Jason Peters: Production Standards Manager & Chantelle Webb: Production Controller at De Beers Sightholder Sales SA, did a presentation at ODI’s conference – celebrating 30 years of operations excellence, held on the 29th August 2019 at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. The topic of their presentation was:
“Benefits of using Blended e-Learning in your Operations Excellence Implementation”
Jason and Chantelle shared DBSSSA’s Operations Excellence journey and how key people in their organisation, are involved in the National Certificate in Productivity (NQF5 ID49793). Click here to view the album: e-Learning NQF5 National Certificate in Productivity, DBSSSA & Huibie Jones.
Jason started the presentation and gave an overview of DBSSSA:
- The business is based in Kimberley with a sales office in Johannesburg.
- Established in 1972.
- Clean, Sort, Value and Sell De Beers Consolidated Mines SA diamond production.
- Employ 137 individuals.
DBSSSA approached ODI to become one of the key partners on their road to Operational Excellence. Building OE capacity is a critical pillar to their OE strategy. They decided that the Productivity Learnership offered by ODI was a perfect fit to equip all leaders with the required OE skills. Click here to read more about this qualification.
The Modules covered in the certificate include:
Chantelle then gave an overview of how the Productivity Learnership is done. Chantelle and her colleagues do:
- Contact sessions (face-to-face).
- Online Quizzes.
- Online Audio Content.
- Online Chat platforms.
- Online submission of practical activities.
They found that:
- The site is user friendly.
- Accessing the site is easy.
- The framework is trendy and nifty.
- The Modules only unlock when the study school is scheduled.
- You cannot access the next chapter unless you complete the current activity.
- The online chat allows them to sit as a team, and chat with the lecturer.
Benefits of this programme include:
- Learnership allows for immediate improvement.
- Traditional learning does not allow for practical implementation in the workplace.
- The learnings need to be implemented in the workplace, before submitting your practical assignment.
- Modules link with company strategy for Operational Excellence.
- Tools and techniques are relevant and easy to use.
Chantelle shared success stories in term of:
Module 2: Goal Alignment
Module 3: Efficient Workplace Organisation.
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Module 4: Teamwork
Chantelle encouraged everybody to take up the challenge to learn more, and to always implement what you are learning!
To read more about the speaker presentations at our recent ODI conference where we celebrated 30 years of Operational Excellence, click on the following links:
- Len Hansen – Consultant at Astral Operations, presented: “My Journey with Organisational Development International (ODI) since 1991.”
- Esbe du Toit: Organisational Improvement Manager at Wispeco Aluminium, presented: “Celebrating Innovation … A snapshot of our journey towards world-class.”
- Theo van Strijp: Managing Director at GFC, presented: “Grain Field Chickens: Road to Excellence Award.”
- Forona Stephens: Human Resources Business Partner at GWK and her topic of discussion was: “Think Big, Start Small, Unlock Excellence.”
- Wouter Olivier Managing Director of Sondor Performance Foams, presented: “People are the Foundation to Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement.”
- Moemedi Merafhe: Strategy & Business Improvement Manager, Debswana Diamond Company and he spoke about : “MBA Lean Implementation Journey”
- Nikki Moodley: Operations Improvement Executive, Astral Foods and her topic of discussion was “20 Keys… The Astral Way.”
- Doug February – General Manager at Nampak, presented “Operational Excellence … Good to Great”
- Lapologang Laps Letshwenyo: Business Improvement Coordinator at Morupule Coal Mine in Botswana, presented “MCM Lean Journey – Current status, successes and way forward”
Author: Huibie Jones