February 2016 Newsletter - Best Practice Network

Welcome to our first BPN newsletter for 2016 . We hope that you have had a great start for the year and we look forward to you participating in our events. Some of our members have been busy already doing their own personalised tours to various companies – there is always a better and smarter way of doing things and these visits will give your people that extra motivation and inspiration that we all need. There is no substitute to talking with fellow practitioners about the good stuff as well as the hard stuff.

We have exciting range of programs already developed for Victoria, Qld and NSW and you are most welcome to participate in BPN events in all 3 states or recommend them to your colleagues. More activities and events are in the melting pot and please remember to refer to the latest program edition to keep up with the additions.

VIC 2016 Program Link

NSW 2016 Program Link

QLD 2016 Program Link

We frequently get asked about our relationship with TXM. TXM are our parent company and they offer a wide range of lean consulting services in Australia and across the globe. We utilise many of their expert industry consultants to help us with our Special Interest Group sessions. This way we can provide you with industry relevant knowledge and current case studies.

Link to Article “TXM Goes Global in 2016″

NEW BPN MEMBERS

We welcome the following companies to our membership and look forward to their on going participation

VIC – Toyota, Carlton United Breweries, Marriott Industries

QLD – Micreo, CSR

NSW – Ontex, CSR, Cub Campers, Greens Food, MPS

Upcoming Events

25/02/2016

Problem Solving: Which Tools to Use and When – NSW

25/02/2016
Operational Scoreboard & Daily Management Systems – VIC

9/03/2016

CI Leader’s Forum – VIC

10/03/2016
How to Achieve Sustainable Culture Change – NSW

17/03/2016

Best Practice Logistics & Supply Chain – VIC

	EVENT REPORTS

VIC – CSR Monier Site Visit

CSR Monier Site Visit 4/2/16

Thanks for the opportunity to be involved in my first BPN event. I was especially interested in learning about the CSR Way given the shared history of our companies, and keen to take on board some learnings to help drive our lean program refinement under increasing cost pressure in our industry..…..Read More

Sarah Tole, Engineering Manager – Southern Loop, Sugar Australia

VIC – CSR Visit to Toyota

CSR Toyota Site Visit 15/2/16

Seven of us from CSR got a 3 hour “private” tour into the Toyota Camry Engine Plant and Maintenance Workshop, Critical Spares, production Team Cells, and a detailed look at their 4S + 1 program. Hosted by Maintenance Manager Stewart Gray & Divisional Manager Operations, Doug Rickerby.…..Read More

Rick Terpstra, Program Manager – CSR Way Manufacturing, CSR

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John Goutzamanis, Production Manager, CSR Lightweight Systems

NSW – Onesteel Site Visit Report

Onesteel Special Interest Group 10/2/16

Thanks for having us along – it was a great experience and good to see another manufacturing site in action. I worked in the slabcaster at Port Kembla for 6 months back in 1990 and the rolling mill brought back some memories.…Read More

Mark Shepherd, Maintenance Team Leader, Kimberly-Clark Australia

VIC – CSR Reports and Bike Trip Social

Feb bike trip 7/2/16

I finally managed to get to my first BPN meeting as Monier were hosting an event to showcase the CSR PM system. It was good for us to reflect on how far we had come in the last couple of years and enjoyable to welcome so many visitors to our site..…Read More

Jon Hall, Site Manager, CSR Monier

VIC – Bluescope BPN Visits

The BlueScope Western Port Plant in Hastings, Victoria has been on a lean journey for two and a half years. We recently joined BPN to take up opportunities to learn from other companies as we progresses with our own lean journey..…Read More

Tony Eramo, Project Leader –Continuous Improvement, Bluescope Hastings

NEWS

Book Review: The Customer Culture Imperative: A Leader’s Guide to Driving Superior Performance

Winner Marketing Book of the Year 2015

With 4 international keynote speakers, 16 national speakers and 6 special interest sessions focusing on lean, innovation and excellence, your team will find the answers and be excited and geared up to implement these solutions within your organisation post-event.

The 2016 Leading Through Excellence and Innovation Conference taking place in Melbourne on 1 & 2 of March has an exciting program delivered by local and international expert presenters – this is the MUST-ATTEND operational excellence practitioner event of the year!

For more information or to register visit www.ameconference.org.au.

Download the promo flyer here
Download the speaker benefits table here

BEST PRACTICE NETWORK QUEENSLAND

We are very pleased to Launch our Best Practice network in Queensland with Kevin Bennett taking the helm. With over 30 years of international industry experience, Kevin has implemented a number of Operational and Business Excellence programs across many sectors. Kevin has a Masters in Quality and Environmental Management, Graduate Certificate in Operational Excellence, Certified Net Promoter Score (NPS) Facilitator and an Accredited Lead Auditor for ISO9001. Recently Kevin has worked with organisations such as Bulla Dairy Foods, GSK, MYSALE, Dematic, Southern Grampians Shire Council, Cabrini and Sunraysia TAFE. He is also a judge for the Southern Grampians Shire and Sunshine Coast Business Awards.

Kevin is passionate about bringing together people and processes to grow and build capability to deliver excellence in Customer Service and Process performance.

BPN Queensland Welcomes Micreo Read More

	ASK YOUR NETWORK If you are searching for a solution to a specific problem or wish to benchmark, your peers are an amazing resource. Your feedback and contributions will help us build a Community of Sharing and Mutual Support that will facilitate your Operational Excellence journey.