Case study of IPCO: Comprehensive improvement at Sanvik Shanghai factory (Part 1)

IPCO (THE INDUSTRIAL PROCESS SOLUTIONS COMPANY) is a world-renowned provider of quality improvement tools and solutions. Products and support services of IPCO are currently present in all continents and trusted by many businesses, such as: Automatic transmission lines, bearings, bearings, guide rollers, probes next to the belt, etc.

With extensive experience in the field of productivity improvement, IPCO has consulted for improvement of more than 1200 products in more than 20 different countries. In particular, IPCO is also constantly creating many separate products to optimize the effectiveness of the solutions they provide. Specifically, the application of process improvement solution combined with the change of steel conveyor system of IPCO has brought unexpected effect at Sanvik Shanghai factory.

Operating in the field of mining, Sanvik Shanghai is hard to avoid the problem of machinery having to constantly operate with high intensity. Local equipment failure and replacement is a frequent problem. In addition, the current steel conveyors of the plant have not met the needs of customers, resulting in an urgent requirement for the management: A comprehensive solution is needed to meet the production requirements. quantity and limit unnecessary waste.

After the plant’s management board came to IPCO, experts came up with the proposal: Develop a thorough project management process, in combination with replacing a number of conveyor and contact devices to improve efficiency. chain capacity. Specifically: The expert team has followed each production step and conducted an analysis to identify the causes of waste. The results have been classified into two main types of causes: objective and subjective causes.

• Objective cause: Mainly coming from using equipment that is not suitable with the nature of work.
• Subjective cause: Because workers are not aware of what they do every day, it can reduce equipment life and cause unnecessary waste. On the other hand, the weak management is also the cause of this situation lasted.

To address these issues, In addition, the IPCO expert team explained in detail the causes of waste and obtained evidence from daily tasks, thereby creating a common awareness among the groups. object. In addition, IPCO also provides a variety of conveyors, crushing equipment for the plant to suit the handling of many different ores. In particular, durability and tensile strength are the top priorities for these devices.

Accurately identifying the source of waste has laid a solid foundation for the entire improvement process of IPCO at Sanvik Shanghai factory.

(To be continued)

Productivity and Quality Office