Doug February – General Manager at Nampak, presented “Operational Excellence … Good to Great” at our recent ODI conference held on the 29th August 2019 at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg.
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
With the 20 Keys implementation of safe and efficiently organised workplaces, the control and organisation of stores (like materials used in the production process, machine parts and consumables) are very important as it impacts on safety, efficient working, cost saving and ensuring a smooth flow of production. The mat
ODI’s Johan Benadie is doing a small group activity at Goldi Primary Processing Plant in Standerton. The production team is responsible for packing a specific mix and quantity of a product on a production line. The challenge is to consistently pack the right quantity and mix into bags (48 pieces per bag) and cases (6 b
Saw a good example today of the CAPDo cycle in action. Recently I did a 20 Keys progress review at Wispeco Profiles Department. It is quite a large workplace with five 5 extrusion press lines. Richard Muller and his team took the action list and meticulously scrutinised and implemented each action point. Review (Check)
There is always a way to innovate yet there are many myths surrounding innovations and ideas for operations improvement in organisations. The 6th and last myth in our series of Myths vs Reality is: “An informal approach for getting ideas for improvement works best, with managers promoting big ideas, because small ones