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Productivity was a sponsor of the COE Summit 2016 April 12-14
COE SUMMIT 2016 website
Catherine Converset presented a case study on Lean in Support Functions: Deploying a Company-wide Strategy of Excellence
AUGUST 4 - 5, 2016 - PORTLAND - MAINE
Catherine Converset was speaking at the Lean Systems Summit.
Collaboration, Innovation, and Use of Continuous Improvement concepts in achieving operational excellence.
The goal of Maintenance Improvement is to move away from reactive to a proactive or planned maintenance process. As part of this process, maintenance personnel analyze breakdowns to reveal equipment weaknesses and then modify equipment to improve its operation, maintainability and lengthen equipment life. Root Cause Machine Failure Analysis was introduced to this building products manufacturer’s maintenance reliability team as a method to eliminate a repetitive blower failure.
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Pork pie and sausage roll maker Pork Farms Bowyers has invested significant resource and time into creating its own tailored shopfloor organisation programme. Steed Webzell reports.
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By Eric Whitle - Productivity, Inc.
Q.: What key activity continues to be undervalued when implementing improvement efforts?
A.: Leadership.
Most business owners and general managers recognize just how critically important proper
equipment maintenance is, particularly in an asset-oriented work environment…
Qu’est-ce qu’un gaspillage ? ce que le client n’est prêt à payer. Les 7 « gaspillages » de base de l’environnement industriel sont […]
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For: Hospital Nursing Unit Situational Challenge Increases in supply costs had raised awareness of how hospital supplies are distributed, inventoried, […]
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For: 1,100 Bed Metropolitan Hospital with 50+ Operating Rooms Situational Challenge Ensuring that all supplies and instruments reach the Operating […]
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For: 400-Bed Hospital Situational Challenge A cumbersome claims process with excessive delays in receivables was creating poor cash flow for […]
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