+25% Output, -50% Losses, at 44% Absenteeism: Despite a global pandemic and mandatory lockdown, this team in France has managed to harness scarce resources linked to blue-collar absenteeism of 44%, out-of-the-box thinking in planning and allocations while exploiting its newly developed Lean … [Read more...] about COVID19 Triggers Lean Thinking, Radically Changing Way of Working
Over 30 managers joined the summit in Copenhagen to systematically improve Trioplast's value chain for the production of industrial, hygiene, stretch film, and carrier bags. During four breakout sessions, the six work teams identified potential failure modes and main levers to raise process … [Read more...] about World Class Manufacturing Summit: Cut Plastic Waste
Factory Maturity Assessment (FMA) for Korean automotive supplier to identify current state and define the roadmap for its digital factory transformation with first practical steps. The onsite assessment “fresh eyes review” served a dual purpose: benchmarking the operation, while preparing the … [Read more...] about The Digital Factory: Drafting Roadmap for Korean Plant
Only 30% Initiatives Succeed, 70% Fail: Most organizational change efforts cost more and take longer than leaders and managers anticipate; two of three transformations fail. But why? Research by John Kotter in Leading Change (1996) and a large survey of 3199 executives by McKinsey (2008) … [Read more...] about Managing Change: The 7 Key Factors that Make Projects Succeed or Fail
Designing a better factory: automotive suppliers producing commodity products need to win on cost and scale, find new niches, and go beyond the automotive core. And those in highly differentiated segments need to lead performance innovation and find a new path into the future (Deloitte). … [Read more...] about Factory of the Future: Assessment and Workshop for Automotive Japan
Visual management refers to the placement of tools, parts, processes, indicators in view, so the status of the system can be understood at a glance. Visual management devices relay information through signals (cards, marks, lights, bins) instead of reports. Visual management is often faster, … [Read more...] about Visual Management Tools: Higher Efficiency from Total Transparency
Defining next steps on its Lean Journey the team in Utah benchmarks its operation against world-class references, assessing maturity level and identifying next improvement opportunities. The program is part of the 'fresh-eyes review' initiative for the leading automotive safety supplier. The … [Read more...] about Operations Diagnostics: Assessing Automotive Factory in Utah
To take effective actions, we need effective metrics so we can recognize successes to learn from and issues to quickly correct before growing into major problems. In reverse this means that, without capable metrics, we can’t manage or improve anything. "Measurement is the first step that leads to … [Read more...] about The 3 Golden Metrics for Effective Performance Management