CDI London News
Vitacress Salads hosts a Recognition Lunch to celebrate achievements in the workplace.
Published in CDI London News by CS, July 20, 2010
Vitacress Salads held their 7th Recognition Lunch on Monday 21st June when Nick Stenning, CEO and Mike Rushworth, MD of the UK Business Unit, presented 9 awards to individuals and teams throughout the business in recognition of their achievements.
The People's Award voted for by Vitacress employees and won by the team of Drivers in recognition of their exemplary efforts to reach their customers during the January snow fall. The Bowls Team received a huge amount of credit for the successful launch of the new Sainsbury Salad Bowl, almost doubling the original sales targets. Lauren Mears, Manufacturing Technician was recognised for her innovation which has reduced changeover time on the Yellow and Red teams pack lines from as high as 27 minutes to 3 – 4 minutes.
The MDW Team awards went to the St Mary Bourne Technical Team for the Highest Goal Alignment Scores. The Finance Team were the Most Improved Team for Goal Alignment and the Low Risk Team for the Most Improved in MDW Asset Care. Kelly Fraser and Martin Erison were recognised for their commitment to the 5S Steering Group and to Mamo and The Amesbury Packing Team for the Best New MDW Team. Congratulations to all the winners.
Winners of the 2009 Best Factory of the Year Awards credit their success to Mission Directed Work Teams (MDW)
Published in CDI London News by CDI London, March 31, 2010
Winners of the 2009 Best factory of the Year Awards, Barfoots of Botley and JohnsonDiversey attended the Best Factory Conference on 23rd March 2010. Speakers Julian Marks from Barfoots and Sean Madden & Neil Goddard from Diversey attributed their success in the 2009 Best Factory Awards to the implementation of MDW at their plants.
Barfoots of Botley winner of the Supply Chain Award and highly commended for Best Small Company began their MDW journey with CDI London Ltd in 2008.
JohnsonDiversey earned their first award at the 2005 Manufacturing Excellence Awards after introducing MDW with CDI London Ltd. The company continued to use the Mission Directed Work Team programme and went on to achieve success at 2009 Best factory Awards, winning Best Process Plant and the Siemens Energy & Environment Award.
Read more about CDI London clients' success using Mission Directed Work Teams [Link]
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Full links to more information:
- http://www.bestfactoryconference.co.uk/speakers.html
- http://www.bestfactoryawards.co.uk/2009Winners.html
CDI London clients once again shine at the annual Best Factory Awards
Published in CDI London News by CDI London, October 3, 2009
At the recent 2009 Best Factory Awards, Barfoots of Botley was awarded the 'Supply Chain Award' and was Highly Commended for the 'Best Small Company Award'. Barfoots supplies corn on the cob all year round to just about every supermarket chain in the UK. The corn factory employees work in 'Mission Directed Work Teams' (MDW), focusing on improving Quality Speed and Cost. Individual innovation is encouraged and ideas are discussed at the daily team meetings with a target of implementing one new idea per shift.
JohnsonDiversey UK was announced as winner in two categories; 'Best Process Plant' and the 'Energy & Environment Award'. JohnsonDiversey attributes a lot of their success to staff engagement. Everyone is involved in making things happen and the impact of this is significant with the UK factory now making triple the out put it was designed for. Change over times are significantly faster and Quality levels and Customer Service ratings are consistently at 99% and above. Alongside a commitment to the WWF Climate Saver's Programme, JohnsonDiversey UK has implemented initiatives which support their customer's environmental awareness.
CDI London Ltd congratulates Barfoots of Botley and JohnsonDiversey UK on their achievements in the 2009 BFA awards. Barfoots of Botley began implementing MDW early in 2008 and the recognition they have received from the BFA is well deserved. In addition, they received top marks in the most Improved Plant Category in this years Best Factory Awards.
Soon after implementing MDW with help of CDI London, Johnson Diversey UK won the Manufacturing Excellence Award in 2005. Since then the company has gone from strength to strength with MDW now part of the culture.
Follow the links to read more and download the BEST FACTORY AWARDS 2009 Brochure
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Full links to more information:
- http://www.bestfactoryawards.co.uk/
- http://www.bestfactoryawards.co.uk/pdfs/BFA-Winners-Brochure-2009.pdf
NVQ's for Mission Directed Work Teams (MDW)
Published in CDI London News by CDI London, October 3, 2009
CDI London has teamed up with Basingstoke College of Technology to offer National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ), with the Mission Directed Work Teams (MDW) programme.
The MDW training and implementation, together with some additional workshop time and coaching, provides potential candidates with the majority of the work-based evidence needed for the qualification. MDW is seen as an excellent basis for NVQ candidates in Business Improvement Techniques.
The NVQ will include the following topics;
• Complying with Statutory Regulations and Safety Requirements
• Effective Team Working
• Workplace Organisation (5S)
• Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen)
• Creating Visual Management Systems
• One Optional Module
CDI London is delighted that alongside implementation of MDW, businesses now have the opportunity to include a nationally recognised qualification for their front line team members.
Vitacress MDW Multi-Level Recognition Event – 30th June 2009
Published in CDI London News by CDI London, July 6, 2009
We were very privileged to have The Mayor of Basingstoke, Councillor Brian Gurden and his Mayoress, Eleanor attend our 4th Mission Directed Work Teams (MDW) Recognition Lunch today. The Mayor has a special interest in supporting business in Basingstoke and Deane during his office. He dedicated the whole day to seeing what we do at Vitacress Salads, enjoying farm and factory tours, presenting the awards at our Recognition lunch and attending the Multi-Level Meeting.
The Mayor presented a total of eight awards for Highest Scoring Team for Goal Alignment, Most Improved Team for Goal Alignment, Highest Scoring Team for 5S, Most Improved Team for 5S, Best Cost-saving Innovation, Best Waste-reduction Innovation and Contribution to Asset Care.
The picture above is of one of our apprentices, Andy Thomas, receiving the award for his waste reduction innovation from the Mayor and Nick Stenning (CEO). Andy came up with the idea of extending the bottom side guards of the outfeed conveyor belt on Wash line 1 Centrifuge since he had noticed a large amount of washed leaf falling over the edge of the side guards onto the floor. On being given the go ahead, he fabricated the new side guards and fitted them unaided. This has significantly reduced the waste on the line and has an estimated an annual saving of approximately £9,000.
Rachael Williams - Continuous Improvement Manager (June 2009)
CDI London Team Training
Published in CDI London News by CDI London, May 22, 2009
CDI London Team Day May 2009
CDI London Team Day May 2009
Besides being in regular contact with each other by phone, the CDI London team meet every quarter for a day to share ideas, knowledge and experiences. We believe that continuously improving our own development will greatly enhance implementation of MDW for our clients. A great deal of learning and fun is had by everyone as can be seen at our recent Learning Day in May.
Verbetermarkt at Friesland Foods Domo
Published in CDI London News by JJ, February 12, 2009
Friesland Foods Domo in the Netherlands recently had a Market Day or Verbetermarkt where all the Mini Businesses were invited to set up a stall. Each Mini Business team was asked to exhibit their achievements for 2008 and their goals for 2009. The Verbetermarkt which was housed in a large marquee was a huge success, giving each team the opportunity to share their achievements with their colleagues, families and special guests from within the organisation. An excited buzz was evident as spectators moved around the stalls asking questions and offering support. Everyone came away from the Verbetermarkt with a greater understanding of the challenges and successes faced by other teams in the organisation and with ideas of how and where they could assist and support one another.
