![]() Team members are driven to analyze the process and improve it, rather than to behave as mindless machines, which heightens their sense of responsibility. Forming Teams dedicated to improvement ensures prompt reaction to problems, standardization, training, involvement and motivation of the workers, consolidating the results achieved and improving them day after day. Kaizen involves all those who take part in the manufacturing process, stimulating and exploiting each one's potential. Kanban (card) is a simple and effective tool to manage material recovery, which is automatic and only ensues to actual consumption, guaranteeing supply Just In Time. To be flexible means to succeed in following the Takt Time, leveling the flow. It is essential that the work cycle be in sync with the customer's Takt to avoid over-production and delays. The pace with which the market demands the product from the company. Over-production, stock, redundancy, re-processing, transfers, standby time are all Muda and must be eliminated. The term Muda (waste) identifies all the activities that do not reap value. Waste (Muda) must be eliminated, just as overload (Muri) and variability (Mura), which may lead to problems with safety and quality. ![]() ![]() In other words, create a production flow that flows and is steady and efficient, leveling the volumes and getting rid of irregularities in the workload, and one that is also flexible, yielding what is necessary in the given moment. Safety: our workers are our chief resource, which means their health and safety come in first place by interacting with the System for Management of Safety in the Workplace (OHSAS 18001), the implementation of the Lean method is also bent on improving ergonomics and overall conditions of the worker's habitat.įor Just In Time (manufacture only what is necessary when it is necessary and in the quantity demanded by the market) to work, the production chain must be carefully balanced: a challenge for our planning staff, in a market where demand is highly fluctuant and where the productive mix changes all the time, but also a real need to keep the process always aligned with market demand. Today, Midac Spa can serve its customers with timely deliveries and with superb quality.Įnvironment: Midac Spa is especially keen on environmental issues and Kaizen also supports activities tied to the Environmental Management System (ISO 14001). ![]() Service: over the years, Midac Spa's improvement has been relentless, both in terms of reducing Lead Time and of improving quality. Quality: the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota Material Handling Europe (the European division of TICO, which belongs to the Toyota Group) has award Midac Spa the award for best quality performance from among all the certified suppliers: this result not only testifies of the quality of the products we supply, but it also awards our hard labor on all levels.Ĭosts: kaizen (continuous improvement) has allowed Midac Spa to become a forefront reality in the global landscape of battery manufacturers in a very short time. ![]()
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