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October saw some great events happening across the Roundtable in Queensland. Included in the "must do" list was our Supply Chain Working Group at the Woolworths' Brisbane Distribution Centre, Larapinta.
October saw some great events happening across the Roundtable in Queensland. Included in the "must do" list was our Supply Chain Working Group at the Woolworths' Brisbane Distribution Centre, Larapinta.
Earlier this week I was lucky enough to spend some time with a group of SIRF members visiting the Arnott's factory in Brisbane, an iconic brand that has gone through significant change over the years to maintain efficiencies and position in an ever changing market. Most of those changes have centred around automation and robotics, with the impact on the facility achieving great results.
Now that we've almost closed out on this year's National Forum, I thought I'd take the time to highlight the amazing job done by our inspirational and keynote speakers.
Another National Forum has now been and gone and I must say, what an amazing success! The feedback has been brilliant and the attendees have gone away very much inspired.
A fantastic SIRF Senior Leaders dinner earlier this month with 30 leaders from 24 organisations . Linda Davis (ex Cerebos, now Head of Transformation at Goodman Fielder NZ) gave a fabulous presentation on Innovation.
This year saw the Maintenance team at Asahi Goodna undertake a significant upgrade of their workshop with a renewed focus on productivity through a 5S focus.
Shane Cameron (Maintenance Planner), was the project manager for this upgrade, “There was some resistance at the start, but once the team saw the benefits of the change they soon came on board”. Whilst it wasn’t all plain sailing for the team, Shane said clear expectations and support from Leadership was crucial to the success of this project. “This project was backed from the top down and was closely aligned with the company’s continuous improvement program.
The boys at Asahi made the project their own.
The maintenance team needed to meet the 5S and GMP auditing standards, just like the rest of the site”. Shane said that it was important for the team to have as much input as possible into the design and layout of the workshop. “To get them on board, it was important for them to understand that it was their workshop and their plan. I needed to give some clear direction as to what was to be achieved but left it up to them to find the ‘how’”.
