(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) hosted its latest Lean continuous improvement session with a visit by the Minister of Manpower (MoM) H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah al Bakri and his leadership team to the company's headquarters.
Around 30 delegates attended the full day engagement to raise awareness and understanding on how to drive continuous improvement, streamline processes and reduce waste in their own workplaces.
The attendees were briefed on PDO's Lean Transformation success journey and how Continuous Improvement and the Lean programme have been enormous enablers to succeed in implementing challenging strategies.
During their visit, the MoM team learnt about Lean principles, methodologies tools and how PDO has applied this across its operation.
They also received an insight in to the required cultural transformations to sustain the improvement changes and to oversee best practices on business efficiency and increasing productivity.
'I would like to thank Petroleum Development Oman for hosting the ministry's officials and employees. We are here today to learn about PDO's Lean experience and implementation phases. Lean is an excellent programme and can be useful for our services. The ministry will definitely benefit from such an experience. We aim to replicate this know-how across our services but patience is necessary. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a step. So, congratulations for your successful achievements and we wish you all the best,' said H E Bakri.
PDO has championed the Lean philosophy since 2009 as a way of driving greater efficiency. PDO people and change director Ibtisam al Riyami, who is leading the Lean and Continuous Improvement change programme, said, 'We were delighted to host the Ministry of Manpower visit and to explain why in a world of limited resources and a challenging business environment, adopting the Lean methodology as part of daily activities is key to achieving efficient and effective operations for any organisation.'
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