As we discussed in a previous blog, the objective of Autonomous Maintenance is to keep our manufacturing equipment running smoothly. It’s working so well in the operations department, we wanted to see if the processes could work within administration. It’s a very interesting topic to address. Discover the way we do it at Casa Sauza
There is nothing written about using Autonomous Maintenance within administration areas so we didn’t have a model to follow. Because of our success, we decided to create an analog based upon our experience applying the Autonomous Maintenance principles to improve and standardize our admin processes
Our main goals were to eliminate losses and find repeatable, standardized processes. We were looking for the simplification of routine tasks through automation of information capture, filling of formats, etc. Once the simplified processes were in place, we could guarantee service levels of each defined standard.
To change the focus of improvement, instead of capturing information we shifted our focus towards analysis and counter-measures.
Autonomous Maintenance Implementation Phases in Administrative Processes
There were three phases of the project and multiple steps within each phase.
Mainly what we achieved in the first phase of implementation was to document our process in detail, identifying the losses and areas of opportunity of the process. In my next blog, I will talk about the countermeasures that can be applied in the Improvement phase.
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