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Focus On way of envisaging the company – and adapting its business structures accordingly.” Have you planned future developments of the initial project Is there a ”phase two” Landi: ”There's more than a phase two. SAP's modular structure has made it possible for us to define a starting model that guarantees the vital functions of the organisation. Improvements can then be introduced gradually in the subsequent stages, to avoid overloading the users and the company in general. The first step will definitely be the roll-out to the foreign branches, and this alone calls for a high level of commitment and elasticity from all the personnel involved. The “Italy implementation”, which is what we have called the current project, will be extended to cover the complete physical management of stock, the integration of the related automatic local subsystems, the gradual inclusion of systems for acquiring data from the main production units and lines, the drawing up and implementation of group-level planning and control systems, the centralisation of orders, data analysis, and so on.” Baraldi: ”We have already laid the basis for the creation of a simulation environment for the development of complex “what-if” scenarios, above all with regard to factory load optimisation and the dynamic management of production capacity according to variations in demand. It's an ambitious project, but now is the time to give it everything we've got. We have to gain ground rapidly, if we want to keep our leading position in an ever more competitive industry.” Stefano Salatini About Berco E-LEARNING: TRAINING AND COMPETITIVENESS Throughout the world, there is a rapid evolution towards a knowledge-based society and economy. Access to up-to-date information and knowledge is a crucial factor in the strengthening of business competitiveness E-learning has now come to represent a concrete response to the demand for continuous training from an adult public already active in the world of work. This learning and training process has been made possible by new web technologies that give users access to various kinds of information in digital form at any time and from any place with an on-line connection. The combined use of different channels of communication (reading, viewing and listening) helps students to memorise things more easily. Recent studies have shown that students learn more easily with these tools than in traditional classroom situations. Training by ”e-learning” also has other advantages over traditional training methods: ▶ COST REDUCTION ▶ FLEXIBILITY ▶ EFFECTIVENESS ▶ EASILY UPDATABLE ▶ A SINGLE SYSTEM FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF COMPANY KNOWLEDGE; REPRODUCIBLE ▶ EASILY MONITORABLE AND ASSESSABLE ▶ A MINIMUM OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ▶ E-LEARNING CAN ALSO BE USED BY BRANCHES, VISITORS, CUSTOMERS, CONTRACTORS... ▶ FREEDOM TO MAKE MISTAKES ▶ LOWER CONSUMPTION OF RESOURCES(ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY) WHAT IS BERCO DOING Berco management has decided that the first area where e-learning is to be used must necessarily be Health and Safety at work. Consequently, working with external experts, we are developing teaching material that reflects the situation in our company as much as possible, using images and videos filmed directly in the workplace. Currently, the Berco working group is made up of people from the Prevention and Protection Service and Personnel Management, and the courses for employees will begin by the end of the year. For technical/organisational reasons, the initial courses will use a mixture of traditional and electronic training methods, grouping a certain number of people together with PCs in a designated classroom. The potential of these systems in the near future is immense: • home-based training • contractor training • training in different languages in different parts of the world • transmission via mobile phone, for personnel on location or on worksites. Saverio Salvi Head of Prevention and Protection Services 6 BN62 > december 2011
Focus On 5S method at BERCO: a further STEP towards continuous improvement A methodological approach that aims to eliminate waste, focusing on concepts such as order, cleaning, standardisation and visual management ”Moving your business ahead”, Berco's now famous catchphrase, conveys the idea of development and movement with an eye to the future. But the continuous and frenetic changes affecting the world and markets are already here in the present for all to see. This continuous evolution makes absolute references impossible: something seen as excellent one day can turn out to be mediocre the day after and can even lead to market exclusion. For this reason, Berco has decided to work towards improvement, with the aim of achieving the ever more ambitious goals needed to win the increasingly fierce battle against competitors. A battle in which concern for quality alone is no longer enough; what is required is a focus on continuously improving efficiency, leading to a gradual reduction in internal costs. WHY BERCO HAS DECIDED TO START FROM THE 5Ss A methodological approach that aims to start a process for the elimination of waste, focusing on concepts such as order, cleaning, standardisation and visual management. These are notions which, while seemingly banal – at least in the first two cases – conceal unexpected potential and imply an important change in the mentality of people in a working environment. In a company with such deeply entrenched habits like Berco, therefore, the 5S method represents not only the first step towards a new change, but also a “casting out nines” check. Hiroyuki Hirano, inventor of the 5S method, says that ”good organisations develop beginning with the 5Ss; bad organisations fall apart beginning with the 5Ss”. What we are expecting from this new approach, which is being extended to the whole factory, is the creation of a different working environment, where new standards of behaviour help the company to measure up to global markets in an ever more competitive way. As Niccolo Machiavelli wrote, ”there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things”. The application of the 5S method thus represents a tangible change which implies – above all – a mental change, and lays the basis for the continuous improvement of our company. Marco Munerato Workshop Engineering Department – Continuous Improvement BEFORE after 5S 5. Shitsuke - sustaining: ensure that this way of thinking 1. Seiri - sorting: sort out the things you need from everything not essential to the work that upsets order and leads to a waste of time or resources 2. Seiton - straightening: put everything in its proper place, as in the old saying ”a place for everything and everything in its place” 3. Seiso - systematic cleaning: keep everything clean and in order at all times; a clean, orderly workspace is one that doesn't “hide” inefficiencies 4. Seiketsu - standardise: define identical, standard procedures for the continuous rationalisation of resources and workspaces and acting is sustained in company activities... BN62 > december 2011 7
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