Then Mass now Class: Munsch Chemie-Pumpen GmbH Success Story by Staufen AG
Munsch Chemie-Pumpen GmbH from the Westerwald had to reinvent itself after the financial crisis of 2009. The restructuring of production as part of the "Blue Sky" project laid the foundation for spectacular sales growth.
Munsch Chemie-Pumpen GmbH from the Westerwald had to reinvent itself after the financial crisis of 2009. The restructuring of production as part of the "Blue Sky" project laid the foundation for spectacular sales growth.
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STAUFEN. | MUNSCH<br />
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Employees feel they are taken<br />
seriously and valued<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
OF SHOP FLOOR<br />
MAN<strong>AG</strong>EMENT<br />
Along with the introduction of Shop Floor Management in manufacturing,<br />
a new management system was implemented. Until<br />
then, there had been no holistic system for this. At the beginning,<br />
employees and executives were not exactly enthusiastic<br />
about the plan. There was a fear of control.<br />
However, once the employees understood the meaning and<br />
purpose of Shop Floor Management in practice, these fears<br />
subsided. At its core, the new system is not about personal control,<br />
but about identifying deviations from the defined goal and<br />
taking measures to improve it. In short: If deviations are identified,<br />
measures are taken.<br />
Meanwhile, employees have recognized what Shop Floor Management<br />
means for teamwork. And they love it. They actively<br />
participate in daily meetings on the shop floor and educate<br />
themselves through training courses on presenting and moderating.<br />
The employees feel they are taken seriously and valued.<br />
The entire organization <strong>now</strong> works more closely and efficiently<br />
together.<br />
"Each team leader <strong>now</strong> holds a meeting every morning in their<br />
area at the shop floor board. The figures are passed on to the<br />
production and logistics unit and then to me," says Managing<br />
Director <strong>Munsch</strong>. "At half past nine I k<strong>now</strong> exactly what‘s going<br />
on at the factory."<br />
Thanks to Shop Floor Management, his Production Manager<br />
Jörg Martin not only has a management system but also a key<br />
performance indicator system at his disposal. It measures productivity,<br />
setup time deviations, quality and delivery reliability,<br />
among other things, on a daily basis. The key figures are aligned<br />
in such a way that employees can identify with them, i.e. influence<br />
them through their work.
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