Operational Excellence

Creating Together for Operational Excellence!

Dear Colleagues,

In 2025, as part of our commitment to continuous improvement, we launched a new initiative “Creating Together for Operational Excellence”. The initiative continues into 2026 with a focus on improving efficiency, reduce waste, and increase the quality of our products and services, all great goals! The launch of the initiative was a great success (see participation for 2025 below) and we are excited to continue to build on this and continue content development:

As a reminder of the Operational Excellence initiative, and workstreams, please find more information below with registration already open for 2026 training via the Cicor Academy:

Key Initiatives in Detail:

Kaizen and 5S (Continuous Improvement and Workplace Organisation): Process of continuous improvement, where each person actively participates in enhancing workflows. 5S helps maintain an organised, safe work environment and leads to improved productivity.
SIOP (Sales-Inventory-Operations-Planning): Aligns supply and demand, ensuring efficient use of resources, optimum inventory levels and improved customer service.
One Piece Flow and Line Layout: Reduce waste, increase the speed of production, and optimise workstation layout to further enhance productivity.
Quality Management: Ensure the highest standards of quality while minimising internal defects which apply to our products and internal processes.
Problem Solving: As issues arise, we apply structured, problem-solving techniques to identify the root cause and implement solutions to prevent future occurrences.
Shopfloor Management and Visual Management: Ensures all employees are aligned with production goals and performance, allowing us to identify issues quickly.
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and Factory Design: Helps improve the flow of materials and products through production processes, ensuring more efficient and streamlined operations.
Health & Safety Management: Ensures a safe working environment by proactively managing risks and ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety regulations.

What are the next steps?

Take time to consider the training sessions available for 2026. You will find all information by registering at the Cicor Academy

Registration for the Cicor Academy is below:

This initiative, and the development of the training sessions, has only been possible thanks to the collaboration and efforts of a group of colleagues from across the Cicor Group from different functions, sites and positions. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has participated and to acknowledge the effort and contribution made to ensure the development of the training. This training contributes to the expansion of Group-wide learning and development offered, building a network of individual colleagues to work and “Create Together” as global communities.

This is an exciting time for Operational Excellence and, with the collaboration and engagement of colleagues from various fields, we look forward to continuing to share progress and celebrate success with you!

Tracy Squires
VP Human Resources
Cicor Group

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