The first stage of training in lean manufacturing techniques has been completed at the Omsk enterprise

OMUS-1, one of the leading construction and installation companies in the Siberian region, hosted the final training for the working group on the basics of lean manufacturing. This is the first enterprise to implement the national project "Labor Productivity" with targeted support from the Regional Competence Center (hereinafter RCC).

"The introduction of lean manufacturing tools will allow Omsk enterprises to reduce production costs and increase labor productivity, which affects the competitiveness of companies. This training course from RCC specialists also helps to eliminate unnecessary movements and other losses, making it more comfortable to work," said Evgeny Kovtun, General Director of the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency.

OMUS-1 has been operating in the metalwork manufacturing market for over 60 years. The organization specializes in carrying out work on capital construction, reconstruction and technical re-equipment of facilities in the Russian and foreign petrochemical, gas, forestry and food industries. The company is active both in the region and abroad, and also has representative offices in Kazakhstan and Belarus. The company employs engineers of various fields: technologists, designers, automation specialists, highly qualified workers and commissioning staff, office workers.

The Omsk company's employees were trained in the following areas: fundamentals of lean manufacturing, implementation of an improvement project, production analysis, 5C in production and mapping, standardized work, autonomous equipment maintenance, universal equipment maintenance.

Participants of the project's working groups on key lean manufacturing tools and techniques will continue to consolidate their knowledge and skills from the past trainings in practice as part of pilot flow activities.

It should be recalled that the site for the production of metal structures has been selected as a pilot sample stream at the enterprise. Now the process of the sample stream will be reviewed taking into account the increase in production, minimizing labor intensity and production time.

Evgeny Pedan, a member of the working group, foreman-assembler, shared his expectations of their company's participation in the national project and his impressions of the training.

"There is hope that the national project will bear fruit. We will work without unnecessary labor costs and different expectations, with maximum benefit for the company and its employees. We will improve our qualifications, the profitability of the company, as well as the salaries of OMUS-1 employees."

An enterprise from among the priority sectors can become a participant in the national project "Labor Productivity": manufacturing, agriculture, transport, trade, construction. To do this, you need to register on the productivity website.RF.

For reference: The national project "Labor Productivity" was approved by decree of the President of the Russian Federation and is designed to create conditions for annual labor productivity growth at medium and large enterprises of the basic non-resource sectors of the Russian economy. In the Omsk region, the activities of the national project are implemented by the regional Ministry of Economy and the Agency for Development and Investment of the Omsk Region, on the basis of which the RCC operates.