Structured Networking Activities
- Site Visits
- Networking breakfasts with keynote speakers
- Special interest groups lead by industry experts
- Forums for senior leaders
- Lean / operational excellence audits
- Kaizen events
- Specific training events focused on member needs
- Online forums
- International benchmarking visits
Where possible, most activities occur on member sites and include shop floor/Gemba visits. Member companies, as part of their Best Practice Network memberships, are invited to host these activities and share their journey to excellence. Formal processes capture key learnings for the visitor, as well as valuable constructive feedback for the host, in line with our mantra – share and find better ways. A yearly survey will capture member feedback and will ensure that ongoing activities, interests and networking processes are relevant to member needs.
Areas of Interest
- Lean best practice and continuous improvement
- Manufacturing and operational excellence
- Lean sales
- Lean customer service and enhancing the customer experience
- Change management and employee engagement
- Leadership and innovation
- Maintenance, engineering and reliability
- Supply chain
- Knowledge management
- Business and financial process improvement
- Sustainability and environmental management
- Project management
- Quality
- Human resource development
- Occupational health and safety
