Kaizen Blitz Week

Wednesday, 05 October 2005

Speaker: Ismay McPherson, Terasaki (Europe) Ltd

Based in Clydebank Industrial Estate, Terasaki (Europe) Ltd are a world player in the manufacturing and distribution of Moulded Case and Air Circuit Breakers for engineering site contractors, used in every industrial and commercial sector that depends upon a reliable power supply such as hospitals, oilrigs and large ships.

The introduction of a new product with aggressive sales targets inspired us to hold a Kaizen Blitz week, we recognised that to achieve the results we needed to exceed our customers expectations we had to change the way we were thinking and working.

Ross International worked with us to create an environment that ensured successful implementation of, and follow-through, after our Kaizen Blitz week.

The objectives met by the Kaizen Blitz Team:

Throughput capability of 90 units per week achieved with the same number of people
Lead-time was reduced (from receipt of customer order to dispatch) by 60% on a major product range while at the same time more than doubling the throughput capability in 30% less space.
Illegal lifting was eliminated
5S process introduced
Continental shifts introduced