Over 30 managers joined the summit in Copenhagen to systematically improve performance and sustainability of Trioplast's production of industrial, hygiene, stretch film, and carrier bags. During four breakout sessions, focus teams identified failure modes of known issues and key levers to raise … [Read more...] about World Class Manufacturing Summit: Cut Plastic Waste
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for Kvitebjørn Varme to realize its vision to become Norway's most reliable energy-supplier, delivering more heat, more consistently to more people. The young company embarked on a structured improvement program to maximize boiler uptime, identify abnormalities … [Read more...] about Energy: More Reliable Heat for More People
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
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for an European polyethylene packaging film producer to bring plants on path to world-class manufacturing (WCM), while boosting yield and productivity. The program started with an initial diagnostics to measure baseline performance, identify quick wins, and build … [Read more...] about Plastic Film: Path to World Class Manufacturing
Performance Improvement Program (PIP) for the world's largest ship supplier to improve operating efficiency of regional centers in Europe, Far East, Middle East, and USA. Rolling out performance management, while educating people in process improvement and problem solving are key elements of … [Read more...] about Ship Service: Performance Improvement Program
Lean Product Development (LPD) for a major supplier to the mining and construction industries, reducing time-to-market (TTM) of new developments by 35% within 2 years. The program consists of 16 initiatives to accelerate design and validation processes, while significantly increasing … [Read more...] about Rock Tools: Lean Development Cuts Time-to-Market
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for Givaudan, the largest food flavor and fragrance company, to design and implement the global Lean program, "Journey to world-class efficiency". Over 400 improvement projects in 20 factories improved operating performance in a significant and also sustainable … [Read more...] about Food Flavors: Journey to World-Class Efficiency
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for Norway's leading environmental services provider to boost operational efficiency by applying Lean management principles to the seven largest processing plants. Main focus was on standardizing processes and stabilizing interfaces, while training people in … [Read more...] about Waste Recycling: Lean Sorting & Processing