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World Industrial Reporter » Market Trends » Top Three Operations Programs

Top Three Operations Programs

September 28, 2012

By John R. Brandt

Remaining competitive is all about improvement — in cost control, productivity, worker safety and customer satisfaction. The 2010 MPI Manufacturing Study identified the top three operations practices and programs in place at plants:

·         Continuous improvement program (72% of plants)

·         Quality certifications (59% of plants)

·         Waste elimination (55% of plants)

The programs and practices least likely to be in use among plants were:

·         Open-book management (21% of plants)

·         PDCA problem-solving (22% of plants)

·         Strategy/policy deployment (30% of plants)

 Programs and Practices

 

All Plants

U.S. Plants

International Plants

Continuous-improvement program

72.3%

78.5%

57.9%

Quality certifications (e.g. ISO)

58.5%

57.2%

61.4%

Waste elimination (i.e., seven wastes)

54.6%

59.1%

44.3%

Benchmarking

45.6%

46.2%

44.3%

Value-stream mapping

38.5%

48.3%

15.7%

Kaizen events/blitzes

38.1%

44.9%

22.1%

Total productive maintenance

30.5%

26.8%

39.3%

Strategy/policy deployment

30.1%

33.9%

21.4%

PDCA problem-solving

22.4%

23.1%

20.7%

Open-book management

20.7%

21.2%

19.3%

None of these

6.2%

6.2%

6.4%

Source: 2010 MPI Manufacturing Study

 

What programs and practices are missing from your plants?

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The 2011 MPI Manufacturing Study, conducted by the Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI), with partnership support from Thomas International Publishing Co., is now underway. Participants receive a 
free 24-page Executive Summary of this year’s findings and six months of free online access to benchmarks from four years of the study ($495 value): You can anonymously complete the study atwww.mpimanufacturingstudy.com. Participate now.

 © 2011 The MPI Group

 

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