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Video: "Best Plants Winners Interviews: Rieter Automotive Canadian Carpet"
In this session at the 2008 IW Best Plants Conference,
Tim Quinlan, Manufacturing Manager, from 2007 IW Best Plants winner Rieter Automotive Canada Carpet
addressed how their efforts and others drive manufacturing excellence. He also
recalled some of the mistakes made along the way, and answered attendee questions.
The discussion was moderated by IndustryWeek editor at large David Drickhamer.
In This Presentation You Will Learn
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- The overall challenges and opportunities at the plant (in minute 2)
- Rieter's lean Culture (in minute 12)
- How being in a union environment can support a lean culture (in minute
14)
- How to get employees to understand the importance of quality (in minute
17)
- How flexible labor assists continuous improvement (in minute 27)
- The use of OEE throughout the facility (in minute 33)
- Partnering with customers to move the value stream beyond the plant (in
minute 50)
- How Rieter learned from McDonalds to motivate a young workforce (in
minute 53)
The overall challenges and opportunities at the plant (in minute 2)
- Rieter's lean Culture (in minute 12)
- How being in a union environment can support a lean culture (in minute 14)
- How to get employees to understand the importance of quality (in
minute 17)
- How flexible labor assists continuous improvement (in minute 27)
- The use of OEE throughout the facility (in minute 33)
- Partnering with customers to move the value stream beyond the plant (in minute 50)
- How Rieter learned from McDonalds to motivate a young workforce (in minute 53)
- and more
About the Plant
Rieter Automotive Canadian Carpet, London, Ont., Canada -- 2007 IW Best Plants Winner
Employees: 160 (Canadian Autoworkers Union)
Total Square Footage: 150,000
Primary Product/market: automotive carpet
Start-up: 2001
Achievements: Ford Q1; ISO 14001 and TS16949 certified; 1.5 days of finished goods inventory
(down from 3 days in 2005); significant contributor to Rieter's achievement of
the GM Supplier of the Year award for the past four years
Read more at:
Carpet King: Rieter's automotive carpet plant in London, Ont.,
leads the industry where it counts, which is keeping its customers
happy.
About the Speaker
Tim Quinlan, Manufacturing Manager, Rieter Automotive Canada Carpet
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