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In This Issue— Process Experts Improve Lean
Success
COC: Supply Chain Excellence
Revamping Journey
Upcoming Events
New Members
Alliance Partner Events
Key Links
Q3 2013 Volume # 12
OpExcellence is a Quarterly Publication of OpEx Solutions, Inc.
Upcoming OpEx Events
CenTex OpEx Consortium Events
Benchmarking at Celestica — October 10, Austin, TX
Benchmarking at Toyota — November 14, San Antonio, TX
Leader Strategy Event— December 17, Houston & Austin
Training Seminars
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Oct 1 – 3, 2013 — Houston, TX
Back to Basics of Operational Excellence Oct. 14 -15, 2013 — Austin, TX
Product Development Excellence Nov 4 - 5, 2013 — Austin, TX
Advanced Process Excellence Nov 7 - 8, 2013 — Austin, TX
Integrated Management System April 8 - 9, 2014 — Houston, TX
Enterprise Transformation for Leaders April 10, 2014 — Houston, TX
Webinar Series (next session)
Back to Basics of Operational Excellence: Problem Solving Oct 7, 2013
Advanced Process Excellence: Process Control Plan & Error Proofing, Oct 8, 2013
Theory of Constraints (TOC): Foundations of TOC, Oct 9, 2013
Product Development Excellence: Product and Process Design, Oct 11, 2013
OpEx Solutions is a PMI Registered Education
Provider. Participants may obtain PDUs for certain courses.
Process Experts Improve Lean Success
Martin Nazareth, President of OpEx Solutions
In our continued quest for a solution to the problem of unsuccessful and unsustainable implementation of Lean and other operational excellence systems, we conducted a panel discussion on leadership traits for successful transformation at the IIE Annual Conference. Panelists and audience from companies like John Deere, DuPont, MD Anderson, Boeing, FedEx, UPS, Edwards Lifesciences, Premier, Office Depot, OpEx Solutions, and others actively participated in the discussion.
Top ten new gaps (not covered in our previous articles) include:
Starting to see resistance to the term “Lean” largely due to failed application of tools
Lean experts have led companies by spending a dollar to save a dime
Eliminating waste comes naturally to Asians and it does not to the Americans
Leadership is not engaged and has not learned the tools — does not lead by example
Need to drive past integration to make continuous improvement part of companies’ DNA — normal way of doing business
Burning platform in healthcare (current/future changes) — too reactive
Growth through acquisitions impedes stability and continuous improvement
Lean is applied to production operations and seldom to product development or service
Only 20% of organizations lead their transformation using degreed industrial engineers (IEs)
Lean tools are basic IE tools — the more we break down IE tools, the less effective they become
The good news is that we see a new trend. Process and technical experts are starting to take the lead with the true intent of making operations successful rather than taking pride in implementing tools. They are bridging the original gap, in the American companies, of not involving the doers. With the economic challenges, the unions are also cooperating better than they ever did before.
The recommendations that came out of the session include:
Proper transformation solves key problems rather than tool implementation
Process and technical experts are best suited to solve the problems
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Introducing the Newest Consortium Members OpEx Solutions, Inc. PO Box 5663 Round Rock, TX 78683 T: (512) 551-8406 F: (888) 607-9866 [email protected]
www.opexsolutions.org
CenTex Consortium: Supply Chain Excellence
Keeping costs down while ensuring excellence in suppliers is of paramount importance in this very competitive market. The June 7th CenTex OpEx Consortium (COC) Leader Strategy Session (LSS) focused on Supply Chain Excellence — giving leaders the opportunity to dissect this vital topic and learn from each other how to deal with these issues effectively.
The session, held in Brenham, TX at the MIC Group, brought together ten leaders from five organizations to compare domestic and international supply chain operations and best practices for coping with the delicate balance of quality, flow, logistics and partnerships with suppliers. One of the salient points to come from the discussion was to treat suppliers as part of your extended enterprise.
Revamping Journey
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
— Winston Churchill
Change is necessary for progress...but nobody said it would be easy. The CenTex OpEx Consortium (COC) is very aware of this and members are always there to share their experiences and expertise with each other as all face revamping at different stages in their growth. A benchmarking session focusing on TASUS’ Revamping Journey was held May 17th at TASUS in Georgetown, Texas.
The thirteen participants from eight
organizations came together to tour the TASUS facilities after TASUS shared a
presentation on their history and growth. TASUS manufacturing includes injection, dual
-blow, and extrusion molding
mostly for the automotive
industry. TASUS is adding new
equipment to keep up with their
growth. In addition, TASUS is
managing their company to
ensure that growth is controlled
by the 14 steps of TPS with
emphasis on Principle 3 — use
pull systems to avoid
overproduction.
Participants gave TASUS the
benefit of their know-how in
dealing with growth and
feedback on the positive things
TASUS is currently doing and
putting into place to cope with their growth.
Key Links
CenTex OpEx Consortium
Consortium Event Schedule
Global OpEx Training Schedule
OpEx Solutions is a PMI Registered Education
Provider. Participants may obtain PDUs for certain courses.
Introducing the Newest CenTex OpEx
Consortium Members
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Supply Chain Excellence LSS
TASUS Benchmarking
TASUS Benchmarking
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Since 1973 Omron Oilfield & Marine offers innovative drilling products, third-party integration, field service, OEM and aftermarket parts, and customer training on automated drilling system, AC generator line-up, control system, SCR drive line-up, top drive line-up, VFD line-up, driller’s chair and driller’s console for the oil and gas industry. Omron is strategically focused on serving our drilling customers worldwide, adhering to the highest customer care, product quality and safety standards.
