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Services
Provided
Adamant Global is an Australian based management consulting
service committed to providing high quality business advice
and assistance that adds value to the performance of clients
in the Textile Industry.
Our Distinctive Competence is our ability
to provide client organisations with Strategic advice
on Operational issues and then work with
their people to achieve the successful implementation
of the strategies at the operational level.
Servicing all facets within the Textile Industry from Fibre
through Spinning, Weaving, Knitting, Dying, Printing, Finishing
and Cut Make & Trim, we provide independent, objective and
skilled support, to help progress initiatives aimed at improving
competitive performance, by assisting with:
Our thorough analytical abilities and practical orientation
are support by well structured and effective methodologies,
tools and techniques. These all have sound theoretical bases
and have been proven extensively over many client assignments.
All Adamant consultants have vast experience in major Australian
textile organisations.
Further Information
is also available.
Operations
Management
Operations Review and Improvement
An overall “diagnostic” review of operations
performance to assess performance vis-a-vis “best practices”,
to identify opportunities for improvement or simply to provide
a “health check” for the organisation to ensure
that standards of operation are being met. Specific areas
of focus can include benchmarking, quick response, production
management, maintenance management etc. and make use of computerised
operations modelling and optimisation techniques.
Cost Reduction Reviews
Similar in nature to our operations review approach, except
that the focus is on cost reduction. Includes detailed consideration
of direct and indirect costs, overhead cost effectiveness
and borrows heavily from activity based costing and business
analysis concepts to identify areas where significant cost
reductions can be achieved.
Generic Diagnostic Reports
(AusIndustry)
Several of our key consultants are fully trained and accredited
in the use of the Enterprise Review program, which is usually
required as a pre-requisite to obtaining AusIndustry funding.
Supply and Logistics Management
Assisting organisations establish and improve all aspects
of the customer value chain. Including distribution, warehousing,
supply and procurement management practices, policies and
systems.
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Quality,
Process Management and Continuous Improvement
Total Quality Management
(TQM)
We have a strong capability in helping organisations make
the transition to a quality based management approach in textile
manufacturing and processing organisations.
Our TQM capability includes:
- Senior Management and Executive awareness programs;
- Cost of Quality Surveys and Quality Diagnostics;
- Culture change management;
- Establishment of quality improvement teams;
- Awareness and skills training at all levels of the organisation;
- Statistical process control;
- Quality function deployment;
- Design of experiments;
- Overall implementation support and management;
- Advanced Quality Management tools and techniques.
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Human
Resource Management
Adamant Global can provide high quality business advice and
assistance that adds value to the performance of your best
asset, your people. We have extensive expertise in the human
resource and management functions including recruitment, employee
relations, training and development, project management and
implementation of Human Resource systems within organisations
at a national level.
With the tight laws and legislation surrounding equal employment
opportunity, discrimination and harassment, Adamant Global
can help you build awareness for your company to avoid being
liable. We help to provide workplace education on the issues
and challenges surrounding your people commencing with initial
induction programs. This assists with compliance of legislation
and avoidance of incidents.
We can guide and support you in all aspects of Human Resources.
Successful performance management and remuneration systems,
provide appropriate code of conduct for your organisation,
develop position descriptions, development initiatives and
develop human resource policies and procedures. We can also
assist you with the appropriate computer systems required
to record this information from developing core requirements,
selecting the appropriate system, testing, business analysis
and implementation of that system. Adamant Global aims to
establish and maintain effective work relationships, which
is integral to the development of your company.
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Recruitment
and Selection
The selection of a new team member is a major investment
for your organisation. Adamant Global believes it is critical
to the success of your organisation to develop and maintain
a selection system that yields solid returns.
Adamant Global aims to select and recruit the ‘right’
people for your organisation. We focus on interviewing for
competencies, skills and knowledge i.e. to what extent a person
can do the job but, we also look for people who are a good
cultural fit and ensure your prospective employee will be
long term ones.
We back up our advertising with our networks to locate the
‘right’ people. We focus on the motivational characteristics
or facets of the job and seek behavioural examples to clarify
the candidate’s motivations. Adamant Global use highly
structured interviews as a result of equal employment opportunity
and affirmative action requirements.
It is inherent in the recruitment and selection process that
we match your values and the targeting of people with the
ability to progress throughout your organisation. Attracting
and retaining key talent in your environment is of strategic
importance. Adamant Global realises this, and uses the latest
recruitment and selection tools to appoint the ‘right’
people to your organisation. Our services focus on attracting
and retaining the ‘right’ people to your organisation.
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Training
and Development
Adamant Global can help you to invest in the training and
development of your staff to ensure their skills match those
of your organisation. If your employees are to become effective
in performing the various tasks that make up their jobs and,
you wish to give them the opportunity to move along a career
path, training and development is necessary. Effective training
& development of your people will result in changes to
their attitudes, work habits, levels of performance and levels
of morale. As a result, turnover is reduced, self-confidence
increases in your people, errors decrease, production levels
increase and less supervision will be required.
Adamant Global offers a number of training courses to help
develop your staff. Our consultants are accredited to run
the Organisational Effectiveness Profiling (OEP) course, which
is a 3 stage, 5-step business improvement process. The on-line
OEP Effectiveness Measurement Diagnostic tool kit identifies
a comprehensive and cost-effective understanding of your organisation’s
key capability strengths and weaknesses. It is a powerful
diagnostic process that helps teams distinguish between real
and perceived issues, drawing out individual agendas, testing
organisational stories and assumptions… driving action
that finally resolves long standing issues.
We will set up the entire process for you so that you can
identify team weaknesses and strengths, establish key performance
indicator for the business, use the OEP as part of annual
planning, performance management, tracking and monitoring
progress.
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Adamant Global also offers virtual training through the provider
Web Train. There’s no need for the high cost and disruption
of employees travelling to seminars and corporate training
sessions. WebTrain allows companies to provide effective,
efficient training to their employees at a fraction of the
cost of training them offsite.On-line training decreases the
amount of time that key people are away from other responsibilities.
Participants can participate from their office, home or hotel
room.
Adamant Global can also offer customised training packages
specific to the needs of your organisation. We have qualified
trainers with extensive experience in developing a training
needs analysis and then designing the applicable program.
We will work with subject matter experts to ensure all programs
are technically accurate and develop effective evaluation
and assessment processes.
We have designed and facilitated change management workshops,
team build workshops, created self-paced training, designed
training of HR business rules and procedures, designed and
delivered organisational induction programs, management induction
programs and induction programs specific to departments and
business units.
Whatever your training needs, Adamant Global can offer you
a solution in order for you to fill specific skill gaps.
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Team
based approaches to Management
Team based approaches to business organisation
and problem solving is an area in which Adamant
Global has significant experience and expertise. We have advised
several major organisations and assisted with the implementation
of:
- Self-Directed Work Teams (also referred to as Semi-Autonomous
& Self Managed)
- Process and Quality Improved Teams
- In-Line Process Controls and Testing
- Quality Circles
Our capabilities in this area include:
- Advising and assisting Senior Management on implementation
and organisational strategies using teams;
- Team based management awareness and skills training for
senior executives; management, team leaders, Facilitators
and team members;
- Overall implementation facilitation and support (Mentoring).
Career Path Model Development
To support the changing roles and skills required in a team
based organisation, our skills matrix approach focuses on
developing Career Path Models for an organisation's workforce
aimed at ensuring that training, career progress and reward
systems reinforce and support achievement of the organisation's
business objectives. This can be used as an input to the Enterprise
Agreement process, which ensures that achievement of the desired
outcomes will be of benefit to both the organisation and its
workforce.
Managing Change
The effective management of change is a key issue for all
organisations today.
Our expertise at implementing change is based on our extensive
experience as change agents and Facilitators in almost all
of the assignments we are involved in. We can help identify
the driving and restraining forces for change and overcome
any resistance to ensure successful implementation.
Mentoring
Managing Change or stepping up to higher position can be
a daunting task even for the very experienced Supervisor /
Manager.
We believe that many within the Textile Industry gain promotions
because of their Technical expertise. The change in position
often means leaving their comfort zone and taking on Human
Resource and Administrative issues. Our expertise in both
technical and the "soft" management issues can ensure that
managers are equipped to tackle the daily operational tasks
and the HR issues that affect all managers.
Our HR specialist can consult working knowledge of core HR
products to your line managers, including performance management
systems, staff recruitment, employee development, performance
counselling and monitoring, training and development and workplace
relation issues.
Coping and getting into an effective routine can be difficult
especially in the first six to twelve months. Admission of
not coping can be seen as a weakness to the incumbent.
We can act as a Mentor, one on one in an non threatening
environment to coach the newly promoted person so that their
effectiveness in the new role is achieved much sooner.
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Asset
Management
Maintenance Management
ADAMANT's consultants have assisted some of Australia's largest
capital intensive companies with the implementation of improvements
to maintenance management practices. These principles hold
true for organisations in varied industries and sizes including
Textiles.
Our main capability is based on our strategic "business oriented"
(managed rather than fire-fighting) approach to the formulation
and implementation of maintenance strategies, systems and
procedures.
Our capability covers:
- Maintenance review and audit;
- Maintenance strategy formulation;
- Total Productive Maintenance;
- Maintenance management training;
- Maintenance systems and procedures;
- Maintenance budgeting and zero based budgeting;
- Computerised maintenance system implementation;
- Maintenance performance monitoring.
Maintenance Strategy
Our approach to maintenance is unique to maintenance strategy
in that it links maintenance strategy to overall business
strategy, asset capacity and configuration to determine the
optimum strategy from an overall business performance aspect.
Project Management
Our project management training and implementation support
has helped several client organisations establish effective
models for allocating capital funds at the corporate level,
conducting feasibility studies, project planning, project
execution, commissioning and post audit. Significant savings
have accrued through improved identification of value adding
projects and more effective management of the overall process
of bringing new capital on-line.
Our skills and knowledge will enable you to successfully
manage a project through all phases of the project life cycle
and achieve the stated project and business objectives for
that project.
Machinery Relocation/Re-building & General
Maintenance: Adamant’s consultants &
technicians have also project managed, dismantled and relocated
plant & machinery all around the world. Should you have
purchased second plant and hand machinery and need it dismantled,
relocated & re-commissioned, Adamant can manage the entire
project for you.
Supply and Logistics Management
Assisting organisations establish and improve all aspects
of the customer value chain, including distribution, warehousing,
supply and procurement management practices, policies and
systems. This is of particular interest to manufacturer's
interested in Quick Response.
Textile
Technician / Mechanic Training Programs
Through the Adamant WEBTRAIN facility opportunities exist
to develop on-line, self paced training programs for Technicians
and Mechanics on each specific type of machine in your machine
park. The benefits of this type of training are enormous particularly
with the ability to track times spent of each topic / module
and competency assessments. Everyone regardless of time is
trained using the same materials & information and is
not filtered nor corrupted by poor practices etc.
As well as technical training, we can also include in the
package sessions on mechanics taking ownership and responsibility
for their machine sets, efficiencies and maintenance.
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Interim
Management
Adamant Global also offers a Interim Management service, which
can cover sudden or unexpected absences; while restructuring
or recruitment takes place; or to oversee a change program
and train a suitable successor.
Our Technical expertise covers Spinning, Weaving Preparation,
Weaving, Knitting, Printing, Dying and Finishing. We can also
cover HR Management, Project Management, Training Management,
Purchasing and Marketing.
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Further
Information
As previously stated Our Distinctive Competence
is our ability to provide client organisations with Strategic
advice on Operational issues
and then work with their people to achieve successful
implementation of the strategies at the operational
level.
To this end we believe two-way communication is essential
for the success of any working relationship. With all of our
consultancy projects, regular reports to senior management
will ensure that the needs of the organisation are being met.
Regular meetings with resultant Action Plans are used to record
specific tasks, responsibilities for carrying out those tasks,
with agreed completion dates for those involved in the project.
Timetables are generally based on the needs and goals of
the organisation, which are established at the commencement
of a project and agreed to by all parties. Tight time frames
are often the norm.
Where possible we prefer to act as Facilitators to a project
team as this enhances the learning process, raises the level
of commitment to the project and is more cost effective for
you, the Client.
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