Metflex
Rubber Mouldings
Rubber Mouldings
To provide training to core staff in Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques to enable more rapid improvement to be achieved through the involvement of more people within the business
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Project Description:
A series of five 2 day workshops were delivered so that around forty permanent Metflex staff were trained in basic Lean principles and 5S Workplace Organisation. The second day of each workshop was a practical implementation of the 5S methodology, in different areas of the factory, such that those areas could act as exemplars for a planned roll-out of 5S throughout the entire factory at some point in the future. A number of the workshops involved significant modifications to the layout in the target area to improve work flow and reduce transportation/motion waste, resulting in a more efficient process in those areas. Key to the success of the training was that all individuals demonstrated good application of the theory and were committed in their efforts during the 5S implementation. A group of employees were then selected to be trained in the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) technique. The team put together a Current State map of the business, during which a significant number of issues within the manufacturing operation were documented on the map. The team then set about developing a Future State map which eliminated/minimized the majority of the issues raised in the Current State. An action plan resulted with over 50 improvement actions denoted, many of which were assigned to team members for completion within an appropriate timescale. The most valuable resource within any business is their people and when you allow those people to implement their ideas in a structured way, the results can be amazing. |