Day 1 - Practical Workshop - 11:55 - 12:25

The Russian Doll Principle: Moving from Chaos to High-Performing Teams

Saj Saddiq

P3 Operating System & Continuous Improvement Director
Tenneco (formerly Federal Mogul)

Many complex factories operate in a state of exhausting firefighting, where line stoppages, missing KPIs, and communication breakdowns haemorrhage profits.

This session provides the framework for performance turnaround. Drawing on a career of implementing performance systems in varied manufacturing plants and sectors, this presentation will reveal how to align your entire organisation into a high-performing engine where strategy flawlessly connects to frontline execution.

  • Replacing Chaos with Control: Discover how to identify and repair critical structural gaps in your organisational design to stabilise volatile shift environments.
  • The Power of Nested Subsystems: Learn how to layer daily management, metrics, and meeting structures so information loops effortlessly across departments without bureaucratic lag.
  • The Feedback Loop: Learn to position root-cause problem solving at the absolute heart of your operation, transforming shop floor issues into rapid corrective actions.
  • Executing Strategy at the Frontline: Establish an unbroken target cascade that translates high-level corporate intent into clear, accountable daily activities for frontline operators.
  • Achieving Total Visual Control: Discover how to implement short-interval controls and immediate trigger systems to give management real-time, multi-level visibility before issues escalate.

Speaker Bio

Saj Saddiq

P3 Operating System & Continuous Improvement Director
Tenneco (formerly Federal Mogul)

Sajid Saddiq is an accomplished international manufacturing expert specialising in Continuous Improvement, Lean, and Six Sigma strategies. With over 24 years of hands-on experience, he oversees productivity and waste reduction across multiple international plants, recently delivering over $15 million in net productivity. He holds a Doctorate in Business Administration, an MBA, and a BEng in Production Engineering. Having successfully led large-scale Lean deployments and plant transformations across the UK, Europe, India, and South Africa, Sajid brings unmatched global expertise to our stage. Don’t miss his session on October 6th, where he will break down real-world strategies for driving sustainable, bottom-line manufacturing excellence.