Dear valued members and friends of DUSA,

This is the last call of DUSA workshop "Benchmark Manufacturing Company Efficiency" on December 12. 

For long term survival of a company a sustainable competitive advantage has to be maintained. Competitive advantage is normally made by developing new products and services that delight and satisfy the customers, and in view of increasing intensive global competition, it can also be made by restructure and improving business process to get better quality and cost reduction by adding value. 

How can you pinpoint resources and sharpen operational capabilities in a way that enables you to set the pace in a fast-evolving marketplace? DUSA invites three speakers: Mr. Joseph Chan, Mr. Andreas Krahmer, and Mr. Volker Michels from three different aspects: Human and organizational development, operational strategy, and lean production and lead time to share their expertises and experiences. By inviting you to join the workshop, we would appreciate if you would also like to share stories that you heard and projects that you implemented in order to improve company efficiency.

• Human and organizational development

Efficiency is a dynamic and ever improving process. It is an integrated result of various components in the manufacturing eco-system and human factor is one of the key enabling factors. In this workshop session, Joseph will share his thought and experience in efficiency improvement from the human and organizational development perspective. Through transformational leadership practice and concrete cases sharing, we will explore together to find new and suitable ways for your efficiency improvement requirement.

• Operational strategy

Freudenberg Filtration Technologies has embedded its continuous improvement program within the Operational Strategy. This top down approach ensures a sustainable improvement of all global production sites.

The Freudenberg Customer Value First House and the established training program for trained and motivated employees are essential for the execution of cost down activities and efficient manufacturing processes.

• Lean production and lead time

The Jungheinrich SPEED program: Lean production with extremely short lead times

by

·  Coordinated planning, procurement and value creation processes.

· Strongly shortened plan delivery times for purchased parts.

· Best use of employees, equipment and material.