Speakers 2002
Umit Bititci
Umit S Bititci
PhD, MSc, CEng, FIOM, MIEE
Centre for Strategic Manufacturing
Umit Bititci is the Director of CSM and a Reader at the University of Strathclyde. He is also a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institute of Operations Management.
He will be returning to Australia late in 2002, following a successful visit for Smartlink in 2001.
Umit is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde where he gained a master’s degree in Manufacturing Management. Following graduation he joined AMST at Liverpool as an Engineering Consultant. During this period he developed a detailed understanding of Business Planning and Control Systems and Quality Management Systems. He consulted for GEC Installation Equipment Ltd. playing a key role in the implementation of a factory wide Business Planning and Control System.
He then joined the University of Strathclyde as a lecturer where his research focused on Manufacturing Integration. He was also actively involved in a number of project management and consultancy assignments, directly relating to his research, with major blue chip companies.
Umit's management consultancy experience was further broadened when he joined to a major Scottish based Management Consultancy where he progressed to the position of Senior Consultant with account management responsibility.
During 1992 he moved back to the University as a Senior Lecturer where he was awarded his Doctorate for his work on Business Performance Improvement Methods. During early 1996 he founded the Centre for Strategic Manufacturing. In his current position within the University, as the Director of the Centre, he is responsible for the development and delivery of various research, development and technology transfer programmes to improve industrial performance.
Throughout his consultancy and academic career, Umit has worked with a wide spectrum of clients on assignments such as:
- Business Development Reviews
- Information Systems Strategy
- Company-Wide Improvement Programmes
- Quality Management Systems (ISO&QS)
- Business Process Re-Engineering
- Manufacturing Strategy Development
- Implementation of MRPII systems
- Total Quality Management
- Human Resource Audits
- Performance Measurement Systems
This broad range of experience has been developed in parallel with a series of long term professional relationships with clients over sustained periods. Umit has conducted consultancy and training assignments with clients in the UK, Europe, Asia and USA covering the following industry sectors
- Engineering Manufacturing
- Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering
- Printing
- Textiles
- Automotive
- Food and Drinks Manufacturing
- Electronics
- Construction
- FMCG and Packaging
- Aerospace
Umit’s current research and development areas include Business, Operations and Information Strategy as well as Performance Measurement and Management. The emphasis of this work focuses on the development of best practice models and transfer of these to industry through methodologies, standards and workbooks. To date Umit has published some 80 papers in international journal and conferences an has been responsible for attracting over £1.5M of research income.
On this website are two seminars by Umit on Real Video
(duration approximately 1 hour each) - recorded during his first visit to
Australia in 2001.