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Going lean the Solihull way

As the public sector tries to pay off a budget deficit, many councils are taking matters in their own hands by cutting waste and making

Within Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council we have used lean as our improvement methodology since 2006 and it’s now the foundation for our transformational change programme.

Published: 27 June 2014 4:36pm
by Victoria Fitzgerald
The sheer size of this food processing site works against connectivity (Figure 1A). Add a green ribbon border for pedestrian traffic (Figure 1B) that introduces colour and beauty into an otherwise beige production landscape and we also gain a mechanism which literally connects the far-flung departments of the central value stream. The inclusiveness of this device is amplified when we add a hatched cross walk for forklifts.

Operator asset care in the food and drink industry

Gary Barnes shares the results of a benchmarking survey, conducted as part of his Master’s degree in collaboration with the National Skills academy, to assess

By Gary Barnes

The concept of autonomous maintenance

The origins of OAC are found in the concept of autonomous maintenance, recognised as an integral pillar of the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) model covering professional maintenance, autonomous maintenance, early equipment management (EEM), training and development, 5S and quality etc.

Published: 19 June 2014 2:53pm
by Victoria Fitzgerald