Operational excellence leaders

Stories like these gave birth to the evolution of horizontal supply chain processes to drive operational excellence. Building them requires vision, tenacity, and the ability to bridge the gaps of corporate functional processes. This world was driven by the leaders that could fill in the process holes and build new processes in the world of gray. Brick by brick, these horizontal processes bridge the gap between the customer s customer and the supplier s supplier. 

Whatever the origins of the pieces in lean, the leaders at Toyota—as they strove for operational excellence—combined, refined, and converted them with great success into what is called lean in the United States. 

This document provides an overview of the OEMS, our standard approach for achieving world class performance. It includes general guidance for the implementation and operation of the OEMS. More detailed guidance can be found on the Operational Excellence Website and within OE documentation, the Leader s Guide to the OEMS and in the online OE Certification modules. 

As senior managers, we recognize the importance of achieving a positive operational excellence culture and that excellence is defined by the diligent consistent efforts by everyone in the organization. An organization s company culture reflects the collective actions of every worker and in our role as leaders we recognize we must always ... 

Many books have been written describing the philosophy and methods used in the quality movement. The following is a brief overview and relates the basic approach in the common quality management and operational excellence principles by reviewing the work of three leaders who inspired and led the quality movement. These three pioneers all stressed the importance of management awareness and leadership in promoting quality—a concept that is just as critical in the broader pnrsnit of operational excellence. 

Comprehensive operational excellence incorporates and addresses aspects of both operational and occupational safety needs the active involvement of senior leaders. It... 

Out of all the team members, the team leader and scribe (secretary) are required to possess experience in HAZOP and excellent communication skills. Generally, for plant HAZOP analysis the team is formed from people with a technical background. In most of the plants dealing with hazardous materials, and/or any other hazardous situation, a person from the HSE department is made a team member. In some countries it is mandatory to keep one person from HSE. Since in most plants, control instrumentation plays a great role in ensuring plant safety through interlock and protection, it is better to keep one person from process, operation/production... 

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