Publications

     1.  Ahmed, Mohammed. Hamed. (2013). OEE Can be Your Key. Industrial Engineers IE Magazine, 45(8), 43.
This paper discuss the OEE as an opportunity for improvement and as a key for increasing the production efficiency.
The paper discuss the basic OEE calculation method, and correct the misunderstanding of the three metrics that make up the OEE (Availability, Performance, Quality). Availability is not up-time. Performance is not just the speed of the machine, there are many other reasons why the performance is low. Quality is the most important part in business, and should be improved to keep the business on-track and retain the customers.
In the paper, I discussed the factors affecting the three metrics, and how a real observation should be done to discover the real reasons of low performance, availability, and quality.
OEE is not just a tool for capacity improvement, but a lean tool that serve the lean goal of delivering the product on time to customer with no defects, and good prices.
OEE & capacity maps are useful to point out the bottleneck process. Bottleneck is the process that are reducing the output, and if improved, it will increase the overall production effectiveness.
http://www.iienet2.org/IEMagazine/Issue.aspx?IssueMonth=08&IssueYear=2013

     2.  Ahmed, Mohammed. Hamed. (2013). Lean transformation guidance, why organizations    fail to achieve and sustain improvement with lean methodology. International Journal of Lean Thinking IJLT, 4(1).
In this paper, I tried to put the hand of the managers on some reasons why lean is not getting them the results they are seeking for. 70-80% of lean projects around the world fail, so why? What are the method of managing the process, objectives, achievements, and the plan. It is more important to focus on the plan rather than the final results. The method of achieving the targets should present the current culture embedded in the organization. A good culture will last, a bad culture will let things go and slip away.

In the paper I also pointed out the incentives method as a management tool for motivating people to work and achieve the goals. How can we make this people work as a team? Team working is preferable and no problem solving process will work without a team work.

The paper is presenting 7-8 subjects on how lean fails. The bad management habits, the wrong use of tools, the incorrect use of cost benefit analysis,  the misunderstanding how lean works and how the techniques and methods can be utilized to get the results are the most common the reasons of process failure. Also don’t forget that the misunderstand of the human behavior, and the negligence of training are the most common mistakes  associated with applying a new improvement technique/method.
Download paper here:
http://thinkinglean.com/img/files/PAPER_4%282%29.pdf

     3.  Ahmed, Mohammed. Hamed. (2014). Gemba, the place to learn and teach management. Industrial Management Magazine (1), 22.
The article focuses on how gemba industrial management principle helps managers in solving problems within their respective industries. Particular focus is given to the steps of problem solving processes through the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle. The importance of using a work chart for standardized work for companies in developing their leaders and managers and how it should be done are discussed.

The paper present how Incorrect problem solving, failure to sustain the process, low productivity, and conflicts in making a real improvement are all a result of managers not aware about the real state and not supporting the working teams properly.
      4. Ahmed, Mohammed.Hamed. (2014). Analyzing failure to prevent problems. Industrial Management IM Magazine 56(5), p10
The article examines the use of failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to improve system reliability. It offers information on FMEA which is a component of total quality management programs which is recommended to be used in organizations to prevent possible failures that may significantly affect operations. It tackles various areas that FMEA can be used including the design process to reduce operating costs while increasing consumer confidence.

Read publication here: http://www.iienet2.org/details.aspx?id=37883

     5. Soliman, Mohammed Hamed Ahmed (2014). The Seven Deadly Wastes and How to Remove Them from Your Business: The Heat of the Toyota Production System. Amazon.

Amazon Kindle here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NETNZD8


     6. Soliman, Mohammed Hamed Ahmed (2015). A New Way of Culture Change. Industrial Management 57(3).

Mohammed's Short-Biography

Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman (born 1981, Dakahliya, Egypt) is an engineer, a researcher, consultant, coacher, and speaker on the subjects of improvement, management, and adaptiveness. He is an author of several published papers in the Institute of Industrial Engineers and several other journals.
Mohammed is co-author of the publication OEE Can be Your Key, which introduced Overall Equipment Effectiveness. OEE is a tool for production process improvement, it can be used to improve the process/equipment performance and increase the productivity rate in order meet the customer demand and reduce the resources. He pointed out that changing the formula of the ( equipment availability) can achieve better performance.

His last publication, Analyzing Failure for Future Prevention, is based on Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA). It presents the possible ways of achieving a safe, economic, reliable product and process by working as a team to improve the reliability of the system. The system should be broken into components and sub-components, each step taken toward improving the reliability of a component bring the product closer to perfection.

Publications

• A New Routine for Culture Change (2015) Industrial Management Magazine. 
• The Seven Deadly Wastes and How to Remove Them from Your Business: The Heart of the Toyota Production System (2014). Amazon.
• Analyzing Failure to Prevent problems (2014) Institute of Industrial Engineers
• Gemba, the place to teach and learn management (2014) Institute of Industrial Engineers
• Lean Transformation Guidance (2013), International Journal of Lean Thinking IJLT [2]
• OEE Can be Your Key (2013) Institute of Industrial Engineers

Certificates

• Master Quality Management, Arab Academic for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport 
• BSc Engineering, Assiut University
• Specialization Certificate in Industrial Engineering American University in Cairo
• Post-Graduate Certification program in Engineering Management American University in Cairo
• Certified Cost Consultant AACE International

Mohammed offer several years of accomplished laden experience in the industrial and manufacturing field. He combine the academic background with the practical work experience to find the best practice. He has worked with several industries that use both automated production and discrete production. He pioneered total productive maintenance (TPM), and lean improvement techniques that doubled the production of many employers in Egypt.