Good Operations Teams Succeed?  

Share:   “Well done everybody! Really pulled that out of the bag there!” “Thank you team! Great effort to meet targets there.” “Curry on me […]

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The Role of a Manager in a Lean Company

Share: The role of the manager sees the largest change when a company starts to implement lean. This can be very unsettling as the manager […]

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Bend over here it comes again! BOHICA: An introduction to introducing something new.

Share: “Oh no, they are back, the managers have been in a room for a day and now they are smiling, I bet I will […]

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Why Use a Consultant?

Consultants who make an IMPACT

Consultants who make an IMPACT

Share:   The beginning of a new year is often a time for reflection on the outgoing year. 2014 for me was a year full […]

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Transforming Waste into Benefits at Viridor

Viridor Lean RCM Team Presented with Qualification

Viridor Lean RCM Team Presented with Qualification

Viridor Oldham have significantly increased site efficiency and operating performance and have become the first in the industry to qualify team to recognised industry standard

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Plant Reliability – Operations Vs Maintenance

Experience has taught me it needn’t be a battle of the teams Operation vs. Maintenance – hind sight is a great thing. So lets look at where we were going wrong and how we can implement a win-win solution for everyone and create a reliable and efficient place to work.

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The Power of Lean RCM – You Can’t be Lean if you Aren’t Reliable

Do you understand what reliability means? In these terms the customer is often not thought of but it is critical to have a reliable plant if you want to meet your customer requirements, do you know what they are?

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Lean Journey – 4 Step Guide for first time Line Managers

Being a first time Line Manager can sometimes be a difficult and lonely place. How can you make your life easier whilst improving your team’s skills, performance and the business in which you work? This is the starting point for your Operational Review; Improved Communication, Understanding, Setting of Expectations and measuring what was delivered against them.

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6 Reasons to Drive Improvement with OEE

Through the implementation of Lean RCM and through discussion while leading an RCA course it is evident that there is a need for companies to introduce a site performance metric. A metric that sites can use to judge own performance that can be understood by all and most importantly can be used as a tool to drive continuous improvement.

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How to move from Lean RCM Pilot to Company Roll-out in 3 Steps

Review current performance against the goal

Review current performance against the goal

Share:   What is the next step after successful Lean RCM implementation? A common question but also a very valid. How do we move from […]

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