Sell-out factory tour wins high praise

Formal feedback from the 20 delegates, hungry for recession-beating secrets, saw them rating the occasion a massive hit. Asked to mark the usefulness of the day away from their own plant, an unprecedented 100% claimed it to have hit the top rated categories of being either good (27%) or excellent (73%). The site tour itself was the star turn, with presentations on safety and people management, skills and training, the environment, six sigma, lean manufacturing and 6S (5S + safety) all scoring top marks. Our thanks go to our former factory of the year winner Saint-Gobain which fully deserves the accolade of the delegate who wrote: “Today was first class! Just what you’d expect from SGG. Everyone was highly professional, motivated, excited and, above all, friendly. Thank you.” The next Works Management readers’ factory tours will be at the 2008/9 Factory of the Year, Power Panels, Walsall on Wednesday 20 May and Wednesday 24June. To register for one of only 20 places per tour, contact Julie Knox on 01322 221144.