Gemba walk during Lean audit confirms measurable improvements across all business-critical dimensions, such as employee engagement, structural stability, sorting quality, equipment reliability, and operational productivity. Four focus factories of Norway's leading environmental service company … [Read more...] about Industry 4.0 Meets Lean: Faster Waste Processing at NG
The Danish manufacturer of foundry equipment reached Silver level, improving schedule-adherence from 33% to 82%, cutting rework and overtime by 50%, increasing productivity by 20%. By attaining maturity level 3.0 on the five-point scale, the DISA team set the internal benchmark for the Norican … [Read more...] about DISA Sets Internal Lean Benchmark for Norican Group
With focus on warehouse and back-office operations, over 600 people completed their Lean projects, improving response time to customers and on-time-in-full (OTIF) performance to vessels. After successful pilots in EMEA and US, the program was expanded globally to cover 12 sites in 9 … [Read more...] about Building Lean Capabilities at Wrist: 614 Lean Belts for Operational Excellence
Three years on its Lean journey the Indonesian team streamlined manufacturing-logistics chain, maximizing throughput to better serve the growing demand of Southeast Asia's largest economy. The team was rewarded with the Silver certificate for attaining maturity level 3.0 on the Lean … [Read more...] about Lean Manufacturing Indonesia: Silver Award for Givaudan Factory Cimanggis
Factory assessment confirms that the Fukuroi operation matured to 'Silver-Gold' level; now able to serve the Japanese beverage industry with quick-turn and highly flexible deliveries. The team is proud of achieving this important milestone. It represents the midpoint between Silver (3) and Gold … [Read more...] about Lean Manufacturing Japan: Silver-Gold Award for Givaudan Factory Fukuroi
Norsk Gjenvinning's metal shredding operation in Øra near Fredrikstad has made the Silver mark by attaining maturity level 3.0 on the five-point Lean benchmarking scale. By doing so, it became the leading site of Norways largest waste management and environmental service company. Photos show … [Read more...] about Lean Manufacturing Norway: Silver Award for NG Factory Øra
In pursuit of Operations Excellence the factory team in East-Hanover significantly improved first-pass yield (FPY) and on-time delivery (OTD), producing flavors with much improved consistency. By doing so, the team matured its operation to 'Silver' level, scoring 3 points on the five-point … [Read more...] about Lean Manufacturing New Jersey: Silver Award for Givaudan East Hanover
Team São Paulo matured its food-ingredients factory to level 3.5 on the five-point benchmarking scale; received 'Silver-Gold' award for achieving breakthroughs in yield and productivity. Over a four-year period, the cross-functional team strengthened core manufacturing and critical support … [Read more...] about Lean Manufacturing Brazil: Silver-Gold for Givaudan Factory São Paulo