The Lean Management Journal invites you to a unique one-day event that combines a lean site visit at the leading medical device manufacturer, Optos, with a practical seminar focused on leadership and behaviours to create and sustain a lean transformation.
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Key benefits from the day:
- Learn how the site has transitioned from a “firefighting” culture where lean was a background activity, to one where continuous improvement is at the heart of daily work
- See and hear from the site leadership team as they illustrate their lean journey and how this has enabled significant cultural change
- Understand the tools and systems the site has implemented that has achieved over £3m worth of cost avoidance since 2010
- Learn how their improvement activity has quickly seen their plant capacity doubled
- Participate in a hands on afternoon session focused on leadership, behaviours and culture change that will help develop your own improvement and change management plans
Who should attend?
- Operational and lean professionals interested in learning more on how to develop a culture that focuses on improvement every day
- Senior leaders who want to engage their workforce in meaningful cultural impacting activities
- Business owners looking for ideas and inspiration to allow them to create a breakthrough in performance
- Companies looking to benchmark their own lean transformation programme
Site visit learning points:
- Cross Functional Teams: See how Optos’s application of cross-functional teams has enabled greater flexibility in responding to customer demand
- Standard Work: Hear how they have created a system of standardisation and how it has accelerated their improvement journey
- Flow: Learn how they are achieving flow and how this has enabled Optos to better understand the operational problems and challenges
- Visual Management: Understand how they use visual measures and devices that allow them to see problems as they are happening
- Framework: Learn how they have been applying the Shingo Prize Award methodology within a small company
Optos PLC Overview:
Optos is a British medical device manufacturer that researches, develops and manufacturers ultra-widefield retinal imaging devices. The company has an annual turnover of approximately £120m and employs over 400 people worldwide. The Dunfermline site employs over 150 people, with over 60 employees are involved in manufacturing, predominately low volume cell manufacture of high value technical products.
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