TXM Managing Director, Tim McLean, again featured in the August edition of Australian Manufacturing Technology Magazine (AMT). AMT is the leading trade magazine for the Engineering and Manufacturing industries and the August article was an adaptation of Tim’s highly popular blog about the “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Lean Leaders”.
The recent TXM project at Sony Chemicals Suzhou is a featured case study in a new book about Lean Enterprise in China, Lean in China Ⅱ. TXM China Consulting Director, Justin Tao, coached Sony with value stream mapping methodology, drew current state map and developed future state map, using A3 to manage all the Kaizen needed. The book was published in July, 2013 by China Machine Press.
October 24th is an exciting day for the TXM team because it marks the official opening by Western Australian Attorney General and Minister for Commerce, Michael Mischin, of the new ATCO Structures and Logistics relocatable buildings plant in Kwinana, Western Australia. This $2 0million world leading facility will manufacture custom built relocatable buildings for the mining and construction industries using an end to end lean production system developed with TXM.
TXM Managing Director, Tim McLean, was a keynote presenter at the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) Conference in Canberra on September 9-10. Tim’s presentation focused on the application of Lean Manufacturing to pharmaceutical projects. Tim demonstrated how applying lean thinking from the outset in project can lead to significant savings in the capital cost and ongoing running costs of the new facility. TXM also had an exhibition stand at the conference where Tim and TXM Senior Consultant, Michelle Brown were able to provide conference delegates with more information about implementing Lean Manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry. Follow the link to read more and download the conference presentation.
TXM Customer, Ronson Gears in Highett, Victoria, Australia will be the hosts of a half day Lean Learning event run by the Association of Manufacturing Excellence (AME) on 19 September. The AME is the peak body for Manufacturing Excellence in Australia. Ronson Gears won the Enterprise Connect Significant Achievement Award at the 2013 Endeavour Awards.
TXM is pleased to present the following workshop in collaboration with our partners, Business Improvement Consultants, Roaring Success.
How do you create a lean office? How is possible that some companies are able reduce waste by 20% to 40%, reduce cost by tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, and add value – faster, easier, and be more productive – whilst others find it really tough? TXM will present simple techniques to help you achieve this improvement in your business processes.
TXM Managing Director, Tim McLean will be one of the keynote speakers at the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) Australia Annual conference at the Rex Hotel in Canberra on 9-10 September 2013. Tim will talk about lean manufacturing approaches to managing projects in the pharmaceutical industry. Tim’s presentation will focus on making projects Lean from the ground up.
TXM Lean Solutions in Co-operation with the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association and Enterprise Connect are pleased to present this innovative one day workshop for business leaders within Tasmanian Agricultural businesses.
The workshop will be an interactive on site event at Harvest Moon, Leith Road, Forth, on August 6 2013. The workshop will be facilitated by Anthony Clyne, who has over a decade of experience in implementing lean in the food and agricultural industry.
TXM Managing Director, Tim Mclean and China Consulting Director, Justin Tao recently teamed up to provide an article for the June/July 2013 issue of popular China-focused magazine, Australia-China Connections. The article discusses the challenges of trying to achieve change in a Chinese cultural context and ways to overcome these challenges. The article is the first in a series of articles by TXM to appear in Australia China Connections over the next year. The next TXM article will be in the October/November issue.
A highlight of Austech 2013 was learning that one of our customers, Ronson Gears, was the winner of the Enterprise Connect Significant Achievement Award at the annual Endeavour Awards. The award recognised for implementation of lean manufacturing that directly lead to increase in sales exports and productivity. Ronson is a manufacturer of high quality metal gears and has worked with TXM Senior Consultant over the course of 2012 to implement a lean production system.