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Operations ASC & Fans & Air Filtration Client

From August 31 to Sept 06, 2020 AMBE worked for an JCI Plants in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez to develop the transactional VSM (current state) and implement a plan to eliminate waste (Order entry, Scheduling, Shipping and Customer Satisfaction. Identification of VSM Constraints / Opportunities (evaluated & prioritized based on Occurrence / Impact / current Controls).

The Challenge

Customer requests a Value Stream Mapping Assessment (including Transactional) of to its two facilities in El Paso, TX & Ciudad Juárez Mexico

To help our client we worked with the supplier to improve and eliminate:
I. Management of flow of materials and information required to bring a product to customers in a timely manner.
• Current system (MacPack) needs to be changed by an electronic Management system (ERP)
• Customer concerns due to late delivery of Products
• Flow of information and Scheduling is critical in Plants.

II.Identification of bottle necks and opportunities for improvement
• Mass production in place
• Crisis Management
• Roles and responsibilities are unclear
• Lack of communication / analysis in Plant
• Waste is evident in Plants in terms of Quality & Delivery

III. AMBE Coaching to Customer Management team in the VSM process
• Teaching & learning process in the energy room
• Focus on priorities

The Solution

  1. Map process as a team with all floor experts
  2. Review KPIs performance to crosscheck opportunities
  3. Daily report Map development progress
  4. Weight all opportunities based on Impact, Frequency & Control
  5. Visualize and analyze the bottleneck Operations
  6. Based on the highest NPR develop an action matrix
  7. Identify the line with more opportunities or bottlenecks to work in as a pilot area
  8. Implement and check improvements
  9. Develop a plan to implement at all areas
  10. Assign Champions per area to support teams
  11. Daily check progress and adjust as needed
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