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| Vol 25, No 5, Fifth Issue 2009 |
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Most companies say their employees are their most valuable asset. Here are stories about companies who truly believe it and that describe best practices to improve workforce effectiveness.
Automation Engineering Corporation
In Brief For the employees of Automation Engineering Corporation (AEC), challenges and opportunities arise for working more effectively with others in the organization, with customers, and with suppliers and the community. In a spirit of “authentic curiosity” and trust, they invest in innovation and training/development to propel the company to success in uncertain times.Click here to download full articleOne way to develop a learning organization.
The “How Lean and Culture Drive Product Development” AME webinar on July 24 was attended by 14 participants. Attendees learned how product development and your organization’s culture work together so that you can maximize your return on the development process.
Click here to download full article“A Natural Affinity between Lean and Green” is Ed Polin’s topic for a presentation at the AME Kentucky 2009 conference; he emphasizes how applying lean strategies to reduce waste results in consuming fewer materials and less energy.
The AME/APQC Community of Practice (CoP) offers virtual benchmarking opportunities by providing an open forum for practitioner-to-practitioner exchanges by submitting questions to the members of the CoP. In CoP webinars, subject matter experts share best practices. To participate in the AME/APC benchmarking CoP and learn how to search the APQC performance measurement service — the Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC), check www.ame.org and click on “Benchmarking” and then “Community of
Practice” or go to www.apqc.org/ame.
Lean conversion often begins on shop floors. Too often it ends there. The next push in lean is to develop vigorous learning organizations
that can deal with bigger challenges than removing waste from manufacturing processes. The article reviews the characteristics of such an organization and suggests how to move toward creating one. Our biggest impediment doing this is our own behavior.
