Mike Allison
M.B.S., F.R.M.I.T., Grad. Dip. Qual.Tech ., ASQ-CQE, SMASQ, FAOQ
Position: Senior Consultant
Mike has worked extensively throughout Australia , and abroad, in a range of organisations, encompassing local government, aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, general engineering and health His experience includes areas such as:
Qualifications and Training
- Master of Business Systems, Monash University , 2002
- Graduate Diploma in Quality Technology, RMIT University 1979 (AOQ Prize)
- Fellowship Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, RMIT 1976
- American Society for Quality - Certified Quality Engineer, 1989
Experience
- Six Sigma
- Process management, measurement & improvement
- Business excellence and self assessment
- Risk and Compliance Management
- Operations Research
- Training and Development
- Business management system standardisation and certification
- Business Process Reengineering
Professional Affiliations
- Senior Member, American Society for Quality
- Fellow, Australian Organisation for Quality
Consulting History
Mike’s expertise is in the application of rigorous analytical and Quality methodologies to achieve strategic and sustainable risk control and process improvement, in the context of broader business management. These techniques have been applied to processes in the fields of local government, automotive, aerospace, batch production, consulting, energy, health, heavy engineering, information technology, recycling, service industry, teaching, telecommunications, textiles and transport/storage industries.
Mike is an empathic trainer and facilitator, able to engage people from the boardroom to the shop floor. He works both throughout Australasia and abroad and has completed successful consulting assignments over a period of 15 years.
His IT skills are often sought to enhance clients' operations and develop applications to facilitate savings using advanced analytical techniques.
Mike is a Sessional lecturer at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1978 -) in the Master of Engineering Quality programme. His subject areas include Quality Leadership and Process Improvement.
Publications
In addition to a considerable number of papers and public presentations over the years, Mike is author of…
- "Productivity Improvement Through Quality Planning, EstoQual Enterprises, 1992, 1994
- “The Conversion Kit” , EstoQual Enterprises 1993.
- “The Problem Buster's Guide”, Gower 1993
He is also a contributor to:
- “Making Quality Certification Work”, Information Australia 1999
