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Welcome to our June newsletter
There is a lot happening across your Best Practice Network, as you’ll see from this month’s bumper edition!
Please enjoy our latest update, and the event summaries submitted by our members across Australia. Victor Caune will be moving onto a new National Facilitator role for Best Practice Network. This will involve developing new networks and supporting the current state facilitators and coordinators as well as sourcing international workshop presenters.
Neil Hooke will be taking over the reins of the Victorian Best Practice Network. With a 20 year career starting in automotive engineering design, sales and quality, Neil has been working with factory teams across the globe for the last decade, helping them to implement lean from the shop floor up. He has developed and taught visual management, safety and problem solving systems in Germany, Japan, Korea, India and South-East Asia, with a strong focus on training coaches and team leaders for sustained culture change. Neil has substantial experience with business networking and facilitating events.
[photo: Neil Hooke]
Vicky Schembri will be taking maternity leave over the next 12 months. Vicky has done a wonderful job in running the Best Practice Network office and developing our systems. We wish her all the best with her growing family and we look forward to her return. Shane Vaughan will be taking over from Vicky as the Victorian Best Practice Network Coordinator as well as national administration responsibilities. Shane has a diverse background in administration, marketing and IT and we welcome his expertise and experiences
[photo: Shane Vaughan]
News for Western Australia Maria Yakimov has been in the role of WA Best Practice Network Coordinator for the past two months and has generated strong Interest in establishing our network in WA. Our first event at CSR Viridian Perth in June, is now fully booked with 24 participants. There is a full calendar of events planned for the remainder of 2017 so please let us know if you have any colleagues in WA interested in participating. Having successfully established the Best Practice Network in New South Wales, Gareth Brown has decided to take his career in a different direction. The Best Practice Network community has valued Gareth's expertise and hard work and wish him every success in his future endeavours. Kevin Bennett, our Queensland Network Facilitator, will take over from Gareth and ensure the continuing success and development of the New South Wales Network until a permanent replacement is appointed in the next few months.
News for Queensland Kate Bennett will be moving into the role of Queensland and NSW Best Practice Network Coordinator to assist Kevin, who has a very busy schedule not only in Queensland but across Australia. Kevin recently visited Vietnam to work with his network member, Fashion Garments. 
[photo: Kate Bennett]
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[Photo: a robust discussion on Lean processes, at the Branach VIC event in April]
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*UPCOMING EVENTS* 08/06/2017 Hawker Pacific - High Reliability, Fast Turnaround and Competitive Pricing - QLD 8-9/06/2017 ANCA - Value Stream Mapping - A Practical Exercise - VIC 14/06/2017 CSR Viridian -The CSR Way - Reliability and Manufacturing Deployment - WA Launch Event 14/06/2017 Airbus Group - Product Development Cycle - QLD 20/06/2017 Orrcon Steel - Managing a Critical Incident - OHS Moot Court - QLD 21/06/2017 CSR Hebel - PVisual Task Boards to Support Decision-making and Daily Operations - NSW 27/06/2017 Stramit - Lean and Visual Management - VIC 11/08/2017 Winson Group - Developing a Sales and Marketing Strategy to add Value to your Customer - QLD 18/07/2017 Stramit - Lean and Visual Management (this Stramit event being held twice due to popular demand)- VIC 20/07/2017 Ontex Australia - Strategy Deployment and Team Engagement - NSW 25/07/2017 Goodman Fielder - CI Leaders Discussion Group - QLD 25/07/2017 Asahi - Asahi Operational Excellence System Focus - WA 27/07/2017 Prysmian Cables - First Steps in Site Transformation - NSW August TBC Schutz - Employee Engagement - VIC 02/08/2017 CSR Bradford - The CSR Way, Best Practice Deployment - QLD 03/08/2017 Graincorp - Strategic Supplier Partnering - NSW 03/08/2017 Denso - Developing In-House Automation - VIC 22/08/2017 Kmart Jandakot - Lean Systems in Distribution and Supply Chains - WA
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Continuous Improvement at Seqirus - VIC - 23/03/17
"With many progressive companies embracing CI, we all find ourselves requiring advice at some time on this journey, so its a big win when you can tap into the Best Practice Network. The Seqirus session was well presented with good visual "hands-on" content, a version of which we will use to empower our teams moving forward. Many thanks for providing an excellent forum for CI / Ops Excellence." Leon Thebus, CI Coordinator, B&D Doors
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CUB - Senior Leaders Discussion Group - QLD - 28/03/17
"Our Best Practice Network group was given a comprehensive overview of the CUB Manufacturing Way. Everyone was impressed by the quality and relevance of the Visual Management Boards. Each board provided ample evidence of a high level of workforce engagement and ownership in improvement projects, standard work and 5S”. David Greaves, CEO, Darwalla Group
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CSR Way at Dandenong - VIC - 29/03/17
"It was great to get an inside view of a leading CI program and engage with some of the leaders in Australian manufacturing. I found the CSR presenters very informative and willing to share their findings from 'the CSR way'. It was also a great networking opportunity and I look forward to further discussions with members outside of the sessions." Chris Thompson, Reliability Engineering, Nufarm
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Branach - Lean Assessment - VIC - 20/04/17
"Participating in the Lean Audit of Branach gave me a great insight into their inner processes and future goals. Using the audit I believe both Branach and the participants greatly benefited from the observations allowing both parties to take home invaluable information. I especially enjoyed touring the factory floor and interacting with the staff to learn the lean principles that have flowed throughout the business. Events like this are a must if you wish to progress both your business as well as your individual lean knowledge." Damian Cattenazzi, Production Engineer, Chemring
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Asahi - Enabling Competitive Advantage - QLD - 27/04/17
It was with great pleasure, that I was able to attend the arranged site visit and presentation held at the Asahi Schweppes site in Goodna QLD. Many thanks to Steve Crewe - State Lean Manager, QLD who hosted the presentation and tour and to Kevin Bennett. Best Practice Network QLD, I found this visit to be of great value, allowing me to network with Managers from other industries." Neil R. King, Team Manager, Goodman Fielder Limited
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Leica Biosystems - Metrics that Matter, Are We Winning? - VIC - 02/05/17
“A great event at Leica, and I was especially interested about how they integrated Associate Engagement into their core values. So many organisations talk about it, and it was great to see it applied in a practical tangible sense through metrics, tools and activities.“ Mark Cvek, Finishing Manager, Horizon Global
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Bluescope - Flexible Manufacturing at Bluescope - NSW - 04/05/17
"The workshop was very interactive and provided a great platform for networking amongst CI practitioners. The site tour was a highlight of the visit. It’s amazing how their relentless pursuit of customer service has transformed their organisation to become highly flexible and agile. The key take-away for me is their ability to bring about positive culture change with a fail-fast mentality. We all came away with some learnings and in return, provided feedback on improvement opportunities for the site.” Kevin Leung, National CI Manager, Parmalat
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Telwater - Factory Site Visit - QLD - 10/05/17
“BPN visits provide our employees with the opportunity to see, experience and network with other companies. Our employees return with a renewed passion, enthusiasm and drive to continuously improve. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Telwater - a highly focused workforce, making quality products”. Sheer Stockden, Human Resource Advisor, Laminex Australia Gympie Plant
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Sugar Australia - Women in Operational Leadership - VIC - 18/05/17
"It was inspiring to hear all the stories shared by the panel members, and it is clear we still have a long way to go to true diversity and inclusion in Australian manufacturing. It was also great to see that all of the panel’s recommendations tied into contemporary MBA diversity studies.“ Mark Cvek, Finishing Manager, Horizon Global
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Congratulations Nufarm - wins Exporter of the Year at the Endeavour Awards
Congratulations to Nufarm, an active member of the Best Practice Network, who won the Exporter of the Year Award at the Endeavour Awards in Melbourne on 11 May 2017. Well done Nufarm!
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Download the Event Flyer
For conference details go to AME Boston |
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Each year we host a group of 10 Australian and New Zealand
manufacturing practitioners on a benchmarking tour of some of North America’s
best Lean organisations. This is timed to coincide with the North American Association
for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) Annual Conference in Boston, where up to 2,500 practitioners will gather for 5 days of Lean Learning and
Networking.
"I
attended the AME Dallas conference on two counts, firstly to meet a long term
professional objective of getting to a US AME conference and secondly I was
looking for "my why" as to why I've had many more failures than
successes with implementing change and improvements, especially with why staff
do not take up and run with "obvious" improvements.” Peter Ballas, Head of Operations, Note Printing
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Best Practice Network Bike Group Weekend Cruise to Walhalla, Victoria, 18-19 March 2017
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By Will Day, Leica Biosystems The BPN Motorcycle Club went on its first
overnight excursion for the year on the 18th & 19th
of March.
The morning was an easy warm-up ride
through the hills towards Mirboo North where we stopped for lunch. From there, the group headed off to the overnight stop in Walhalla.
The final run into Walhalla was terrific –
great scenery and just enough tight corners to make things interesting. It was beer o’clock in Walhalla and the group
settled in the garden of the pub for a relaxing afternoon.
The group headed home the next afternoon, capping off a simply excellent weekend – terrific
riding roads, great company and well organised overnight accommodation. |
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Best Practice Network is Going to Western Australia!
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Best Practice Network are very proud to launch on the West Coast on the 14th of June 2017! The first event will be hosted by CSR Viridian in Perth. Rick Terpstra will outline the National CSR Manufacturing and Maintenance WAY – a key part of their business improvement journey over the past 10 years. This launch event has now booked out, but we have more exciting WA events planned. If you would like to keep updated on our WA events, please email Maria Yakimov, WA Network Coordinator, who will include you on our WA mailing list.
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’On Time, In Full’ - New Lean Supply Chain Book |
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Tim McLean, Managing Director of TXM, launched his second book in April: ‘On Time, In Full: Achieving Perfect Delivery with Lean Thinking in Purchasing, Supply Chain and Production Planning'. On Time in Full is a practical guide for manufacturers and distributors on how to meet a fundamental requirement - how to deliver to the customer the right product at the right time, every time. Order your copy at the TXM website. About TXM: TXM is a partner company to Best Practice Network. The team at TXM are experienced Lean Practitioners who have helped many manufacturers improve efficiency and reduce waste.
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Best Practice Network International Member:Fashion Garments, Vietnam
Kevin Bennett (NSW and QLD Best Practice Network Facilitator) and Michelle Brown (TXM) recently visited Fashion Garments in Vietnam as part of an eighteen-month project to assist them in improving their Strategy Deployment and Merchandising processes. Kevin and Michelle's first visit included a Senior Leader’s Workshop (photo above), Value Stream Mapping, Workplace Organisation and Daily Management. Their next visit is planned for late June.
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ASK YOUR NETWORK If you are searching for a solution to a specific problem or wish to benchmark, your peers are an amazing resource. Your feedback and contributions will help us build a Community of Sharing and Mutual Support that will facilitate your Operational Excellence journey. |
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