Dominion Salt Ltd
How Dominion Salt achieved 20% productivity Gains and annual savings of 200k!
Increasing demand and the need to improve delivery In-full to the final customer prompted a focus on production out-put. As part of the Improvement Directs Worxsmart Lean Program, we had been introduced to Process Mapping and Project Excellence training and skills so we initiated a cross-functional group to target improved performance from the Salt Refinery Plant :Through the process mapping we identified 45 significant opportunities for improvement and then used our Project Excellence tools to help us target, and prioritize
Peter from Improvement Direct has been working with us for 4 years. While we didn’t have catastrophic failures we did realise we needed help to de-risk the things we could control.
Peter's first 12 months focused on implementing a Sales & Operations Planning structure. Before we implemented S&OP failure was no surprise, Failure is now rare and now we can see what has happened and what we need to do to stop recurrence. The S&OP processes are simple, robust and work. Customer satisfaction, as reassured by our NPS tracking, has improved by 28% in the past 3 years.
We then started a full Lean Implementation plan following Improvement Directs Worxsmart tm Improvement Program. Peter has trained all employees in Lean / Worxsmart tools and has assisted with a wide range of improvement projects in all areas of the business. Worxsmart is now part of what we do and removes +$250,000 of waste every year. I recommend you give Peter a call if your systemic, sustainable improvement.