From the previous LEAN meetings, top management involvement has been discussed and all managers need and must be involved in LEAN activities and working on it on a daily basis. Awards were communicated quite in detail and pointed out different ways in different companies.
The third LEAN discussion will be in Andritz in Foshan. Andritz starts to use LEAN tools (partial of global initiatives) a few years ago with results to have low/middle end fruits and they are working to shape the factory digitalization (real-time “data” talk to data) to have further improvement. The factory serves more than 10 different industries with all traditional manufacturing processes (Machining, Welding, Assembling, Casting, Forging and Painting) with Project / Product / Service Operation Modules.
Agenda and Topics:
9:30 – 12:00 Introduction and Discussion
1. The introduction of Daily Layered Shop-Floor meeting and its methodology, which has been implemented for 4 years
2. Digital Factory Program
3. Continually of the previous discussion of the last meeting:
1) Time: Where to get time for LEAN? Where we lose time and what makes us busy? Do you have plan for LEAN activities for your TEAM?...
2) Team: Do we have the right TEAM, will TEAM grow? Who is involved in LEAN in your company? What are the difficulties? How to convince people to move?...
3) Knowledge: Books, Videos, Internet Sharing; Outsourcing companies; Training for LEAN in the company…
12:00 – 13:00 Buffet Lunch
13:00 – 15:00 On Site visit to the factory on the LEAN implementation (Attention: Ladies please do not wear skirts and open-toe sandals)
The event is exclusive for the European Chamber Manufacturing Forum members, the attendees are expected to be fully-engaged and benefit from the discussions, and love to share the practice, issues with each other.
If you or your company is interested in joining the discussion, you are more than welcome to contact Mr Bruce B H Ding (bding@europeanchamber.com.cn ), business manager of the European Chamber Manufacturing Forum to propose your ideas, such as the practice of LEAN in your company.