LEA Lean Summit 2016
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Privately held
Over 30,000 products
7,000 associates
Operations throughout Americas, Europe and Asia
Consulting throughout Americas, Europe and Asia through
Performance Solutions by Milliken
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We were 150 Years Young in October 2015
Milliken & Company
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Key Markets
Specialty Chemicals Intermediates • Textile Chemicals • Plastic Additives • Specialty Colorants • Carpet Cleaning
Floor Coverings & Interiors Commercial • Contract • Residential • Hospitality • Napery & Drapery • Office Fabrics
Protective & Performance Textiles
Performance Apparel Fabrics • Workwear Fabrics • Military Fabrics • Airbags • Nonwovens
Industrial Products Composites • Belt & Hose Textiles • Innerduct • Tire Cord • Core Materials
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Over 125
Corporate Initiatives
Era of People Excellence
1980 to 1985
1985 to 1990
Era of Process Excellence
1990 to 1996
Era of Business Excellence
From 1996
Implementation of the Milliken Performance System
1980
1985
1990
Today
Journey in Operational Excellence
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The Milliken Performance System
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• Consultant support, who rigidly taught us tools.
• Management team had to learn what was lean was ‘all about’
• Engage with our associates in the same way we’d learnt about maintenance and quality a decade earlier.
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Wellington Plant, Bury
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With Purposeful Play
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With Purposeful Play
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With Purposeful Play
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With Teams
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Lean Application, Problem Solving
• Bronze – Team works on a project to gain confidence and enhance skills from lean training.
• Silver – With greater confidence, the team splits into smaller groups to self manage projects.
• Gold – Now with confidence and project management skills, large projects worked on.
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Bronze Silver Gold
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Bronze Phase – Team works as one group on identified issues.
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Silver Phase – Group splits into smaller teams to enhance skills from Bronze section.
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Recycling TeamPete WildDarren MeliaNeil Hall
As can be seen from the sample general waste we have scope to improve our recycling by segregating items such asCansGlassPlasticsTextilesPlastic cupsPaper
The team are looking at ways to improve our recycling byIntroducing bins for segregation to be placed in the best places around the plant Involving outside agencies to help us better understand what can and can not be recycled
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Silver Phase – Group splits into smaller teams to enhance skills from Bronze section.
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Gold Phase – Major projects undertaken requiring focused approach over months.
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Gold Phase – Larger projects undertaken.
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Solving problems outside of the manufacturing arena
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With Support, Coaching and Mentoring
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From Shift Manager to Continuous
Improvement Leader in 24 hours or your
money back!
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Standard Work for Leaders/ Kamishibai
• Kamishibai is a form of storytelling using visual cards/boards.
• Adapted for Standard Work in the Office environment
• Used as a Self Audit
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday08:00 08:15 Start Up Start Up Start Up Start Up Start Up08:15 08:30 Emails Emails Emails Emails Emails08:30 08:4508:45 09:0009:00 09:15 Tool Box Talk Tool Box Talk09:15 09:30 Review OFIs Review OFIs09:30 09:4509:45 10:0010:00 10:1510:15 10:3010:30 10:45 Glass Wall Glass Wall Glass Wall Glass Wall Glass Wall10:45 11:00 Lean Team Lean Team Lean Team Lean Team Lean Team11:00 11:15 Risk Management11:15 11:3011:30 11:45 QM/Kaizen Review11:45 12:0012:00 12:1512:15 12:3012:30 12:4512:45 13:0013:00 13:1513:15 13:3013:30 13:4513:45 14:00 TIMWOOD Preparation TIMWOOD Preparation TIMWOOD Preparation TIMWOOD Preparation TIMWOOD Preparation14:00 14:1514:15 14:3014:30 14:4514:45 15:0015:00 15:1515:15 15:3015:30 15:4515:45 16:00
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
TIMWOODReview or Business
Review Slides
TIMWOODReview or Business
Review Slides
TIMWOODRisk Management
C I Activity / Support
TIMWOODRisk Management
C I Activity / Support
TIMWOODRisk Management
C I Activity / Support
Action OFIs Action OFIs
Sacred Time
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Involving Associates In Strategy Deployment
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Benchmarking/ Recognition Visits
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Our Key Learnings
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If it doesn’t look or feel right, it probably
isn’t.
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Our Key Learnings
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You will only get out what you put in. Lean
Leadership is a must.
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Our Key Learnings
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It is of no use to learn the Lean tools if you do not learn when and how to
deploy them.
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Our Key Learnings
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Lean is about people.
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Questions, thank you.