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In my last post I introduced the process confirmation standard at the BMW Group Dingolfing plant, which helps BMW to achieve efficiency on par with Toyota. In this post I will talk more about the actual process confirmation checklist, starting with a brief overview, followed by a deep dive into the first two sections of the checklist. Read on!
Continuous improvement in lean works through work standards. Improving the standards improves your processes. However, all of this is for naught if the standard is not followed. In this series of blog posts I will look in more detail at how the BMW Group Dingolfing plant (a company on par with Toyota in terms of efficiency) does process confirmation on the shop floor. And, maybe even more important, how they drive the whole improvement process through the front-line workers on the shop floor using this process confirmation.
In this third and last post on the Fendt Cabin Plant in Asbach-Bäumenheim, I will look in great detail at their digital dashboards as well as their excellent blue collar–driven continuous improvement process. I believe that true excellence can be achieved only through fast front-line improvement driven by the operators, and Fendt in Asbach-Bäumenheim is a good example of where it worked. As shown in my previous post, this plant has an outstanding performance, and the improvement system is the key driver for that. Read on!
This is my second post on the excellent Fendt Cabin Plant in Asbach-Bäumenheim, which impressed me a lot with their efficiency and general organization. In my last post, I looked at the plant and the line in general. In this post I will go deeper into the topic of efficiency, line balancing, and shop floor management. My last post will then look into their good digital dashboard as well as their blue collar–driven continuous improvement process. Read on!
Recently, I had the chance to visit the Fendt Cabin Plant in Asbach-Bäumenheim (between Stuttgart and Munich) thanks to an invite from Tarik Kadrispahić from Targer Consulting (Thank you, Tarik!). I’d previously had the chance to see their main plant in Marktoberdorf, and I liked it a lot. Hence, I entered their plant in Asbach-Bäumenheim with high expectations. And Fendt did not disappoint! In this first blog post of this series, I will look at the plant in general, and the details of the assembly line.
If you are a regular visitor on my site, you may have noticed that it looks a bit different. Yes, we did a major restructuring of the website and a website relaunch. Most importantly, the blog with over 640 blog posts is still there, and also right there on the front page. But we did significantly expand the additional offerings around the blog.
As mentioned in the last birthday post, the growing demand for consulting and training support inspired Jochen and me to start a lean consulting and training company. We now offer these services directly through our blog. Hence, this blog post is about the changes in the website and the new offers in training, consulting, coaching, and more.
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