Benchmarks & Client Cases
War Room Implementation
The Challenge
Problem
- Communication between areas/departments relatively poor
- Lack of knowledge of activities in each department and misalignment to overall strategic goals
- Lack of knowledge of activities in each department and misalignment to overall strategic goals
- Teams with little focus on improvement
Root Causes
- Information poorly systematised and lack of availability in some areas/department
- Indicator analysis occurs at irregular intervals and no defined timeframes
- Departments work in silos (or “isolated islands”), with limited interdepartmental communication
The solution
- Implementation of a war room that contains the organisation’s strategic initiatives, goals, business indicators and action plans
- Definition of a weekly meeting routine for follow-up of strategic initiatives and alignment of results with the leaders of each area and management
- War room organised by operational area for managing daily operations, detailed management of ongoing projects and problem-solving
The Results
The initiative was part of a 6-year KAIZEN™ transformation programme
Sales
(tonnes/man-year)
Sales increased by 20%
Productivity
(tonnes/man-year)
Productivity improved by 12.5%
Scrap
(ppm)
Scrap reduced by 21%
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