Best Practice Network

✨ The Power of Case Studies ✨ Join us this Thursday 31 October at 12pm (AEDT) // 2pm (NZDT) for an exciting Zoom forum dedicated to Continuous Improvement and Lean practices. We’ll showcase three diverse case studies from our Best Practice Network members; Cytiva, Aliaxis, and Oasis Engineering. Afterward, we’ll jump into a dynamic discussion on how these case studies can enhance our learning and collaboration. Don’t miss out. Check our website for full event details. We can’t wait to see you there. https://lnkd.in/gefxzz3 Peter Davidson Andrew Gill Kent Eimbrodt Kevin Bennett GAICD Vicky Schembri Laura Witchard Brittany Price Julie Chesterman #continuousimprovement #bestpractice #operationalexcellence #leanpractices #casestudies

Connecting our members with our collaborative community at the The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) Atlanta Conference Rohan Galidawatta and Sherwin Lappen , with our Qld Facilitator Kevin Bennett GAICD caught up with Cheryl Jekiel Cheryl Jekiel and Hirdaramani Vietnam - Fashion Garments Limited - Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have known each other for a number of years - regular catchups with Senior Leaders Madhawa Atapattu / Uyen Truong and Ashoka Seneviratne as they have joined us on previous Best Practice Network North America Tours Hung Nguyen #bestpracticenetwork #operationalexcellence #businessleaders #businessnetworking

Best Practice Network North America Study Tour - 25th October 2024 This tour brought the full week of tours in Canada to a close, and what a visit it was for all who attended Bombardier hosted the group in their new facility at Pearson Airport. In recent years the study group has seen the previous facility in full operation, the initial plans for new facility, construction of new facility, new facility under transition and this year seeing the new facility fully operational. Debra T. was our host and provided (as always) excellent insights as we toured the full facility, its systems and processes. During the tour as well as getting up close to the manufacturing stations, we also had the opportunity to attend daily meetings at all levels across the business, from shop floor right upto site executive leadership team. The team also had the opportunity to enter an aircraft, sit in the cockpit and learn about the operational capability of the aircraft currently in production Stefan Schmidt our usual host was not able to join us, but to finally see this new site fully operational was a testament to his leadership and vision Our group was warmly welcomed by: Darren Solman - General Manager, Bombardier Graham Kelly - VP of Operations In the afternoon the group attended an excellent presentation from one of the Kaizen teams as they presented an excellent improvement project on inventory and line management of parts and kits. Gary Kerr Christopher Morgan Jarrad Bryce Robert Merkel Jason Yole Riley Gason Rohan Galidawatta Sherwin Lappen Anthony Clyne Kevin Bennett GAICD Street Furniture Australia Kerfab AF Gason Pty Ltd Hirdaramani Vietnam - Fashion Garments Limited TXM Lean Solutions #bestpracticenetwork #businessleaders #businessnetworking #operationalexcellence

Best Practice Network North America Study Tour - Sunday 27th October Today the team spent time preparing for the The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) conference which starts with workshops and tours on Monday Kevin Bennett GAICD is again volunteering at the conference and as well as working with our Best Practice Network group will also support a number of Accelerator Program Groups from across the USA and Canada It was also the first of many opportunities to catchup with friends, colleagues current and new Christopher Morgan Jarrad Bryce Robert Merkel Jason Yole Riley Gason Rohan Galidawatta Sherwin Lappen Anthony Clyne Street Furniture Australia Kerfab AF Gason Pty Ltd Hirdaramani Vietnam - Fashion Garments Limited TXM Lean Solutions Cheryl Jekiel Gregory MacDougall Karen Martin Michael Bremer Larry Anderson #operationalexcellence #bestpracticenetwork #businessleaders #businessnetworking

Best Practice Network - North America Study Tour 26th October 2024 Today is our travel day, all the group will meet in Atlanta for the The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) Conference A few of us received an upgrade as we were switched to the Air Canada Sports Team plan - all seats Business Class!! Time for some sight-seeing before Week 2 starts Christopher Morgan Jarrad Bryce Robert Merkel Jason Yole Riley Gason Rohan Galidawatta Sherwin Lappen Anthony Clyne Kevin Bennett GAICD Hung Nguyen Street Furniture Australia Kerfab AF Gason Pty Ltd Hirdaramani Vietnam - Fashion Garments Limited TXM Lean Solutions #bestpracticenetwork #businessleaders #businessnetworking #operationalexcellence

Best Practice Network North America Study Tour - 24th October 2024 The group returned to Eaton to gain further insights into the operating systems, explore further the Lean Systems and model, Gemba Walk Structure and Methodology, 5S Implementation and also gain insights the current 3 day Kaizen Blitz on Inventory Management improvement The team delivered their structured 3 x 3 feedback to share their key insights and recommendations for focus / improvement With a little downtime, the team went to Toronto and up the CN Tower for a look at the sights!!! Gary Kerr Christopher Morgan Jarrad Bryce Robert Merkel Jason Yole Riley Gason Rohan Galidawatta Sherwin Lappen Kevin Bennett GAICD Anthony Clyne Street Furniture Australia Kerfab AF Gason Pty Ltd Hirdaramani Vietnam - Fashion Garments Limited TXM Lean Solutions #bestpracticenetwork #operationalexcellence #businessnetworking #businessleaders Minesh Patel Teresa Pearson Saumitra Kolhatkar

🚀 A Fantastic Site Visit at Roband Australia: Celebrating 70 Years of Continuous Improvement! 🚀 This week, Best Practice Network members had the privilege of visiting Roband Australia to witness how they’ve mastered continuous improvement over 70 remarkable years. Our members looked inside Roband’s commitment to visual management, lean processes, and operational excellence. 🌟 Highlights from the Visit: Clean, organised stations and effective use of Kanban systems, Real-time KPI displays and barcode scanning to enhance production tracking Insightful focus on lean methodologies and workflow optimisation Engaging in discussions about balancing flexibility, quality, and efficiency. We also had the honour of formally welcoming a new company into the Best Practice Network during the event! 🎉 We’re excited to have them join as a multiple-member, allowing them to fully engage across our network. A special thank you to Stephen B. for accepting the membership certificate on behalf of the company—your enthusiasm is greatly appreciated! 🔹 A big thank you to our hosts at Roband Australia for sharing their journey and best practices with the group. The enthusiasm and expertise shared truly inspired everyone in attendance! With feedback like “Great to see these types of events in the manufacturing industry” and “Enjoyed learning about how Roband has implemented an effective visual management system,” it’s clear the event was both educational and impactful. 📊 Event Rating: We’re proud to share that this event received a Net Promoter Score of 73, a testament to the value of our site visits and the quality of insights gained. If you'd like to be part of our next event and explore industry best practices, please reach out to learn more about joining Best Practice Network. Let’s continue to drive innovation and excellence together! #BestPracticeNetwork #RobandAustralia #ContinuousImprovement #LeanManufacturing #VisualManagement #ManufacturingInnovation Stephen Jackson, Ben Miles, shane marshall, Javad Zarei, Julian Said, Christian Jackson, Scott Mildren, Jason Fooks, Steve Barnes, Fjodor Filipovic, Julieta Pereyra Carpineti, Koray GULER, Rachit Mehrotra, Yongkang Lin, Prabath L. Rajapaksha, Dave McCarthy, Ileana Kristal S., Navid Senobari, Vinicius Virginio

Best Practice Network - North America Study Tour - 23rd October 2024 Today the group visited Eaton and Parker Hannifin for two excellent site visits, presentations and discussions groups Eaton - provided insights into their lean journey, Gemba Walks and the impressive Gemba Walk Board / the importance of having an engaged and passionate team Parker Hannifin - a well structured and site wide strategy deployment using the x-matrix / experienced and engaging team leaders conducted the tours, shared insights and lessons learnt on driving continuous improvement / 'Maintenance Mondays' - focused workplace activities to improve their working environment While at Parker we were also joined by the local HPM Consortium. The team then enjoyed a catch-up and dinner afterwards Gary Kerr Christopher Morgan Jarrad Bryce Robert Merkel Riley Gason Jason Yole Rohan Galidawatta Sherwin Lappen Kevin Bennett GAICD Anthony Clyne Hung Nguyen Darren Clarke Scott Smith Street Furniture Australia / Kerfab / AF Gason Pty Ltd / Hirdaramani Vietnam - Fashion Garments Limited / TXM Lean Solutions Minesh Patel Teresa Pearson David LaMonaca #bestpracticenetwork #businessleaders #operationalexcellence #businessnetworking

Earlier this week, Kent Eimbrodt, the NSW facilitator of Best Practice Network NSW, had the pleasure of going through a safety problem solved by @Abdul Hassani at Weir Minerals as the final part of his learning process. Abdul has now completed the Leading & Coaching Problem Solving, one of our three Frontline Leadership Development Programs delivered this year. This is a great outcome for Weir Minerals and the team in the AfterCast production area. Reach out to learn more about Best Practice Network and how you can be part of these exclusive learning opportunities! hashtag #BestPracticeNetwork #WeirMinerals #LeanManufacturing #FrontlineLeadershipDevelopment #ContinuousImprovement #Safety #ManufacturingInnovation Gareth Haffenden, Randeep Mahajan

Mastip Technology Limited hosted a NZ Best Practice Network member site visit yesterday. Great learnings from Ben Mollekin who shared their journey around getting meaningful information from their wide variety of machining centres on site - mistakes they made on the way, what they learned and how a focus on being able to see data in a way that helps them improve their operational effectiveness. Thanks for your support Sheena Douglas and Charlie Gao. Another great NZ world class manufacturer that exports almost all of their products - supplying plastic injection moulding companies around the world with their hot runner systems. Bernie Duthie, Steve Payne, Andrew Grace, Hadyn Natusch, Mark Swetman, Tony Clark, Peter Maunder.