About this Presentation
Japanese Shipbuilding has developed by the steady cost down approach and has taken the world's No.1 country from 1960s to 1990s. But growth of South Korea and China has pressured the Japanese shipbuilding business to fight in a COST competition even though they have higher salary levels. That means Japanese shipbuilding and MES have to find a new DCE instead of the cost down approach. But we believe that much improvement shall produce many results, then all our activity had been encouraged to decrease manufacturing cost on every item. The main activity is to reduce material costs and another is to reduce man hours. To open a new paradigm, we made the big challenge to implement CCPM into the ship design department first before the full range implementation of CCPM/holistic operation. On 2nd Oct 2012 we started our CCPM implementation. First box freezing produced substantial high flow results in completion of drawings. When our implementation by expert was finished, the lead time was reduced by maximum of 50% and average 67%. Now we are in the 2nd phase to spread TOC to the full range of the holistic operation. Before our full-range implementation, we made an effort to share the CORE conflict in our system by a CORE DILEMMA workshop. The simple questions let our friend to know throughput accounting and the mindset of WIN WIN. Now we are approaching the next world of a holistic shipbuilding business operation.
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Instructor(s)
Jennifer Eckman
Ms Alka Wadhwa
Alka Wadhwa is an experienced consultant and process improvement expert with over 24 years of expertise in the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Six Sigma, and organizational performance optimization. She has successfully led projects in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, driving significant improvements such as a 67% boost in hospital operations and a 140% increase in outpatient visits.
Previously, Alka Wadhwa spent 17+ years at GE Global Research Center, where she led initiatives to enhance various GE businesses through advanced technologies, process redesign, and system optimization. Founder of Better Solutions Consulting, LLC, she specializes in using TOC, Six Sigma, and data analytics to streamline operations and build high-performance teams.
Her work has earned her multiple accolades, including the Empire State Award of Excellence in healthcare.
Dr Gary Wadhwa
Dr. Gary Wadhwa is a Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience in the field. He completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and has served as an Attending at prestigious institutions like St. Peters Hospitals, Ellis Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital in NY. With a career spanning over two decades, he was the former CEO and President of a group specialty practice in NY from 1994 to 2015. Dr. Wadhwa holds an MBA from UT at Knoxville, TN, and has undergone additional training in System Dynamics at MIT, Health System Management at Harvard Business School, and Entrepreneurship and healthcare innovations at Columbia Business School. Committed to expanding access to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery care, he is currently engaged in a meaningful project to provide healthcare services to underserved populations in inner city and rural areas through non-profit Community Health Centers.