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Lean Transformation Trident Refit Facility Kings Bay, GA. October 03 - Current. Lean Transformation. Initially received as “Program of the Month” Focused on the TRFKB value stream Lean benefits: reduced lead time and cost improved quality, safety and morale
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Lean TransformationTrident Refit FacilityKings Bay, GA October 03 - Current
Lean Transformation • Initially received as “Program of the Month” • Focused on the TRFKB value stream • Lean benefits: • reduced lead time and cost • improved quality, safety and morale • TRFKB is successfully sustaining & expanding lean efforts
Reasons for Success • Solid Command Leadership • Dedicated workforce • Trust • Mission first • Georgia Tech talent • Industry experience • Proven tools and techniques, customized application • Coaching vs. consulting • Customers taking notice • Focused on actual, net results
Challenges • How do we tell the story? • Trust (budget, workforce cuts) • Internal measures, systems • Seeing/managing the value stream • Improvement identification culture • Timing
Focus on Solutions • Areas with potential high impact • Work to a schedule/understand capacity • Strategic plan/metrics/communication • Continue lean transformation efforts • “The Big Picture” • Enlarge value stream beyond command (customers, suppliers…) • Tackle performance measures counterintuitive to productivity • Identify and use technology to take improvement to the next level • Leadership – believe bigger change can happen
Questions JILL M. WINKELMAN Enterprise Innovation Institute Georgia Institute of Technology jill.winkelman@edi.gatech.edu (317) 750-8154