lean six sigma goes global at molex

Lean Six Sigma Goes Global at MolexLean Six Sigma Goes Global at Molex

Presenter:Mike HigginsGlobal Lean Six Sigma Manager, Molex

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Lean Six Sigma Deployment in a Global OrganizationMichael Higgins

Molex TodayMolex Today

A leader and innovator in the $34 billion global interconnect marketplace

8% market share

$3.0 billion in global sales

39 manufacturing locations in 16 countries

25 development centers in 15 countries

More than 100,000 products

Dedicated team of approximately 35,000 professionals

The Goal: Seamless Service . . .The Goal: Seamless Service . . .

Sell

Design

Manufacture

ANYWHERE

ANYWHERE

ANYWHERE

Three Global Product Divisions Supported by a Single Global Sales & Marketing DivisionThree Global Product Divisions Supported by a Single Global Sales & Marketing Division

MicroMicroIntegratedProducts

IntegratedProductsCommercialCommercial

Global Sales & MarketingGlobal Sales & Marketing

Japan HQ

Fine-pitch, low profile products and applications

Singapore HQ

High-speed, density and signal integrity applications

Transportation applications

US HQIntegrated connectors and value-added assembliesIndustrial connectors

Our ProductsOur Products

Molex is Building a Stronger Quality Culture with Lean Six SigmaMolex is Building a Stronger Quality Culture with Lean Six Sigma

Customers are our primary focusPeople are our most valued assetSupplier and customers are long-term business partnersContinual improvement is essential to successZero defects is our goal

The GLSS initiative is a coordinated worldwide effort across Molex to reduce waste, eliminate process variation and, ultimately, create a stronger link to our customer, through the discipline of Lean and Six Sigma processes. Our goal is focus on preventing problems instead of fixing them. We are applying quality principles to all business processes.

Global Quality Policy

Focused on improvement– Several Focal Points in this area

Investing heavily– Standard software, data management.– Fulltime, dedicated resources (net headcount adds!)

Adopting a global approach – Same process, tools, training materials.

Top-Down implementation– Management trained before the first Black Belt– Metrics to sustain progress

Searched for top talent– Good Black Belts are the key to the deployment

What we did differently with GLSSWhat we did differently with GLSS

GLSS LocationsGLSS Locations

CorporateCPD Tooling

GSM(Lisle, IL)

CFP(St. Paul, MN)

Lincoln, NE

Nogales

Guadalajara

JuarezTBO

Tampa Bay, FL

Little Rock, AR

Shannon, Ireland

Sulecin, Poland

MIG Eindhoven, The Netherlands

India

Penang, Malaysia

Singapore

Chengdu, China

Dongguan, China

Shanghai, ChinaDalian, China

Kagoshima, Japan

Okayama, Japan

Shizuoka, Japan

Yamato, Japan

Consumer Products (CPD)

Integrated Products (IPD)

Micro Products (MPD)

GSM

Corporate

Ansan, Korea

Managing the DeploymentManaging the Deployment

Investment in InfrastructureInvestment in Infrastructure

iGraphx– Process mapping software

Minitab– Statistical analysis software

PowerSteering– Project data is uploaded– Project approval– All financial savings are stored and reported– Provides us with a library to replicate success

Standard TemplatesStandard Templates

We have templates in English & Japanese to help Belts manage their projects efficiently

Standardization allows projects to be managed the same between geographies.

Dashboard ExampleDashboard Example

Using Visual PortalsUsing Visual PortalsWith 25 locations, it takes too long to follow up with each individually

We use Visual Portals to capture key indicators in real time

LibraryLibraryReplication is a very important part of today’s deployment

Management is challenged with finding good projects to replicate

We run reports through PS to identify these projects

Useful for Other ApplicationsUseful for Other Applications

We have customized PowerSteering for other applications outside of GLSSBelow is an example of a Tooling project that we used PowerSteering to handle workflow

Michael Higgins, Manager Global Lean Six Sigma

(630) 718-5954

Michael.Higgins@molex.com

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