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 level-3 maturity on Lean benchmarking … [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 (4) … [Read more...] about Lean Manufacturing Japan: Silver-Gold Award for Givaudan Factory Fukuroi
After a one-year project implementation phase champions from Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands and Switzerland completed the Lean training and received their Black Belt certificate. By applying specialist knowledge in waste elimination and variability reduction, Lean champions … [Read more...] about Lean Black Belt Course: Class 2018 Certified in Cuernavaca, Mexico
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 maturity … [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
Continuous effort over nearly five years paid-off: by systematically upgrading skills and capabilities, the Woodlands-team was able to significantly increase right-first-time (RFT) and labor productivity. With a score of 3.5 on the five-point scale, the site attained Silver-Gold level on the Lean … [Read more...] about Lean Manufacturing Singapore: Silver-Gold Award for Woodlands Factory
Milestone achieved after a fours-year Lean journey, the operations team in Johannesburg proudly presents the Silver award for attaining 3 points on the Lean benchmarking scale. Processes in manufacturing, supply chain, planning, maintenance, quality control, and administration have been greatly … [Read more...] about Lean Manufacturing South Africa: Silver Award for Johannesburg Factory