Estie will be one of three presenters presenting a 3-hour Workshop titled: Messy to Ready: trust your data again!

Benefits of attending this Workshop:
1) Preparing data for analytics is hard, learn the recipe for getting your data ready for analysis and data science
2) Learn to transform any dataset from messy to ready that can be used to extract insights
3) Learn about truth before meaning and the role of ethics in data management
Requirements to attend this Workshop:

Delegates would need laptops with Excel and PowerBI pre-installed

Bio:

Estie Boshoff is a professionally registered Industrial Engineer with ECSA and works in the Data Management space, where she sees a need for more Industrial Engineering thinking, participation and contribution.

John Doran will be presenting a 3-hour Workshop titled: Leading for success in a Technically Based Business World: "Soft Skills for Tech'-Spec's"

Benefits of attending this Workshop:

Delegates attending will be exposed to learnings around understanding of the importance of softer skills in, and through Applied Leadership, understanding the difference between management and leadership and how, whilst quite different there is an interdependence, causes of mistrust in organisations, characteristics of people that inspire, how genuine leaders earn trust and respect, the “Cornerstone Conduct of Real Leaders”, looking at what Organisational Culture comprises of, understanding the importance of Organisational Culture in organisational performance, Culture and Strategy, Types of Organisational Culture, Culture and Motivation, Application of Power, elements making up Organisational Culture, Value(s) Based Leadership, the Four H’s of Leadership, the Trust Matrix, Coveys 4 Cores of Credibility™, Barrett’s Seven Levels of Leadership model, Barrett’s Seven Levels of Consciousness, Values, Culture and Motivation, Dysons Leadership Mirror, High Performance Leadership, Leading Successful Change, the Environment in which Change Occurs, The Challenge of Change, Change as a Journey, Appreciative Inquiry (AI), Tenets of Successful Change, integrating with current protocols in effecting change that is sustainable: i.e. that “sticks”, and Engaging Corporate Culture?

Bio:

A professionally Certified Mechanical Engineer and Technologist John also holds post graduate qualifications in Leadership, Asset Management and Training & Assessment. He offers extensive experience in leading service delivery, operations and maintenance activities and optimising asset contribution to business outcomes in large multi-facetted infrastructure and asset intensive businesses. Optimising asset performance has always been a primary focus and he has been able to apply this in leading operations and asset management on multi-billion dollar projects. John has led small specialised technical teams as well as large operational teams. He considers leadership as a critical operational and business success factor. His focus on optimising asset contribution to levels of service is born out of experience and single-point accountability based on integrating asset performance with business drivers and facilitating informed decision making. His work on asset whole-of-life performance resulted from being the “operator” and recipient of infrastructure, commissioned and handed over from the design and construct teams. This frequently resulted in what has been defined as “Value Leakage” and led him to deeper involvement in driving a more holistic approach to managing assets across all lifecycle phases, based on total lifecycle performance and cost of ownership. John now leads training courses across the globe and has published professional papers on Leadership, Service Levels, Asset Management, Leading Successful Change and Outsourcing/Privatisation of Public Sector Assets. His technical and leadership competence with many years of mentoring provides opportunity for imparting knowledge and capabilities to others.

Handré will be presenting a 3-hour Workshop titled: Introduction to Advanced Planning and Scheduling using Simio.

Benefits of attending this Workshop:

Learn about Advanced Planning and Scheduling using Simio
Understand the role a simulation based scheduling model plays and the core benefits of it
Understand how this approach differs from deterministic approaches
Understand the role and application of a digital twin
Learn how to use Simio to create next generation scheduling solutions

Attendees must have their own laptops. Simio Software will be installed.

Bio:

Handré Dreyer is a senior project manager specializing in simulation, scheduling and warehouse optimisation consulting. Handré is a business improvement expert with 12+ years of simulation, consulting and training experience.

Paul will be one of three presenters presenting a 3-hour Workshop titled: Messy to Ready: trust your data again!

Benefits of attending this Workshop:

1) Preparing data for analytics is hard, learn the recipe for getting your data ready for analysis and data science
2) Learn to transform any dataset from messy to ready that can be used to extract insights
3) Learn about truth before meaning and the role of ethics in data management

Requirements to attend this Workshop:

Delegates would need laptops with Excel and PowerBI pre-installed

Bio:

Paul Grobler is the founder of dataGambit and he is a Data Management and Software Development professional who has been practising in the Financial, Retail, Health, Telecommunications and Social Upliftment industries for over 20 years.

Ebert will be presenting a 3-hour Workshop titled: Productivity Management in a multidimensional hospitality environment

Summary of content and benefits of attending this Workshop:

Present a novel methodology. Total Productivity Management (TPMan) framework for application in the service environment with specific focus on a resort type enterprise in the hospitality environment. The framework is built on the foundations adapted from the Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM) methodology which aims to prevent breakdown and stoppage through preventative maintenance planning which builds 8 pillars on the 5S foundation. The TPMan framework substitutes equipment with employees and maintenance with management. This workshop shows the benefit of adopting a proven manufacturing methodology toward continuous improvement to be employed in the service industry, specifically the hospitality environment. Attendees will also benefit through gaining insight into the anomalies within the hospitality environment. Experience a new way of motivating and measuring staff in a complex hospitality environment.