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Success Story
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This company is in the process
to a very successful implementation.
Their people are to take credit for that,
so we are very proud to show those "agents of change"
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Back
row:
Luis Carrasco, Keith Weinstock, Noel Hernandez,
Enrique
Mora, Victor Orihuela, Andres Mena, José Rueda, Carlos Burgos, Fernando
Ramos, Jesus Guillén, George
O’Malley
Front
row:
Nayda Figueroa, Hector Gómez, Mario Estrada, David Carrasco, Tomas
Diaz
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as it is normal in these implementations, The "5S" and Kaizen
have become a culture within the company. There is a general awareness of
the effort and the steps that the company is taking to reach higher levels
of efficiency in each area of the plant. They recently had a "Quality
Fair" where they showed with pride some of their accomplishments and
also many of their products. These are parts for the automotive industry. |
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| Left: Enrique
can't hide his great satisfaction for the way this company has
supported the implementation process. 5S and the basics
of Autonomous Maintenance have been the main focus of these
workshops. An implementation like this is a process that in normal conditions
should take from 3 to 4 years in this size of plant; even more if it
keeps growing as it has in recent months. There is a very
positive environment around this whole project. The management group
is providing a very strong support too. |
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| Above: The coordinator,
David Carrasco, though has decided to double the effort and bring it
up in half that time. It is the enthusiasm of all these people that
is generating a success story in Metaldyne. |
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Back
row left to right:
Noel
Corral, Julio Medina, Enrique Mora, Juan Francisco Herrera, Ezequiel
Gomez, Dagoberto Rivas
Front
row left to right:
Juan
Herrera, Sigifredo Garcia, Jose Abrego, Celestino Cervantes, Carlos
Barrios, Jesus Gonzalez, David Carrasco
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Back
row: Andres Ramos, Leroy Craig, Arturo Gonzalez, Mike Keenon, Manuel Jesus
Hernandez, Javier Roman, Julio Medina Jr.
Front
row: David Carrasco, Conrado Ulloa, Virgil Saylor, Adam Perez, Alberto
Garcia, Teresa Rivera |
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Back
row left to right:
Juan
Castaneda, Ricky Loza, Pedro Medina, Jesus Acosta, Pedro Nazco, Enrique
Mora, Luis Vasquez, Juan Calles, Tomas Reyes, David Carrasco,
Front
row left to right:
Ana
Martinez, Alejandro Salinas, Ismael Carrasco, Domingo Perales |
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Back
row left to right:
Diana
Conrad, Enrique Mora, Hermelinda Garcia, Eric Vargas, Veronica Uribe,
Joaquin Padilla, Maria
Angelica Moreno, Fernando Guerrero, Maria Ruiz, , Aurelio Cruz, Angel
Cervantes, Rafael
Restos Burgos, David Carrasco
Front row left to right:
Heliodoro
Castaneda, Jaime Cea, Flavio Diaz, Ulises Castruita |
| As a complementary strategy,
Metaldyne has incorporated "Management Through Leadership"©.
The managerial group enthusiastically participated in a three day seminar
analyzing the advantages of "The New Effective Manager-Leader
Style" that will help the corporation keep focused on the Lean
change. A total of eighteen members came together to update their
strengths and skills. It was a "self-discovery" and
"mutual-learning" event and the three-member teams had fruitful
discussions. This will help them fine tune with the Kaizen philosophy and
establish a broader and more productive communication channel with their
workforce.
"Management
Through Leadership"© is a MORA Consulting Copyrighted process of hands
on training for the development and updating of leaders in the workplace .
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Above
is the 6th team learning the
Kaizen – 5S – TPM and Management
Through Leadership Skills
Back row left to right:Diana
Conrad, Enrique Mora, Jerry Malmin, Jim Doyle, Larry Wilbur, Ismael
Carrasco, George O’Malley, Juan Nieto
Middle row
left to right:
Daniel Ortiz, David Carrasco, Luis Carrasco, Lorena Magnelli, Phil
Snyder, Pascual Pinedo, Nayda Figueroa
Front Row left to right:
Ramon Elizalde, Maria Chavez, Fred Grandinetti, Virgil Saylor, Gil
Deleon
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the left and the row below we see some other aspects of the same event |
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News: Metaldyne has achieved an acknowledgement from Ford Motor Co. called
“Quality III – Experienced”. According to Ford STA, very few die
casters have received such status and this is due to the continuous
improvement effort shown in quality and process.
We congratulate the whole
Metaldyne team and are very proud of taking part in this effort. |
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This
on the left is our 5-S - TPM
Team of January "Team 7"
Back
row (from left): Władysław Bil, Enrique Mora, Cipriano Miranda, Conrado
Marcos, Jose Peña, Melchor Ramirez, Margarito Obispo, Cresencio Jimenez
Front
row (from left): Gilberto Alcantar Luis Alban, Teresa Hernandez, Marcial
Salgado, Nicolas Beceria, Jose Chavez (not on picture) also participated
in this event.
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"8th
Kaizen Team"
on
the right: Front Row: Javier Ocasio, Héctor Ortega, Javier Juárez, and
José Orta (Kaizen Member # 100)
Back Row: Fermín Herrera, Marcelino Bahena, Paul Kruse, Ángel Aranda,
James Taylor, Edilberto Flores, Enrique Mora, Joe Kosydar, Pedro Jiménez
and Martha Meraz |
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Top Management
Support
One of the main reasons for the
success of the implementations at Hydraulic Control Division, Metaldyne
has been the continuous support of the top management. They are always
present when the teams proudly present their achievements.
On the left we can see left to
right: George O'Malley, Manufacturing Manager, Tom Fisher, General
Manager, Tom Dolack, Director of Engineering
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Kaizen
Member # 100
On the Right: Nayda Figueroa puts
the commemorative medal and hat to the 100th Kaizen Team Participant Jose
Orta. He has been an employee at this facility more than 20 years. |
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Below: Jose and Martha working at the washing area on
the grids of the operator's platform of the machine. The members of these
teams must feel proud of the difference they are making all over the
plant.
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Click here for MORE Pictures and Information
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Click
here to read the article published by IMPO Magazine about Metaldyne's
Process
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