Page 24 - Mantena Annual Report 2021

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IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND FLOW IN INTERNAL WORK PROCESSES
Work on internal skills development and continuous
improvement continues.
In 2021, several successful improve- ment projects were launched and implemented around the Operational Excellence Programme (OEP) within
Mantena.
The Director of the Products and Projects division, Jan-Tore Nicolai Iversen, explains that the aim of OEP and the internal improvement projects
is to increase flow efficiency and create self-improving units. To succeed in this, it is essential for individual projects to work across functions and roles.
-Cross-functional improvement work requires a high degree of involvement from our employees, not to mention transparency between departments.
The key factor in all our improvement projects has been this close involvement of our own employees, the fact that
all examples are taken directly from
the business and that suggested improvements are implemented immediately.
Building culture
Iversen says that an important goal
in the use of Operational Excellence
as a business strategy and work methodology is to create a culture within the company with a focus on continuous improvement. And although it is not long since they started working with OEP as a ‘tool’, he is already seeing signs of improvement in various areas of the business.
-OEP helps us to systematise our work and makes it easier to focus on
Director of the Products and Projects division, Jan-Tore Nicolai Iversen
24 Annual Report 2021
improved efficiency and flow in internal processes. Thanks to this targeted effort with OEP, we have already started to improve the situation in several areas in Mantena, Iversen says. He adds:
-The commitment our managers and employees have shown has enabled
us to reduce lead times between our departments. These improvements now form the basis of our efforts in 2022.