Just-In-Time Training Programs
Today's challenging economy has placed enormous demands on senior managers to improve the performance of their workplaces and operations. They are now being forced to lower costs, improve resource utilization and increase productivity. Employeees must learn continuously and expediently apply new methods to improve the return on facility assets and resources.
Sievert offers customized education and training workshops on a variety of subjects. Lectures and workshops have been presented for professional groups including the Project Management Institute, American Management Association, Chicago Bar Association, International Facility Management Association, Association for Facilities Engineering (formerly AIPE), Printing Industries of America, and the Society of the Plastics Industry. Companies such as Motorola, Ameritech/SBC/AT&T, United States Cellular, and C.R. Industries to name a few …have benefited from Sievert's customized education programs.
We offer practical solutions to problems, not textbook theory. Participants learn "on-the-job" by applying techniques on "live" projects that they select from current business situations. Emphasis on "learning by doing" and immediate application of techniques to specific and productive work assignments results in a high return on investment from training programs.
About Your Instructor
As President of The Sievert Group, Inc. Rick Sievert, Ph.D. has over 20 years of experience providing consulting and training services to senior executives from some of the world's most respected companies. He is also author of the highly acclaimed book, Total Productive Facilities Management. He holds a doctorate in engineering from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in construction management from The University of Oklahoma. His other credentials include Certified Project Management Professional, Certified Cost Consultant, Certified Value Specialist, and Certified Facility Manager. Rick Sievert also taught as an adjunct professor in DeVry Institute of Technology’s Master of Project Management Program where he developed and taught the Project Planning course. He also was an adjunct faculty instructor at Kendall College's School of Business where he developed and taught a course called “Design as a Competitive Edge”. Please contact Rick Sievert directly about ways that seminars, workshops, and studies can be customized to address your specific needs.
To the right are selected examples of speaking engagements and teaching experience:
”Design and Operations Management”
Design as a Competitive Edge. Developed and taught full semester course on design of products and services for Kendall College undergraduate business majors.
Value Engineering: A Five-Step Plan to Improve Corporate Competitiveness and Increase Profits, Presented at the Printing Industries of America Presidents Conference, Ko Olina Kapolei, Oahu, HA.
Re-Engineering Your Production Plant for Profit. Presented at the Printing Industries of America Presidents Conference, Ko Olina Kapolei, Oahu, HA.
Making Manufacturing Facilities Cost Competitive. Presented at Northwestern University, Project Management Lecture Series, Evanston, IL.
Optimizing the Performance of Property, Plant and Equipment Assets: Presented at The Society of the Plastics Industry Southern Conference, Hilton Head, SC, Oct. 1999. And at Printing Industry of America Regional Conferences, IL, CO, NE.
Becoming Meaner, Leaner and More Profitable Through Value Analysis. Presented at The Society of the Plastics Industry – Midwest Region Conference, IL, Elmhurst, I.
Using Value Analysis to Minimize Costs. Presented at American Institute of Plant Engineers Facilities America Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Value Analysis/ Value Engineering Workshops and Studies for:
Akron Standard, Akron, OH.
Duofast Corporation, Des Plaines, IL.
AT&T, Chicago, IL.
C R Industries, Elgin, IL.
Motorola, Inc.
“Facility Management”
Facilities Planning: Your Dream Project Can Become a Nightmare if it is Not Programmed Properly. Presented at Northwestern University, Project Management Lecture Series, Evanston, IL.
Value Engineering: Do or Die. Presented at the International Facility Management Association – Northern Illinois Chapter Meeting.
Benchmarking Facility Performance. Presented at Printing Industries of America, Printing Industry Financial Executives Annual Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Pre-Acquisition and Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Buildings. Presented at the International Facility Management Association Northern Illinois Chapter Annual Educational Seminar, Northbrook, IL.
How Does Your Building Rate? Assessing Building Performance. Presented at the International Facility Management Association Northern Illinois Chapter Meeting, Schaumburg, IL.
“Project Management”
An Introduction to Value Engineering for Architects, Builders and Owners. Presented at The University of Oklahoma College of Architecture, Norman, OK.
Project Management Basic Training Workshop. Presented to the Motorola Facilities Engineering Department – Cellular Infrastructure Group, Arlington Heights, IL.
Introduction to Cost Management. Presented to The Project Management Institute – Midwest Chapter – Project Management Professional Certification Preparation Workshop, Milwaukee, WI.
Basic Project Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control. Taught seminar for the American Management Association, Chicago, IL.
Project Planning. Taught full semester course as adjunct faculty member of the DeVry Institute of Technology - Master of Project Management Program, Chicago, IL.
Control Your Budget Before its Too Late. Presented at the American Association of Cost Engineers – Midwest Section Meeting, Chicago, IL.