Omsk Electromechanical Plant reduced work-in-progress due to the national project "Labor Productivity"

The unfinished production of metal power transmission poles at Omsk Electromechanical Plant, which implements lean manufacturing as part of the national Labor Productivity project, decreased by 67%. Experts from the Regional Competence Center (RCC) provide support to the company free of charge.

Omsk Electromechanical Plant is the largest manufacturer of metal structures for the energy, oil and gas industries. The production of welded power transmission poles has been identified as a pilot flow sample at the enterprise.

"You have completed the first stage. I hope that the competencies shared by the experts will work for you. The Regional Competence Center will continue to support you. At the replication stage, you can always consult experts. We have launched the Office Process Factory, we invite you to participate in federal projects, show yourself and your successes," said Denis Kushner, First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Omsk Region.

So, the working group, together with RCC experts, carried out diagnostics, identified losses and optimized the current production process. "During the transformations, a goal tree was developed, a three-year flow coverage plan, targeted storage was organized, premises were analyzed, an action plan was developed and approved, and an hourly production analysis was introduced. The company's working group was trained in the basics of lean manufacturing. Employees were able to gain knowledge about lean manufacturing methods such as production analysis, mapping, and the 5C workspace management system. As part of the project, internal instructors were trained in lean manufacturing. In the future, they will train individual project teams or all employees of enterprises to independently implement lean manufacturing," said Vitaly Komissarov, head of the RCC project.

In six months, the company's team managed to achieve the following results: reduce the volume of work-in-progress by 67%, reduce process time by 11%, and increase production per shift by 26%.

"The guys who work at the factory, they slowly started to light up a spark in their eyes, even when you left, they continued to generate ideas. Thank you for the fact that the program helped us communicate, interact and move as a team," said Alyona Grigorieva, General Director of Omsk Electromechanical Plant JSC.

Over the next 2.5 years, the plant's management, working group and employees will have to actively work to achieve the project's targets and introduce lean technologies to other production sites on their own.

Enterprises interested in participating in the national Labor Productivity project can apply on the Productivity portal.Russian Federation or apply for a free consultation at the RCC by phone: +7 (38-12) 40-80-17.

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