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| Hi, Welcome to November’s edition of the BPIR Newsletter. sharing with you best practices, improvement tools, and events. |
| Best Practice Events | |
| 13th International Convention on Quality Improvement, Lahore – Pakistan, 17 – 18 Nov., Organiser: PIQCExcellence in measuring the customer experience, Toronto – Canada, 18 Nov., Organiser: Excellence Canada. HR management: workforce focus, Auckland – New Zealand, 20 Nov., Organiser: NZ Business Excellence Foundation (NZBEF). 20th Asia Pacific Quality Conference, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia 23 – 26 Nov., Organiser: Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) International Best practice Conference, Abu Dhabi – UAE 24 – 25 Nov. Organiser: Center for Organisational Excellence Research (COER). Diagnostic consulting – a revenue driver, Auckland – New Zealand, 26 Nov., Organiser: Institute of Management Consultants New Zealand (IMCNZ). EFQM assessor training, Dubai – UAE, 29 Nov., Organiser: Dubai Quality Group (DQG). Organisational Learning Conference, Abu Dhabi – UAE 30 Nov – 1 Dec, Organiser: Emirates Center for Organisational Learning (ECOL) ** Also see BPIR Events Calendar ** |  |
| Featured Event: 3rd International Best Practice Competition and 3rd Global Benchmarking Award | |
| The 3rd International Best Practice Competition and 3rd Global Benchmarking Award will be held on the 24th and 25th of November 2014 at the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce.There are 11 countries that are presenting at the best practice competition (India, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka and UAE). There are more than 30 best practices in 10 areas will be presented. … the winner in 2013 was the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (Singapore) and 2012, Curtin University (Australia). The Best Practice Competition encourages organizations to share their best operational and managerial practices, processes, systems, and initiatives and learn from the experience of others. It provides an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of individuals and teams that have been responsible for creating and/or managing the introduction and deployment of best practices. For more information about the competition visit the competition website BestPracticeCompetition.com and about the Global Benchmarking Award visit the award website GlobalBenchmarkingAward.com |   |
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| Featured Case Study: Lean begins and ends with the customer | |
| Best practice case studies are an important benefit that BPIR.com offers members. Our unique BPIR case studies are formatted as succinct 150 word outlines that have been crafted from more detailed reports. Members can access the original articles as desired because they are all linked to the case studies. Read the following sample case study:
Lean begins and ends with the customer This best practice case study describes lean manufacturing of aerospace components by Cox Machine Inc. – Cox focussed on operational excellence via lean initiatives such as 5S, Kaizen events, and cellular manufacturing. – Cox synchronised customer forecasts, its own forecasts, and supplier forecasts to achieve “Just-In-Time” material delivery. This reduced work-in-process inventory levels and operational expenditure. Material arriving at Cox was delivered directly to a machine cell, avoiding non-value added warehouse storage. – Cox used two or three machines in a one-piece-flow methodology which further shortened lead times for production. – At Cox the lean supply chain began and ended with the customer. By utilizing mutually beneficial shipping methods and bar coding delivery times were reduced lowering Cox’s inventory of finished goods. Cox reduced its average quoted lead time from sixteen weeks to four. By using lean transactional processes, Just-In-Time material, one-piece flow cells, and long-term agreements, Cox realized a significant and meaningful increase in inventory turns and available cash. …..….read more case studies |  |
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