Introduction

Organisations must continuously improve their performance to remain competitive, meet customer expectations, and achieve long-term growth objectives. Rising operational costs, increasing complexity, and evolving market demands require leaders to adopt structured approaches that improve efficiency while sustaining quality and value creation.

Improving Operational Performance and Productivity training course develops practical tools and techniques to enhance efficiency, eliminate waste, improve productivity, and strengthen organisational performance.

This training course provides participants with proven methodologies for performance analysis, process improvement, problem-solving, operational excellence, and change implementation. Participants will gain valuable capabilities that enable them to identify opportunities, optimise resources, and deliver meaningful improvements across their organisations.

Key focus areas of this Improving Operational Performance and Productivity training course include:

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Improving Operational Performance and Productivity training course, participants will be able to:

Training Methodology

This training course combines expert-led instruction, interactive learning, group discussions, practical exercises, applied scenarios, and real-world examples. Participants apply operational improvement tools, analytical techniques, and process optimisation methods to practical situations that strengthen workplace performance and productivity outcomes.

Improving Operational Performance and Productivity

Who Should Attend?

This Improving Operational Performance and Productivity training course is designed for:

  • Operations Managers
  • Department Managers
  • General Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Production Managers
  • Process Improvement Managers
  • Continuous Improvement Specialists
  • Operational Excellence Managers
  • Team Leaders
  • Engineering Managers
  • Engineers
  • Manufacturing Managers
  • Performance Managers
  • Business Improvement Professionals
  • Process Engineers

Course Outline

Day 1

Performance Improvement Drivers and Enablers

  • What drives and what enables performance improvement?
  • Your Organisation’s Performance Improvement Goals
  • World-class Improvement Tools
  • Discovering Improvement Opportunities through Observation and Effective Questioning
  • Quantifying Performance Improvement Opportunities
  • Reducing Cycle Times and Increasing Throughput
Day 2

Collecting, Analyzing and Presenting Performance Data

  • Optimizing Prime Movers
  • Removing Bottlenecks
  • Collecting Data on Current and Potential Performance
  • Aligning Objectives, Measures and Targets to Organizational Strategy
  • Analyzing Performance Data and Presenting it in a Compelling Way
  • The 5S Performance Improvement Approach
Day 3

Delivering Improvement Programmes

  • Spaghetti Diagrams
  • Pareto Analysis and the 80:20 Rules
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Facilitating Problem Solving Sessions
  • Creating Improvement Plans and Steering Improvement Programmes
  • Identifying and Eliminating Delays
  • Capturing Savings
  • Introduction to Process Mapping
Day 4

Process Re-engineering

  • The Principles of Process Mapping and Process Re-engineering
  • End-to-End Process Improvement
  • Improving Organization Structure
  • Apply Process Mapping and Re-engineering to One of Your Processes
  • Outsourcing Decisions - Guidelines to Ensure Success
  • The 7 Wastes
Day 5

Implementing Change

  • The Change Questionnaire
  • Why people avoid or oppose change?
  • Practical Strategies for Leading People through Change
  • Opening the Door to Change - Addressing the 5 Forces of Change
  • How to deliver the change required to improve performance in your organization?
  • Review

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FAQs

Operational performance improvement helps organisations increase efficiency, reduce unnecessary costs, improve customer satisfaction, and enhance overall business results. By streamlining processes and eliminating waste, organisations can achieve higher productivity while maintaining quality and service standards.

Participants explore a variety of proven techniques and methodologies, including process mapping, root cause analysis, Pareto analysis, 5S principles, bottleneck identification, performance measurement systems, process re-engineering approaches, and structured improvement planning methods.

The training course provides participants with practical frameworks for observing processes, analysing performance data, measuring productivity, mapping workflows, and identifying delays, waste, and non-value-adding activities. These techniques help organisations focus improvement efforts where they will have the greatest impact.

Successful improvement initiatives require people to embrace change. The course examines common barriers to change, strategies for building engagement, methods for managing resistance, and approaches for creating support for performance improvement initiatives throughout the organisation.

This course is particularly valuable for operations managers, department managers, project managers, engineers, team leaders, process improvement professionals, operational excellence specialists, manufacturing managers, and individuals responsible for improving organisational performance and productivity.

Participants will gain practical skills to analyse performance, optimise processes, reduce cycle times, eliminate waste, improve productivity, and lead operational improvement programmes. These capabilities can help organisations achieve sustainable efficiency gains, stronger performance outcomes, and long-term competitive advantage.

GRC Academy training courses are delivered in leading international business destinations, including London, Amsterdam, and Dubai. Sessions are hosted in carefully selected four- and five-star business hotels with professional meeting facilities that support focused learning, interaction, comfort, and confidentiality.

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GRC Academy provides both online and in-person options for all our training courses. Participants may join interactive virtual sessions or attend scheduled courses in major international locations, allowing them to select the option that best suits their professional commitments and availability.

GRC Academy develops customised in-house training courses that address each organisation’s strategic priorities, operational environment, and workforce capability requirements. Our team works closely with clients to tailor the course content, learning outcomes, and practical emphasis.

These tailored courses are designed to strengthen organisational capability, improve team performance, and support measurable and sustainable outcomes. For customised in-house training enquiries, please contact the GRC Academy Customer Service team at [email protected]

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