3. • Who we are
• Definition of Engagement
• Culture as a Foundation for Implementation
• Commitment at ALL Levels
• Method/Tools to Track Performance
• Lessons Learned
Agenda
4. • History and Stats:
• Founded in 1952
• 450 PEOPLE in a 24/7 operation
• Revenue in excess of $100 million
• 40+ finishing processes
• One of the largest US Independent
Finishing Companies
• Quality Certifications:
• TS 16949 and ISO9001 certified
• ISO14001 certified
• Customers:
• Harley-Davidson
• Pella Corporation
• Maytag
• Tenneco Automotive
• PACCAR
• Freightliner
Who we are
5. In 2010, we have achieved 20% growth by
leveraging current processes and developing
further capabilities.
Company Growth
6. • Who we are
• Engagement Definition
• Culture as a Foundation
• Commitment at ALL Levels
• Method/Tools to Track Performance
• Lessons Learned
7. What is Engagement?
There are several definitions of engagement, at Lincoln
Industries we define engagement in the following terms.
1.A heightened emotional and intellectual connection that a
person has for their job, organization, manager, or
coworkers that, in turn, influences them to apply additional
discretionary effort to their work.
2.The extent to which people commit to something or
someone in their organization which determines how hard
they work and how long they stay as a result of that
commitment.
Engagement
8. What does that look like in an organization?
The proceeding definitions manifest themselves in the
following observations:
1.Perform beyond their job title because they WANT to NOT
because they HAVE to.
2.Consistently perform at a level exceeding the minimum
requirements in effort and impact.
3.Take more responsibility and ownership of organizational
performance.
4.Anticipate and adapt to change more fluidly.
5.Speak well of the organization to their friends and family
members.
Engagement
9. • Who we are
• Engagement Definition
• Culture as a Foundation
• Commitment at ALL Levels
• Method/Tools to Track Performance
• Lessons Learned
10. “No one cares how much you know until they know
how much you care.” Author Unknown
People
12. “Those who build great
companies understand that
the ultimate throttle on
growth is not markets, or
technology, or competition,
or products. It is one thing
above all others: the ability
to get and keep enough of the
right people.”
Jim Collins,
Good to Great
People
13. • Quarterly One Company - One
Voice meeting
• Quarterly SHINE Newsletter
• Monthly Roundtable meeting
• Monthly Profit Sharing Letter
• Daily Pre-shift meetings
• Continuous Streaming Information
on The LINC
Photo from one
company one voice
or roundtable
Communication
14. • “Go Platinum” – categories for wellness
achievement including a platinum invite
for 14,000 ft mountain climb
• Wellbucks – financial incentive for
wellness participation
• Weight management
• Tobacco cessation
• Mayo Clinic newsletter for all people
• “Wellness Wednesday”
• Gym reimbursements
• Consumer driven health care
• Tobacco-free health insurance
discounts
Wellness Program
15. • Monthly Champions
• Annual Night of Champions
• Service recognition
• Safety recognition
• Environmental recognition
• Wellness recognition
• Quality recognition
• Birthdays and Anniversaries
2004 (25), 2005 (20), 2006 (11), 2007 (11), 2008
(20)
Recognition
16. • Individual Opinion survey
• Departmental survey
• Supplier survey
• Customer survey – Gallup
• Trust survey - Great Places To Work®
Cultural Measurements
17. • Who we are
• Engagement Definition
• Culture as a Foundation
• Commitment at ALL Levels
• Method/Tools to Track Performance
• Lessons Learned
18. A successful project needs both chickens and pigs.
However, given the sacrifice required of being a pig—forswearing other projects
and opportunities—they can be difficult to collect.
Thus, the construction of a successful project-team must ensure that the project
has sufficient "pigs" and that they are empowered to drive the project in return
for committing to and taking accountability for it.
Commitment
19. Beliefs and Drivers
The Beliefs and Drivers
are paramount to the
success of our
organization.
These values are not just
something on the wall,
they are discussed and
modeled on a daily basis
at Lincoln Industries.
These core truths provide
the “Due North” that we
need to keep on track
directionally.
20. How nimble is your organization to change?
Will your team respond quickly to clear expectations?
**Patrick Lencioni – 5
Dysfunctions of a Team
Driving Change
21. • Who we are
• Engagement Definition
• Culture as a Foundation
• Commitment at ALL Levels
• Method/Tools to Track Performance
• Lessons Learned
22. • SAFETY
– Our people’s well-being is of the utmost importance
– Safe processes are paramount to our business
• QUALITY
– Robust and repeatable processes will provide quality products consistently
• DELIVERY
– We must meet our customers needs with the right parts at the right time and in
the right amount
• PRODUCTIVITY
– We must continue to strive to produce a product that meets our customers
expectations at the best cost possible
Decision Making Hierarchy
23. – The creation of value through the elimination
of all types of waste.
– The value stream. All the activities required
to put a finished product in the hands of the
customer.
– Improving process flow to reduce lead times
and inventory.
– Producing based on pull instead of push-
based scheduling.
– Perfection of all processes and tasks
Lean Principles
26. 1. Strive for One – Piece – Flow
“Handle each part ONLY once and ONLY handle one part at a
time.”
2. Create continuous flow to each process and
through each process
Flow
27. 1. Build based on customer demand
Your customer may be external or internal.
Work to eliminate overproduction and the assumption of good
quality.
2. Replenishment of ONLY products that are
required
Pull
28. 1. Safety
• Zero – Injury
2. Quality
• Zero – Defects
3. Delivery
• 100% On-Time Delivery
4. Productivity
• Best Cost Method
Perfection
29. • Daily Operational Meetings
• The operations team meets daily to discuss the prior 24 hours
performance and develop countermeasures to issues that were
encountered (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity)
• Weekly Directional Meetings
• The operations team meets weekly to discuss the prior week performance
and understand demand and improvement opportunities going into the
next week.
• Monthly Strategic Meetings
• The operations team meets monthly to review the prior months
performance and identify priorities for the upcoming month related to
improvement opportunities
Managing Daily Improvement
31. Pareto Analysis
Pareto charts are available with just a click to understand what the driving issues
are behind any metric on the dashboard that is not meeting the target.
Managing Daily Improvement
32. • Who we are
• Engagement Definition
• Culture as a Foundation
• Commitment at ALL Levels
• Method/Tools to Track Performance
• Lessons Learned
33. • It takes a CRISIS to change
– What is your crisis? Economic, Changing Regulation, Customer Demand
• You must gain the TRUST of your people
– What is in it for everyone? Win-Win
• Attain COMMITMENT at every level
– How does senior leadership demonstrate their commitment? Gemba Walks,
Kaizen Events
• Set clear EXPECTATIONS
– How do people know what they need to do? Breakthrough Deployment, Visual
Management
• Hold everyone ACCOUNTABLE to what they say they will do
– What mechanisms do you have in place to facilitate this accountability? PDCA
• We must be able to MEASURE the improvement
– What are the metrics that will set the direction and show improvement? SMART
• Continually CELEBRATE successes and learn from mistakes
– How do you celebrate positive changes that are made? Recognition
Lessons Learned
34. • 2006
– (6) Kaizen Events
– Approx. - $300k Savings Realized
• 2007
– (27) Kaizen Events
– Approx. - $650k Savings Realized
– Over 75 participants in Kaizen Events
• 2008
– (33) Kaizen Events
– 50% Scrap Reduction
– Approx. – $1.7M Savings Realized
– Over 150 participants in Kaizen Events
– EVERYONE in the company through at
least 2 hours of Lean training
• 2009
– 30% Scrap Reduction
– $1M in Energy Savings
• 2010
– 35% Scrap Reduction
– 20% Revenue Growth
– $1M in Productivity Improvement
– Managing for Daily Improvement (MDI)
Kickoff
– Development of Cost of Poor Quality
(COPQ) metric
– EVERYONE involved with daily waste
identification and improvement
implementation
Lincoln Industries Lean Journey
Good Morning, my name is Kirk Hazen. I work at Lincoln Industries which is located in Lincoln, Nebraska. I would like to take a second to provide you with my background and then I will get into the breadth of the presentation.
First of all, I would like to thank the SME committee for putting the conference together and inviting me to be a part of this experience. I am always glad to speak to the experiences of Lincoln Industries regarding the business and our Lean journey. But most of all, I love continuously learning about how others have been successful in implementing lean tools in their organizations.
Like I said before, my name is Kirk Hazen, I am a licensed professional mechanical engineer. I graduated with a degree in Agricultural Engineering and I have spent the last 10 years in engineering and continuous improvement roles within organizations that are in the agricultural equipment industry or the metal finishing industry. I have experienced LEAN transformations and understand the value of this transformation and many of the struggles that go with making the leap to change. My position with Lincoln Industries is Quality and Reliability Manager, in this role, I am charged with developing and implementing strategic plans for the organization to continue its LEAN journey and provide direction to leaders in the company regarding LEAN techniques and tools.
Today I would like to speak to you about people. People drive each of our businesses and it is the single most important resource that each business has. People will create your success or bring about failure depending upon how your people are engaged.
In today’s world, there are many negative economic things that are impacting our daily lives. As business owners, we feel the impact in our business to the bottom line. What we may not take the time to realize is that these issues directly affect each of our people’s lives sometimes in a more dramatic fashion than our business. Each household is essentially a business and these economic times have had a tremendous impact on the profitability of MANY households around the world.
This news increases the sensitivity of our workforce to change and sometimes can negatively affect the productivity of our workforce.
During the remainder of the presentation, I will focus on the following areas.
Who we are – Lincoln Industries
Definition of Engagement – What does it mean?
Culture as a Foundation for Implementation – Is the team all rowing in the same direction?
Commitment at ALL Levels – This change and method of thinking MUST be driven at EVERY level of your organization (CEO to Floor).
Mechanisms/Tools to Track Performance and Provide Guidance – Visual Management to Keep Score
Lessons Learned – What we will continue to try and improve
In a snapshot, Lincoln Industries is a 56 year old company that has 450 people working in their facilities running a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week operation. This past year, we have surpassed the $100 million mark in sales revenue. One of the most fascinating business markers for Lincoln Industries is the fact that we are able to attain 15% annual growth year over year.
We are certified with quality and environmental systems and are very cognizant of the environment in which we work and live.
Just to give everyone a sneak peak into the customer list that Lincoln Industries serves, we have several BIG name companies that rely on us to provide products and services. Harley-Davidson, Pella Corporation, Maytag, Tenneco Automotive, PACCAR, and Freightliner are some of our larger customers.
The Lincoln job market is very tight with unemployment number hovering around 4.0%. In a city of 250,000 people, an unemployment number in this range means that it is difficult to find people to fill positions in a growing company, but yet we are finding ways to do that. We are increasing our capabilities as a strategic partner with our customers and working to become our customers strategic partners.
In a snapshot, Lincoln Industries is a 56 year old company that has 450 people working in their facilities running a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week operation. This past year, we have surpassed the $100 million mark in sales revenue. One of the most fascinating business markers for Lincoln Industries is the fact that we are able to attain 15% annual growth year over year.
We are certified with quality and environmental systems and are very cognizant of the environment in which we work and live.
Just to give everyone a sneak peak into the customer list that Lincoln Industries serves, we have several BIG name companies that rely on us to provide products and services. Harley-Davidson, Pella Corporation, Maytag, Tenneco Automotive, PACCAR, and Freightliner are some of our larger customers.
In a snapshot, Lincoln Industries is a 56 year old company that has 450 people working in their facilities running a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week operation. This past year, we have surpassed the $100 million mark in sales revenue. One of the most fascinating business markers for Lincoln Industries is the fact that we are able to attain 15% annual growth year over year.
We are certified with quality and environmental systems and are very cognizant of the environment in which we work and live.
Just to give everyone a sneak peak into the customer list that Lincoln Industries serves, we have several BIG name companies that rely on us to provide products and services. Harley-Davidson, Pella Corporation, Maytag, Tenneco Automotive, PACCAR, and Freightliner are some of our larger customers.
As we have come to recognize, the ONLY appreciating asset in our organization is our PEOPLE. We must make sure that we are investing in our people and setting them up for success in their role in the company.
Pigs and Chickens:
A successful project needs both chickens and pigs.
However, given the sacrifice required of being a pig—forswearing other projects and opportunities—they can be difficult to collect.
Thus, the construction of a successful project-team must ensure that the project has sufficient "pigs" and that they are empowered to drive the project in return for committing to and taking accountability for it.
Beliefs and Drivers:
The Beliefs and Drivers are paramount to the success of our organization.
These values are not just something on the wall, they are discussed and modeled on a daily basis at Lincoln Industries.
These core truths provide the “Due North” that we need to keep on track directionally.
Patrick Lencioni – 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
SAFETY
We first MUST ensure that we are able to produce the product in a safe manner because nothing is more important than keeping our people safe. Therefore, if there is a safety concern or a safety incident takes place, we need to focus 100% of our energy on solving that issue prior to moving forward with production.
QUALITY
After we have ensured that the process to make the product is SAFE and can be repeated safely, then we need to ensure that a quality product can be made each and every time that process is followed. If we have defective products made while utilizing the standard process, we should stop producing and solve the root issue. This will ensure a high level of quality and that is our commitment to our customers.
DELIVERY
After we have ensured that the process is SAFE and will produce a QUALITY part every time, we now can focus on ensuring that we have the capacity and the systems in place to deliver the product to our customer in the right quantity and at the right time. If we have an issue with capacity and can not deliver on time, we must address this issue before committing to any further production volume. Solving delivery problems is equally important as all other attributes, how valuable is it to be able to make the product safely and with quality in mind, and then NOT be able to deliver to the customer.
PRODUCTIVITY
Once we have established a process that can be performed safely, produce a quality part each time that the process is followed, and be able to deliver to the customer what they want when they want it, then we can begin to look for a more efficient method of producing the parts. These efficiency improvements are directly related to cost of manufacture for a product. As we make cost improvements in processes, this will lead to higher profitability, greater customer satisfaction, and more competitive pricing from our organization for our customers.
Jim Womack and Daniel Jones – Lean Thinking
About 3.5 years ago, this is what the warehouse looked like. This is normal production, the reason that we have this picture on this slide is the fact that it demonstrates and displays each of the 8 wastes.
Defective Products – Red tags on the shelves
Overproduction – I do not know what else would lead to this situation but overproduction. If we were producing to the customer demand and shipping the product, we would not have this situation.
Waiting – The true definition of waiting is the fact that the plating line will be needing the parts on the top shelf, half way down the aisle. In order to get to these parts, the fork lift driver will have to remove all of the product on the floor in front of the shelf, remove the product that was needed, and then put the product on the floor back in place. This sometimes would take up to 2 hours to complete.
Non-utilized resources – looking for parts
Transportation – Movement of product
Inventory – Look at the picture
Motion – Extra movement of parts to get to other product
Extra Processing – Rework tags on the shelves
The MCpT is the true TOP LEVEL METRIC of how lean your organization is at any one point in time.