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April 2012

Reliable Manufacturing Announces the Next Operations Excellence Master Class

Change management consultancy, Reliable Manufacturing is holding its next Operations Excellence Master Class on 19 June 2012, at Thistle Hotel, Middlesbrough. The one-day event is designed to equip leaders in manufacturing and distribution with the operations excellence and reliability principles to improve business performance. The Master Class, jointly led by Andrew Fraser, Managing Director of Reliable Manufacturing (RM), and principal consultant Ron Moore, will explore the strategies and practices that underpin some of the worlds best manufacturing and distribution companies. Through inspiring case studies, attendees will see how the worlds best operations achieve maximum production capacity, and will have the opportunity to benchmark their own plants capabilities against best-in-class. As businesses are met with the conflicting challenge of reducing costs and simultaneously driving business efficiency, the Master Class will show how market leaders achieve low cost performance not through cost cutting, but through relentless pursuit of defect elimination, asset productivity and workforce engagement. Fraser, who has over 30 years experience in Maintenance, Operations and Change Management roles and specialises in helping clients change from reactive to proactive operating cultures, says: The biggest challenge businesses face when implementing Operations Excellence, is bringing with it the required cultural change. But, like most big changes, the key is to break it down into a series of small tasks. The Master Class offers practical advice on how to align leadership to a common strategy and engage the whole organisation by driving change through small improvements. Principal Consultant Ron Moore is an internationally recognised authority on Reliability and Operations Excellence. He is author of books, Making Common Sense Common Practice and What Tool? When? - A management guide for selecting the right Manufacturing Improvement Tools. John Brady, Infrastructure Supervisor at SembCorp, who attended a recent RM Master Class. The highlight of the class for me was the enthusiasm, professionalism and inspiration of the presenters. Ron and Andrew are clearly very knowledgeable and experienced; they both have credibility and passion for subject. The fee for a delegate to attend the event is 695 +VAT. For more details and to book online visit www.reliable-manufacturing.com or contact Andrew Fraser on +44 (0) 7967 644852.

Notes to editors About Reliable Manufacturing

Reliable Manufacturing is a reliability-based change management consultancy, helping global clients from a wide variety of industrial sectors realise superior business results. We are specialists in delivering performance improvement through the implementation of operations and maintenance best practices, which facilitate organisational cultural change. Our pragmatic approach delivers improved asset availability, reduced operating costs, improved HSE performance and increased employee motivation and satisfaction. Change is delivered through tailored programmes, and we work at all levels of client organisations to equip the leadership and engage staff in the practices, systems and behaviours that assure outstanding operational performance.

More information
Andrew Fraser Reliable Manufacturing andrew.fraser@reliable-manufacturing.com www.reliable-manufacturing.com

Steve Lipscombe RONIN Marketing Limited +44 (0) 20 3326 5040 stevel@roninmarketing.co.uk www.roninmarketing.co.uk