Utveckling och visualiseringav arbetet med ständiga förbättringar
För Pfizer, Strängnäs
Today it becomes more and more important to work with continuous improvements to stay ahead of the competitors. Pfizer in Strängsäs started working with continuous improvements in 2010. By the end of 2012, the company?s goal is to reach 24 improvements per employee at the factory.Their project has two main purposes; to examine the need and possibilities for visualization regarding continuous improvements at the production department and to develop a concept for visualisation of the entire factory?s continuous improvements.To attain the information required to examine the needs at the production department, interviews with relevant employees at the department were conducted. Using interviews as a benchmarking instrument was also helpful in getting different points of views. The benchmarking was performed both internally at the factory and externally at Atlas Copco Craelius AB. To attain information about the visualization of the entire factory?s continuous improvements interviews were conducted with stakeholders.There have been different methods used to get as a good result as possible. Risk analysis, product function analysis and brainstorming have been executed to get information to both parts of the project and by that ensuring the result.The end result of the production department showed that two of the sections, the fermentation and the purification, are in need of visualization; visualization by using improvement boards would increase the possibility to communicate the information regarding improvements to relevant staff. However, this need varies between the two departments, resulting in different boards for each one.There will be a need to establish routines on how to use the boards to ensure that they fulfil their purpose. Through recurring meetings with a fixed agenda there will be an opportunity for everybody to discuss and process the work regarding these continuous improvements in an efficient and just way.The result for visualization of the factory?s work with continuous improvements is a concept with suggestions of different features that can be included on a wall in the entry hall. The concept?s purpose is to make it easy for employees and visitors to understand how well the factory embraces and handles these improvements. There will also be a feature that makes it possible to headlight successful improvements, relevant meetings and important groups at the factory.