Jim’s team has significant experience in facilitating strategic planning and in project managing strategy deployment

• Integrated Management Systems - Jim has developed a cost effective method to developing and maintaining mining management systems for Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Operations Productivity, OHS and Environment, incorporating policies, guidelines and procedures. As an example, Jim has successfully developed Integrated Management Systems which address the relevant legislation including NSW Coal Mine Health and Safety requirements as well as defining optimum operational processes. Another example is developing OHS systems for Mining Exploration sites. This also lays the foundation for Lean Six Sigma cost reduction and productivity improvement.
  

• Business excellence – Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement - to harness your people’s skills and drive improvement

Training by Synergy in Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement uses our proven “Learn by Doing” approach, where the skills and techniques are learnt by applying to real projects in our clients’ operations

• Business Risk and Opportunity Management – to control risks and convert into opportunities

Jim’s team, in conjunction with Professor Martin Loosemore of the UNSW, has developed an enterprise wide systems approach to risk assessment and management of all corporate and operational level risks. This has been customised specifically for the Australian Coal industry, and an Executive Briefing publication is available on the Synergy website which describes how this can be implemented.