Manufacturing / Lean Six Sigma

Operations
The sites may change but the process remains the same. We take full  advantage of the opportunities that present themselves to us  operationally by following a couple of maxims. Firstly we practice a  strong belief in the merits of “Lean Six Sigma” which has enabled us to  transform our manufacturing facilities into lean, data driven,  fact-based entities in our journey to Operational Excellence.  Secondly, we have employed a “Mastery” program within our plants since  the mid-1990s which has grown the capability of our workforce both  personally and professionally and contributed to our ability to satisfy  our customers.

Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma has been our pathway to reality.  As we embrace the  lean journey our fundamental responsibility has been the elimination of  waste throughout the organization.  We employ a disciplined process  for improvement where data and facts drive our actions.  Through  our global deployment strategy, Lean Six Sigma has been a primary  catalyst in establishing our operational vision.  Our facilities  have been transformed into visual management factories with clearly  defined, line-of-site metrics and measurement tools that insure all team  members are working for the betterment of the company.  We are  clearly reinventing ourselves continuously improving in everything we  do.

Mastery
Mastery is a self nominating process available to our team members that  desire to increase their personal "value" through a series of  demonstrated proficiencies in quality, productivity, safety, teamwork,  continuous improvement, and leadership.  Mastery level achievements  improve individual contribution and value. Our Mastery level team  members, now approaching 50% of our workforce, are essential in our  quest for continuous improvement and each and every one plays a key role  in customer satisfaction.