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Neckermann

Motivation on the work floor: Enhancing team-spirit and Continuous Improvement processing in a 24/24 - 7/7 environment

Company profile

  • Major European post-order company
  • Over 300 people on the work-floor

Company challenge

  • Improve internal communication & process flows
  • Enhance flexibility and agility in a demand driven market
  • Be profitable in a strong competitive market situation

Our challenge

  • Create uniformity and standard working methods in the different teams
  • Install better KPI’s and visual management
  • Train & coach the team-leaders in techniques of continuous improvement processing

Our practical coaching approach

  • Choose a clear and well-defined global project
  • Compose a well-balanced work group around the project
  • Train the relevant CIP techniques to the group and coach the practical applications on the work floor
  • Assist the work group in giving a presentation of their results and work-outs to the concerned management
  • Assist the work group in giving info sessions to all concerned operators/departments of the validated results/changes/implementations
  • Assist the implementations and assure the necessary follow-up

The results

  • Global increase of motivation
  • Active & positive change management
  • Continuity in the CIP methods and techniques
  • Global acceptance of KPI’s and visual management