A practical and people oriented approach for implementing Lean. Crafting a sustainable journey to ensure that every change and improvement will stick. At the end it will result in a continuous improvement engine on all levels of the organisation. The presentation was gives at the anual LeanSixSigmaPartners event 2014.

2. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
…

3. NATURE’S PRIDE
THE ONLY EXOTIC BRAND

4. AMBITION
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“Become the most efficient and effective Food company by implementing
a continuous improvement culture as a unique strategic advantage”
“Sharing this with our suppliers and partners”

5. ‘LEAN’ will be the driver of our change
World class Improvement Philosophy, Approach and Tools
History of Lean
Proven ‘track record’
– 1945 FORD – Assembly Lines
– 1950 TOYOTA – TPS, Just in Time
– 1980 MOTOROLA – Six Sigma
– 1990 MIT – Lean
– 1995 GE – Project Structure
– 1997 LMI – Link with Strategy
– 2000 Lean Six Sigma
– 2013 NATURE’S PRIDE
What is LEAN?
The ability to make exactly what the customer wants
– The optimization of value in our processes so that we have the ability to
make exactly what is needed, when it is needed and in the quantity it is
needed by our customer
– Reduce Lead Time to our customers by removing waste from our system
– Reduce frustration by removing barriers to doing our jobs
– Encourage everyone to get involved in improving the process
– Increased customer satisfaction
– Optimally utilize resources while meeting our customer's needs.

6. A People oriented and Practical approach
with short term savings on Productivity
Traditional Approach:
‘Corporate / Consultant Style’
The Nature’s Pride way
Sustainable: ‘Let it grow’
– Technical approach
– Top Down
– Fixed Formal structures
– Full KPI-dashboards
– One size fits all, regardless culture
– Focus on short term benefits
– Training on techniques and tools
– Results via Projects
– Practical fact based approach
– Both Top Down (Vision) and Bottom-up (Execution)
– Limited number of formal structures supported with KPI’s
– Using the strength of the current culture
– Focus on long term sustainable benefits, but with short term actions on
‘bleeders’ and ‘productivity’
– Coaching on the job with additional Training on techniques and tools
– Results via People

7. Lean in a nutshell:
Remove non-value activity
The Nature’s Pride Way of Lean
a Practical and People oriented approach
The Nature’s Pride way
Putting Lean into practice
– The optimization of value in our processes
so that we have the ability to make exactly
what is needed, when it is needed and in
the quantity it is needed
– The removal of waste in the processes:
‒ Transport of goods
‒ Inventory and Work In Progress
‒ Movement of people
‒ Waiting to continue
‒ Overproduction
‒ Over-processing
‒ Defects
‒ Skills of people
– Start with getting the basics right; a strong foundation is required to
maximize results
– Stabilize the operation, set standards, improve to determine the new
standards, etc..
– Key is teaching people new skills and changing behavior (Sustainable)

8. The Nature’s Pride Way of Lean
a Practical and People oriented approach

9. Improvement Boards in use
Daily used in Team Lead meeting (15 min.)
1. Daily new
ideas by Team
Leads and
Operators
2. Weekly meeting
to assess impact
and costs per idea
3. Decide
what
actions will
be done
next week
4. On
daily
base
assign
tasks and
follow up
5.
Celebrate
the
finished
tasks
New Ideas Prioritizing ideas To be done Assigned action
per person
Finished
30 – 50
finished
actions a
week!
Team Lead Improvement board
Operator Improvement boards
• Same structure as Team Lead
board
• Additional column on the left
to add performance info

10. Thank you!