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8th July 2010
Business Improvement Techniques & Case Study
& Summer BBQ
Date: Thursday 8th July 2010
Time: 18:00 to 21:00
Venue: University of Wolverhampton, Compton Park Campus
Compton Road West, Wolverhampton. WV3 9DX
Parking: Venue car park
Sponsored by: The Collaborative Working Centre Ltd http://www.cwcltd.biz
Sponsored by: The University of Wolverhampton http://www.wlv.ac.uk/
Presented By - CWC, Wolverhampton Homes and ROK
Speakers - Neil Jarrett - CWC
Shaun Aldis - Wolverhampton Homes
Gavin Fraser - ROK
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There will be a BBQ and bar after the presentation.
The Collaborative Working Centre Ltd (CWC) was created in November 2001 by the University of Warwick. With the help of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) funding and under the auspices of the Design Build Foundation, CWC evolved to take forward learning on Integrated Supply Chains and Collaborative Working that had arisen from a number of 'Egan - orientated' projects. These projects involved such clients including local authorities, housing associations, health trusts and central government.
CWC bring about improvements in business methods, processes and systems. They have been working both with Wolverhampton Homes and ROK and these 3 organisations will be sharing their business improvement knowledge and lessons with you.
Neil will be considering the current economic climate, its impact and the blockers it presents for improvement. He will outline the steps CWC believe can be taken to mitigate the effect of the cost cutting we all face.
Shaun has been responsible for applying lean construction techniques to the Decent Homes programme to improve service to tenenats through improvement in efficieny rather than through cuts in service. Wolverhampton Homes have had some terrific results - the construction workforce reduced around 12% whilst the time to work on a typical property has been reduced by 40%.
Shaun will discuss Scenario planning and value engineering, how he has worked with Trades people and partners. How he has used the information available to inform and direct asset planning and management. How understanding and looking at whole life cost can have huge impacts on cost. The task of shaping organisations, services and budgets to the new reality is both hard and pressing and Shaun will tell us that he and his team have worked out better and smarter ways of getting things done, he says that "In times of diminishing revenue/capital funds and increased demand, resource allocation becomes even more difficult. We believe the efficiency drive and the achievement to ration scarce resources in a way which fulfils the needs of many, and is seen as ultimately fair by all is now becoming a reality".
Gavin Fraser is Business Development Director for the National Housing Team in ROK. Gavin will outline how taking a collaborative and Lean approach to delivering projects working closely with client teams has brought benefits to ROK as a commercial company
Following the presentations we will be treated to our summer BBQ in the grounds of Compton Park Campus.
It is intended that (subject to numbers) this event will be free of charge for everyone. It will be free of charge for University and College students.
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