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Book review of the Oliver Wight Class A Checklist In this issue of the Wight Line: Book review from Operations Management: White Paper: Oliver Wight publications: Master Scheduling, Third Edition Plus! public courses around the world |
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Formica capitalizes on communication and teamwork to ensure success Within the first year of their S&OP implementation, Formica Corporation achieved impressive results. Read about the transformation, not only in their operations, but in their whole corporate culture as well. In a separate, comprehensive article, Les Brookes discusses the elements of a continuous improvement journey leading to business excellence. |
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BAT achieves business turnaround and solves supply chain problems BAT was experiencing a decrease in demand, process inefficiencies, and overall supply chain problems. In less than two years, they achieved Class A certification. Also, read about S&OP Data Management being critical to a successful implementation. Rob Tearnan walks through the steps of selecting, finding, and aggregating the data for fast operational and financial benefits. |
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Hawes Signs takes the journey to business excellence Hawes Signs achieved improvement by following a defined structure of investment and change and has now set the foundations for its ongoing journey of improvement. While issues remain and the journey to excellence continues, it is now widely recognized as the true leader in its industry. |
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Oliver Wight Class A journey to business excellence The sixth edition of Oliver Wight’s Class A Checklist is the accumulated practice and experience of Oliver Wight consultants around the world, and it reflects the effort and achievement of thousands of client companies who have used our checklist standard to differentiate their business. |
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Why the journey is just as important as the destination For companies that need to make major leaps in performance, there is a baffling range of improvement methodologies available. The challenge is not to pick an acronym, but to understand the problem and approach it systematically. Business improvement is a journey, and the journey has to be tailored to the needs of the company. |
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Strategic planning: what does excellence look like Most companies have some type of strategic planning process. However, many companies struggle with making the strategy come to life. Strategies are often extremely high level, lacking in analysis, difficult to measure, and are often deployed poorly. So what does a good strategic planning process look like? Four key elements are explained in this issue. |
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Class A: the mirror and the signpost at Simplot Australia Simplot began a major Class A implementation with support from Oliver Wight. Over the course of three years Simplot Australia restructured internally around a demand-driven supply chain. The results have been impressive. Profitability has grown significantly, market share is up, and customer service levels are higher than ever. |
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Lean initiative boosts velocity for 3M Automotive A low-cost investment in Lean Manufacturing methodologies has enabled 3M Automotive Markets, Europe, to increase its velocity dramatically, reducing the time required to satisfy an order by an extraordinary 90%. |
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Solutia business unit achieves Class A certification Class A certification is a tremendous recognition. However, the true measure of Solutia's efforts is the impact their MRP II implementation
is having on their ability to provide even better service to their customers. |
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Transforming customer dissatisfaction to award-winning success Following the steps in the Proven Path and employing the Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist, Bird Technologies was able to institute MRP II and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) quickly. |
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New Fifth Edition Checklist published The Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist for Operational Excellence, the standard by which thousands of companies have measured their performance for more than 20 years, has been updated and improved. |
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Four steps to bottom-line results Most companies recognize the importance of education and training as a key ingredient to achieving success when a new technology or business process is being introduced. Learn four steps to ensuring that your education and training investment is successful, every time. |
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Two Leggett & Platt plants achieve Class A Leggett & Platt, a Fortune 500 manufacturer of engineered products serves a variety of major markets. Oliver Wight was engaged to help management of two key plants within its residential furnishings division pursue Class A certification. |
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