There is NO END LINE in Lean Journey!

The forum has covered Multi Skill Training and 31 participant from USG, SIG, Taiwah and Honsin has met, discussed and shared on the idea and practices in their work place.

A great Thanks to Nike Lean Engineering Manager Ms. Vony, who has supported and given valuable comment on the topic to make forum benefits to everyone.

Every factory has highlighted the important of developing multi-skill in the company. It is a long term investment in human development whereby human is the most valuable asset to the company.

Lean is to eliminate waste and increase value to the customer. These can only be achieved when 4P (People, Product, Process and Philosophy) work as a team.

NOS is a human development system; it help to surface the problem and develop people to have problem solving skill and Kaizen mindset.

There is NO end line in the journey.

Keep Learning USG and USV Team!

Campaign for factory staff has been organized in both locations at Sungai Bakap on 31st Oct and Sungai Petani on 2nd Nov 2012, with the objective to promote awareness in quality concept.

There are 8 CQM stations have been introduced to the participants and rewards were given to top 3 who manage to answer the question in shortest time. The response is encouraging with the involvement of staff and customer’s representative (API). CQM campaign has been successfully carried out and we hope our staff gains the knowledge through this activity.

In Proliferation stage; NOS line has been measured against the min NOS line definition 8 criteria. It is about physical transformation to meeting NOS criteria.

However in Progression stage; NOS line has been measured according to LAT ( Lean Assessment Tool ) And is about Behavioral transformation in Lean implementation.

The participant for Lat Training has done Gemba in SB2 and SB4. Two category for LAT has been discuss; JIT and BIQ. Everyone has benefit from the training and looking forward for more “input” in coming future.

Keep learning SB Team !

She said SP has seen the improvement as compared to her last visit on 23-Nov-2011, however she hope to see more improvement in the factory in coming future such as quick changeover, line balancing, learning curve and skill matric to use in multi-skill development program.

Vony has shared her experience with SP that skill matric required good criteria in defining the skill level, standard skill assessment, trained assessor and use of matrix in skill development program.

Vony also highlighted that NOS min 8 requirement is to surface the problem and she hope more PDCA or problem solving activity can be exercised in sewing floor. These will help factory to train more supervisor with problem solving skill and enhance continual improvement in the company.

Congratulation for SP achievement !

USG production Team Leader and Team Member are excited over the success in NOS certification. It is a recognition for their effort since 2006. Everyone is happy for moving in the right direction; ” NOT EASY, BUT CHALLENGING ”

The journey is just beginning, continual improvement will ensure the success in USG Lean implementation. Toyota has been in Lean Journey for more than 80 years, with the support and courage from top management, USG will continue to improve along the journey.

Kaizen project kick off result will be highlighted in the presentation by the kaizen team member.

Cinta Sayang Resort, Sungai Petani (July 4th, 2009)

1-day event of training on kanban supermarket and one-piece-link had been carried out for USGSP staff, which conducted by KPO and witnessed by management.

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In progress of kaizen project kick off, discussion is major activity which lead by kaizen team member, as well as involvement of management and the related operation party.

With full preparation for the kaizen project by kaizen team, the kick off activity is crucial to make sure the project is running smooth with flying color results.