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LEAN MANUFACTURING DELEGATE WORKSHOP
Having heard from a leading practitioner in the label supply chain, delegates then participated in a workshop on lean manufacturing and Hoshin management (which originated in the Total Quality Management system). It was tutored by Andreas Sattlberger (AT), from leading
definition to measurable results. Workshop participants were challenged, in groups, to complete an X-matrix chart, integrating strategies, tactics, processes, and results, for a specific type ofbusiness. Thisactivityis acknowledged to be a valuable way of drawing together the different strings that make up a business. The matrix helps management to define its breakthrough goals; the desired business results to be achieved – a compass for strategy development and execution; the process metrics to be used; and the selection of implementation tactics and projects. Team members are named within the matrix, along with their responsibilities, and are accountable; and the final co-ordination and alignment, across the whole matrix, along with all complexities and dependencies, may be resolved step by step. Mr Sattlberger’s message was direct: ‘Strategy is a process that is lived daily or not at all. Strategy is not just lip service, but hard work, with transparent project planning, accountability, and control.’
Workshop participants were very impressed with the clear, focused, and comprehensive view that this thought matrix presented, truly reflecting the
aim of their summit – implementing ‘great ideas with limited resources’. President Kilarska once again took the floor to make her closing comments. She thanked Moderator Rainer Ulrich and all the speakers for their empowering contributions on behalf of all the participants, and thanked all present for their attendance and continuing support for the Young Managers Club’s commitment to a healthy future for the label industry. She encouraged members to volunteer to help with the administration of the club’s activities, and announced that the 2014 events schedule would feature a special Young Leaders Global Congress in Michigan, USA, hosted by TLMI’s Young Leaders Organisation, directly following Labelexpo Americas in September 2014.
EVENT SPONSORS
Last, but certainly not least, Ms Kilarska thanked the summit’s generous sponsors, drawn from across the supply chain – Avery Dennison, Delfort Group, Gallus, Nilpeter, Tarsus Group, and UPM Raflatac – for making it possible.
Jules Lejeune, FINAT’s Managing Director, was full of praise for the event, and for the energy and enthusiasm of the Young Managers Club membership, and commented: ‘When the FINAT Young Managers Club was founded on the occasion of our 50th anniversary in 2008, the aim was to create a platform where incoming business leaders could connect FINAT’s successful past with a dynamic future. Now, five years later, the YMC itself has become an established feature of FINAT’s structure. Yet it is still refreshing to experience the continuing stream of the YMC’s high-quality, interactive, and business-oriented programmes, which are setting new standards in FINAT.’
Next on the YMC programme is a series of pilot webinars, of which the first one already took place on 27 May, just before the FINAT Congress 2014.
management and business efficiency consultants Syn Group, whose clients include several familiar names in the paper and print business.
DEFINING THE BUSINESS MATRIX
‘There are’, said Mr Sattlberger, ‘three basic management practices – targets, monitoring, and incentives’, and went on to define the strategy and tactics involved in progressing from problem
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