Please click on a course from the list below for brief descriptions:

1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2. PROJECT FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS
3. PROJECT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
4. ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
5. COST AND INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
6. COST ENGINEERING
7. EXECUTIVE FORUM
8. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
9. HUMAN RESOURCES & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
10. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
11. STRATEGIC PLANNING
12. ENGINEERING STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
13. ENGINEERS TRANSITIONING TO MANAGEMENT
14. LEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
15. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
16. ADDITIONAL COURSES

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
This short course is designed for engineers and managers in several functional areas of the petroleum industry.  These include engineering, manufacturing, research and development, production, maintenance, marketing, safety, and so on.  Typical participants will be those who plan, schedule, control, organize, and evaluate projects in the petroleum industry.

TOPICS
The objectives of the course will cover the unique characteristics of projects in the petroleum industry.  Specific topics include:

• How to use project management tools to plan, schedule, and control projects.
• How to organize projects.
• How to evaluate the quality aspects of projects.
• How to apply systems approach to complex projects.
• How to achieve integrated project planning, monitoring, and control.
• How to implement the Triple C (Communication, Cooperation, and Coordination) model.
• How to allocate resources effectively.
• How to manage workers in a complex project environment.
• How to apply project management to quality and productivity improvement.
• How to achieve continuous improvement in production processes.
• How to incorporate safety considerations in production processes

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PROJECT FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS
This course covers the various elements that must be addressed in conducting feasibilities studies.  The techniques and tools of feasibility analysis are presented.  Both the quantifiable and qualitative aspects of a project are discussed.

TOPICS

• Motivations for feasibility analysis
• Types of feasibility analysis
• Identifying quantifiable factors
• Technical feasibility
• Economic feasibility
• Financial feasibility
• Managerial feasibility
• Safety feasibility
• Cultural and Social feasibility of a project
• Managing uncertainties in feasibility studies

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PROJECT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
This course covers a complete analysis of a technical project from inception to completion.  It looks at the various unique aspects of an engineering project using a systems analysis approach.  Specific emphasis is placed on monitoring and control techniques.

TOPICS

• Basics of systems engineering
• Analysis of project system
• Macro and micro levels of technical project planning
• Project risk analysis
• Engineering facility planning
• Engineering decision analysis
• Multi-objective planning
• Engineering sensitivity analysis
• Engineering reliability and fault-tree analyses
• Open and closed loop engineering systems

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ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
The development and marketing of gas is expected to be the next wave of the energy industry. Now is the time to prepare for the skills needed to manage the various aspects of the emerging industry.  This course tailors proven economics analysis techniques to the management of gas as an energy source.  Those who should attend include economists, resource managers, engineers, production supervisors, planners, safety officers, plant managers, business executives, and designers.

TOPICS

• Petroleum Industry Overview: Upstream & Downstream
• Fundamentals of gas economics
• Cost aspects and terminology in the gas industry
• Basic economic analysis
• Cash flow analysis
• Plant replacement analysis
• Economic value-added model
• Breakeven analysis
• World quality standards
• Trade agreements
• Financing gas projects
• Gas industry for national industrial development
• Product introduction strategies

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COST AND INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
Result-oriented investment strategies have the greatest potential for profitability.  Investment analysis sets the path for successful operations.  Investment analysis and appraisal are essential to ensure that point-to-point performance measures are in place for large investments.  This course combines various aspects of financing, budgeting, cash flow analysis, and investment planning into one integrative module that prepares managers for the challenges of managing investments across international boundaries.  Those who should attend include financial managers, banking officers, auditors, accountants, controllers, business managers, engineers, supervisors, planners, plant managers, business executives, and project designers.

TOPICS

• Measurable investment performance factors
• Investment process analysis
• Business process re-engineering and re-investment
• Measurement-evaluation-control cycles in investments
• Project revenue analysis and forecasting
• Cash flow projection and monitoring
• Investment information management for effectiveness
• Profit ratio analysis and breakeven analysis
• Organizational improvement
• Learning curve analysis for investment improvement

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COST ENGINEERING
This course presents comprehensive coverage of elements of cost engineering.  It covers both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of cost engineering.

TOPICS

• Basics of cost engineering
• Activity Based Costing
• Project Economic Analysis
• Cost estimation parameters
• Cost estimation ranges
• Forecasting models
• Payment Terms
• Inventory carrying cost analysis
• Pricing and marketing
• Cost monitoring and control
• Time-Cost-Performance Tradeoffs

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EXECUTIVE FORUM
This forum presents an interactive environment for selected upper management staff and key decision makers to examine processes and procedures for instituting and maintaining improvement strategies in an organization.  This is a round-table discussion that uses both case examples and real scenarios to device solutions to real problems from a management perspective.

TOPICS

• Preparing an organization for change
• Identifying the change factors
• Role of upper management
• Organizational diagnostics
• Implementing business process re-engineering
• Developing and maintaining new organizational cultures
• Top-down and bottom-up implementation strategies
• Organizational learning
• Case studies and real examples from the corporate world

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
The objective of this course is to bring together policy and decision makers in an organization outside the normal and routine internal discussions.  The purpose is not to teach the executives new skills, but rather to illustrate how their existing skills and expertise can be harnessed in a synergistic team approach using project management techniques.  The course uses a situational project management case study approach.  The course takes a systems view to show how units in an organization can interrelate in a symbiotic setting to maximize organizational accomplishments.  The fact that the session is externally moderated by an independent expert makes it a unique undertaking.  The approaches to be discussed are applicable to the pursuit of any goal of the organization.

The course emphasizes an interactive team discussion approach and presents strategy for building cohesive teams throughout the organization.  The course will address the eight elements of the Project Management Body of Knowledge as defined by the Project Management Institute: Scope, Quality, Time, Cost, Risk, Human Resources, Contract/Procurement, and Communications.

TOPICS

• Cost Reduction
• Quality Improvement
• Productivity Improvement
• Resource Realignment
• Business Process Re-engineering
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Operations Management, Negotiations
• Lean and Six Sigma Processes
• Total Quality Management
• Project Control

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HUMAN RESOURCES & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This training program is designed for HR Supervisors, Administrators, Training Coordinators, and other HR Professionals.  Participants will be introduced to the basic tools of managing human resources.  Case study discussions will present Best Practices of HR from different industries.

TOPICS

• How to Use IT tools and techniques in HR
• Human Resource Development
• Development of HR Policies & Procedures
• How to allocate HR resources effectively
• Managing HR Training Programs
• Train-the-Trainer
• HR Performance Appraisal Systems
• Productivity Improvement Strategies
• HR Recruitment and Retention Programs
• HR Project Management

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Environmental concerns pervade all businesses and industries of today.  Learn to turn environmental management into a win-win analysis.  This course offers skills training from planning, organizing, and resource allocation to control measures for environmental issues.  Those who should attend include managers, production supervisors, planners, safety officers, and plant managers

TOPICS

• Identification of environmental hazards
• Environmental remediation strategies
• Managing an environmental compliance program
• Managing people issues related to the environment
• Strategic linkages with local communities
• Partnering with local communities to protect the environment
• Incorporating environmental safeguards into industrial design
• Auditing organizational preparedness
• Workplace of the future
• Blueprint for environmental health
• Scheduling of environmental projects

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STRATEGIC PLANNING
Result-oriented strategies have the greatest potential for success.  Strategic planning sets the path for operations.  Business planning and budgeting for results ensure that point-to-point performance measures are in place to control operations.  This course combines various aspects of financing, budgeting, and business planning into one integrative module that prepares managers for challenges of managing in dynamic and volatile market environments.  Those who should attend include financial managers, banking officers, auditors, accountants, controllers, business managers, engineers, supervisors, planners, plant managers, business executives, and designers.

TOPICS

• Measurable performance factors
• Work process analysis
• Business process re-engineering
• Measurement-evaluation-control cycles in financial management
• Business forecasting
• Cash flow projection and monitoring
• Information management for business effectiveness
• Change management
• Organizational improvement
• Learning curve analysis for operational improvements

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ENGINEERING STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
This course presents basic statistical techniques for process analysis and control.  The techniques are generally applicable throughout industry for improving process quality, effectiveness, and operational efficiency.

TOPICS

• On-line and off-line process controls
• Statistical inferences
• Data collection and analysis
• Process simulation and process variation
• Analysis and interpretation of process data
• Process control charts
• Process capability analysis
• Design and analysis of experiments
• Process measurement scales

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ENGINEERS TRANSITIONING TO MANAGEMENT
This course covers professional development and career growth of engineers in transition to management positions.  It teaches participants how to be effective leaders both in technical and management functions.

TOPICS

• Leadership styles for managers
• Making the transition
• Administrative tools and processes
• Developing policies and procedures
• Using Triple C model of Communication, Cooperation, Coordination
• Managing multiple objectives
• Setting and measuring performance standards
• Leadership case studies
• Management games and hands-on exercises
• Proactive versus reactive management
• Management by objective
• Management by exception
• Adapting technical tools for management applications

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LEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
This course introduces the new concepts of lean production systems.  It shows how organizations fit into lean manufacturing.  It presents both the technical and people aspects of lean production approaches.

 TOPICS

• What is lean?
• Selling and motivating employees about lean
• Lean and green manufacturing
• Environmental impacts of lean production
• Creating organization culture to support lean
• Proving lean infrastructure
• Fostering cooperation among lean production groups
• Monitoring metrics for lean manufacturing
• Lean and the supply chain system
• Continuous flow processes in lean
• Flow of information and products between lean production cells
• Production cell flexibility and versatility

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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
This course presents key definitions and the strategic role of supply chain in a production environment.  It addresses the major drivers of supply chain performance.  It presents the analytical tools and techniques for supply chain analysis.

TOPICS

• Introduction and definitions
• Supply chain framework
• Planning demand and supply
• Communication, cooperation, and coordination in a supply chain
• Managing inventories
• Economies of scale in a supply chain
• Managing uncertainty in the supply chain
• Transportation and logistics in supply chain
• Information technology for supply chain
• Aggregate planning within a supply chain
• Financial factors affecting supply chains

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ADDITIONAL COURSES
Other technical and managerial courses are available.  Please email us at abadiru@abicsnet.com for scheduling, contents, and pricing information.