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The production methodology used at Ketlon, is supported by a number of business tools that have been developed within the company.
Ketlon practices continuous improvement principles which encourage employees to improve quality and reduce cost through individual efforts or in groups called Ketlon Action Teams (KATs).
KATs empower employees to solve any challenges that might face them in the workplace. Any Ketlon employee can form a team with other employees - across all levels and parts of the Company who are chosen carefully either for their skills or for the knowledge which they can contribute to the work of the circle.
The programme was extended with the launch of Stakeholder Action Teams, designed to involve suppliers, customers and the communities in which the Company trades.
KATs use a technique called Creative Problem Solving (CPS) which outlines a step by step process designed to provide circle members with all the tools they need to solve the problem.
A radical new concept in learning in the workplace was developed at Ketlon. The Improvement Room is an IT and engineering based learning area located on the shop floor where employees can work on production-related problems, find their own solutions and applying them back to their production cell. This ensures that continuous improvement is an integral part of the normal production process. Reducing cycle times, errorproofing machine processes and improving layouts are just a few of the issues tackled within the Improvement Room on the Floor.
This enables us to learn in the morning and implement in the afternoon. |
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