About this Presentation
At Maulburg in Germany, Endress+Hauser have an R&D team of some 150 who develop new products for the process industries. In 2015, after a decade of trying a range of improvement initiatives, their average 2-year projects were stubbornly still on average 50% late! They started using critical chain, and in this presentation, Department Head Dietmar Spanke will give a 5-year report on how they are doing. He will share the ups and downs from the past 5 years. From the start when the business unit head announced that he was putting almost 60% of their R&D projects on hold... to 2020 where critical chain is embedded into the whole business. Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure is one of the leading producers of level and pressure instrumentation. The company employs more than 2,000 associates world-wide. Headquartered in Maulburg, near to the French and Swiss border, Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure has also sites in Stahnsdorf. Associated Product Centers in Greenwood (USA), Suzhou (China), Yamanashi (Japan), Aurangabad (India) and Itatiba (Brazil) are responsible for customized final assembly and calibration of measuring instruments.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
The company implemented critical chain project management to improve the accuracy of delivery dates and increase throughput.
The implementation led to a decrease in project deviation and an increase in the number of finished projects.
The company saw a 40% increase in contribution margin after the implementation of the Intact project.
Instructor(s)
Dietmar Spanke
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.