The annual 20 Keys ® conference is one of the most significant events dedicated to Lean transformation and KAIZEN, which gathers experts, managers, and consultants from all over the world.
At ODI’s recent one-day conference where we celebrated 30 years of operational excellence, several companies from various industries presented their case studies of business excellence and shared their achievements. Len Hansen – Consultant at Astral Operations, presented: “My Journey with Organisational Development Int
When people think about a pigsty, they most probably think about dirt, disorder, and an unpleasant smell. In fact, when you Google the meaning of the word ‘pigsty’, it is also described as “a very dirty or untidy house or room”. Not so at all at Merino Grower Farm of Topigs Norsvin SA, near Villiers in the Free State p
Our first speaker for the day was Len Hansen – Consultant at Astral Operations. Len’s topic of discussion was: “My Journey with Organisational Development International (ODI) since 1991.”
Johan Benadie of ODI and Landi vd Merwe, Continuous Improvement Manager at VKB Agri Processors, kicked off the 20 Keys implementation at Triple V Feeds, Vrede with a planning workshop.
The Nichiro Foods factory visited, in Utsunomiya which is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan, is one of several factories of Nichiro in Japan, all implementing 20 Keys for a long period of time. The factory produces fish sausages and frozen food (tuna for use in su
We will definitely again visit Anzai Production Company with the next 20 Keys Study Tour to Japan, please join us then (and for those of you who participated in this year’s tour, join us again)!
On the 22nd October 2018, as part of the 10th International Study Mission to Japan, we visited Panasonic Switching Technologies (Relays for automobiles).