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Welcome to our November Newsletter.
We hope that you enjoy reading the BPN event reviews contributed by members who have kindly offered their perspectives. We also have the presentations made by the companies on our website under the MEMBERS SECTION (please contact Yvonne for your password).
AME INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE USA
 AME Cincinnati USA I have just recently returned from the International AME CONFERENCE in Cincinnati that was attended by 2000 industry people. I had the pleasure of co facilitating a workshop with my TXM colleagues on Sustaining Cultural Change with participants from around the globe. We all have the same challenges!
The major themes coming out of this conference – the American manufacturing sector is under the pump like ours, employee engagement and leadership is pivotal , innovation is essential and that massive change thru technology and digital disruption is underway. (For example Aus Post are now considering parcel delivery by drones!)It was stated that about 70% of the North American workforce is either passively or actively disengaged. Therefore the role of leadership at all levels within organisation is critical to engage, motivate employees and support continuous improvement. One of the keynote speakers indicated that his top lean measure was the amount of time that his leaders spent in the gemba.
The keynote speaker from Google talked about their 70/20/10 rule for innovation. Employees do their normal job /role for 70% of their time, 20% in teams on CI projects and 10% on way out ideas. We are certainly not all like Google with their huge drive on innovation but we must work on developing a culture of gaining our employees’ ideas and input and commitment. In fact there was a recent news report outlining how BHP has made substantial cost savings and performance improvement thru a new structured employee engagement program. This approach is not new thing but companies are realizing there is enormous upside if done well.
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Upcoming Events
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Our own Operational Excellence National Summit is coming up on Dec 3 in Melbourne. Come and hear how successful Australian leaders are pushing thru their traditional boundaries to prosper and grow. Use this event to build new networks, swap and grow ideas and take new learnings back to your own work place. This event is free to BPN members and $900+gst pp for non members.
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VIC 10 Sep 2015 HOLDEN ENGINE PLANT SITE VISIT
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The visit to the Holden Engine Plant has been very inspiring to the group of people from Asahi Beverage Australia.
We had the opportunity to have four people attending the event, consisting not only of the VIC State Lean Manager, but also shop floor representatives from production, maintenance and quality. Read More
Luca Chiasserini, Lean Manager – Victoria, ASAHI BEVERAGES |
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VIC 23 Sep 2015 FORM 2000 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP –
MANAGING PSYCHOSOCIAL HAZARDS IN YOUR WORKPLACE
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Many of the attendees came into the session unsure about what is a ‘Psychosocial hazard’. What impacts our employees ability to perform at 100%? In majority of cases it’s their personal lives, So what can we do as employers to support people that are being impacted by a personal situation, what are the potential risks to our businesses and how do we prevent or mitigate these risks.
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Kerry Dykes HR Business Partner – Operations, SUGAR AUSTRALIA |
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VIC 6 Oct 2015 DENSO – BEST PRACTICES IN LEAN MAINTENANCE
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There were about 20 participants from great companies around Melbourne, including à BlueScope Steel, Asahi, Britax, Devondale, Calalent, Kinross, Marand, Sugar Australia, Anca, Note Printing Australia, Laminex and myself from CSR.
Most of the participants were keen to learn about Denso’s TPM, Operator & Maintenance Team Engagement, Denso’s Maintenance KPI approach and their “Visual Factory” methods in support of Lean Maintenance Systems.
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Rick Terpstra, National Program Manager – CSR WAY
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VIC 15 Oct 2015 LINFOX – PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT IN WAREHOUSING
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On Thursday 15th Oct 15, Best Practice Network organised a presentation and site visit to the Linfox Coles DC at Truganina. This attracted 30 participants from a broad cross section of industry.
The presentation was hosted by the DC Manager, Phil McInerney. After the initial introductions, Phil detailed the 20 month journey that Linfox, as the site operator, had been on. Of particular note was the IR journey for this particular site relating to the management of absenteeism, overtime and work practices. Read More
Greg Dunn, Operations and Supply Manager PORTA
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VIC 20 Oct 2015 NUFARM MOOT COURT
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 Nufarm Moot Court 20/10/15 |
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We all hope that we’ll never have to defend a serious workplace incident, injury or fatality in court, but do you really understand how to avoid this and your full responsibilities as a manager?Read MoreGeorge Fletcher Operations Manager – Lyondellbasell |
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NSW 13 Oct 2015 ONTEX SITE VISIT
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 ONTEX Site Visit 3/10/15 |
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Today was not just a site visit. It was a well thought out living example of how a business: develops its strategy and values; builds these into their operational plans; gets buy-in from staff; follows up with accountability, reward and recognition; and builds a culture of success…Visits and professional presentations such as these beat all the books you can read.Read MoreJeremy Jacobs CFO- Custom Bus Australia |
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