other ESG imperatives 2. The capital portfolio, running >250 projects of varying sizes and complexity over the 2-year horizon 3. Major Maintenance (shuts) which works on a 3-year major equipment calendar in campaigns that last between 30 and 60 days. We will be looking at how the resource management side of employees and contractors can be used in a work is work paradigm that deploys resources in accordance with the principles of TOC and the 5 step FOCUS.
What Will You Learn
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Instructor(s)
David Hodes
David is CEO and Founder of Ensemble Consulting Group and will lead the Ensemble team for this engagement with Worsley. David is a qualified system thinker and practitioner and certified expert in the Theory of Constraints. David is the author of the book More Than Just Work – Innovations in Productivity to Inspire Your People and Uplift Performance. Since founding Ensemble in 2000, David has led his team in planning and executing the work of billions of dollars of engineering and business management projects in Tier-1 Australian companies in the mining, banking, construction, manufacturing, retail, and aviation industries. His work has enabled his clients to realise remarkable business value from his mission to relentlessly architect better ways to do better work.
Ms Alka Wadhwa
Alka Wadhwa is an experienced consultant and process improvement expert with over 24 years of expertise in the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Six Sigma, and organizational performance optimization. She has successfully led projects in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, driving significant improvements such as a 67% boost in hospital operations and a 140% increase in outpatient visits.
Previously, Alka Wadhwa spent 17+ years at GE Global Research Center, where she led initiatives to enhance various GE businesses through advanced technologies, process redesign, and system optimization. Founder of Better Solutions Consulting, LLC, she specializes in using TOC, Six Sigma, and data analytics to streamline operations and build high-performance teams.
Her work has earned her multiple accolades, including the Empire State Award of Excellence in healthcare.
Dr Gary Wadhwa
Dr. Gary Wadhwa is a Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience in the field. He completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and has served as an Attending at prestigious institutions like St. Peters Hospitals, Ellis Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital in NY. With a career spanning over two decades, he was the former CEO and President of a group specialty practice in NY from 1994 to 2015. Dr. Wadhwa holds an MBA from UT at Knoxville, TN, and has undergone additional training in System Dynamics at MIT, Health System Management at Harvard Business School, and Entrepreneurship and healthcare innovations at Columbia Business School. Committed to expanding access to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery care, he is currently engaged in a meaningful project to provide healthcare services to underserved populations in inner city and rural areas through non-profit Community Health Centers.