“…It is a great and effective top-down and bottom-up road to efficiency, connecting leaders with the people in the process…”

Chemical

20+ % labour productivity through integrated daily execution

BUSINESS CONTEXT

• Our customer operating companies are benchmarked vs. company-wide productivity standard.
• Our customer network allocation decisions are influenced by their benchmark score.
• Site underperforming in labour productivity.

CUSTOMER NEED

• To be a viable operations partner, ready to deliver more.
• Driving double-digit labour productivity to improve versus benchmark.
• Building fact-based improvement capability within the company.

RESULTS

• 20 % less labour productivity hours for a kg of output.
• Internal benchmark performance shifted to top group percentile.
• Result obtained ahead of plan.
• Improved transparency.
• Less firefighting.

CHANGES

• Well-structured, disciplined reviews of performance.
• Focused actions for deviations.
• Fact-based behaviour towards issues, resolution and effect.
• Different view through a clear lens.
• Engaged people executing 5S.

R&G APPROACH

• Implementation of an operating system (IDEX^TM) to improve performance to plan.
• Changes in standards, work force planning & scheduling.
• Standardised work with Lean.
• 5S roll out in entire plant.