Improvement Philosophy                 

To promote lean manufacturing practise through

• Improved flow
• Reduced waste
• Simplified systems
• Standardisation

Continuous business improvement is central to McBraida’s philosophy.  From larger company wide improvements such as the ‘Finishing Flowline’ concept through team based events and activities aimed at deploying lean philosophy using tried and tested tools such as

• Set up reductions
• Structured approach to problem solving (3cs, 5 whys, Ishikawa diagrams)
• 5s activities
• skills matrices
• QCD boards and metrics