Tricel Ireland

LeanPlus Project Objectives

• Mentor legacy projects to closure
• Provide Yellow and White belt training and train Tricel trainer how to deliver it to future groups
• Provide Green belt training to 12 people and complete projects
• Implement PIT in Manufacturing and other support departments
• Support the company on a Hoshin-Planning programme

Key Challenges

• Tricel had just installed a new IT system across the business at the beginning of the programme and this has taken some time to bed in.

Key Changes

• Tricel have delivered significant improvement to a number of key business metrics. This is the foundation for a Continuous Improvement (CI) culture in the company where key employees will be working on delivering CI projects as part of their day-to-day activities.
• The company has implemented Hoshin planning as their long-term planning and deployment system.
• The company has implemented short-interval control sheets, and this will be a solid foundation for implementing PIT in production.
• Department Managers have developed key KPI’s metrics which will be the foundation for implementing PIT in their departments.

Results

A number of projects were undertaken and closed out across the business. The following are the more significant of those:

1. OTIF across the business improved by 22%
2. OEE (on press 6) improved by 35%
3. Right first time (in tank kits) improved by 60%
4. SMED project on press 6 improved by 46%