lean six sigma goes global at molex
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Molex is a $3B organization that manufactures over 100,000 electronic products across 39 locations in 16 countries. It doesn’t get much more global than that!View this excerpt from Mike Higgins' original webcast. Mike is Global Lean Six Sigma Manager at Molex, and he discusses his organization's worldwide initiative to reduce waste, eliminate process variation, and develop a stronger customer bond. Mike describes how continuous improvement is focused on the areas that impact customers, reduce costs, and increase revenue. And he shares Lean Six Sigma insights from his 4 year deployment journey, including how Molex:• Prevents problems instead of fixing them• Eliminates waste and improves efficiency• Applies quality principles across business processes• Maintains a pipeline of approved Black Belt projects• Drives behavior change with executive visibility• Replicates best practices with PowerSteeringTRANSCRIPT
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
Process Excellence: A Top Seller at StaplesProcess Excellence: A Top Seller at Staples
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