Point model of improving productivity and results from successful businesses

Many pilot models applying quality management systems, advanced and modern productivity improvement tools have been consulted and developed.

The results show that these activities have brought about practical results for the goal of improving productivity, product quality, the ability to participate in global supply chains, and promoting the energy improvement movement. productivity and quality in the businesses.

At the seminar on sharing experience in implementing and maintaining productivity improvement activities at enterprises organized by Vietnam Productivity Institute, enterprises such as Hanoi Rubber Joint Stock Company and Joint Stock Companies part of Rang Dong Light Bulb and COSMOS Technology Co., Ltd. has successfully implemented the improvement projects and became the pilot models of the application of Quality Management System ISO 9001:2015, application Lean Six Sigma improvement methods to reduce waste, help improve productivity at the business.

Sharing experience on quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 in the enterprise, Mr. Pham Hong Viet – Director of Hanoi Rubber Joint Stock Company affirmed that the company wants to apply improved tools, must to apply ISO 9000 quality management system first”, initially need clear planning and need the determination, great effort from the Board of Directors to employees to implement improvement projects effective.

According to Mr. Viet, each enterprise has its own orientation and type of manufacturing business, so ISO 9001:2015 requires businesses to analyze their current and future business context for an appropriate, effective approach.

For Rang Dong Thermos Bulb Joint Stock Company, a strategic management model with technological innovation and application of innovative tools has brought significant success for this business.

As a consumer-goods enterprise, Rang Dong said that it is necessary to change when traditional lighting products are in the saturation stage and reduce production rapidly. The company decided to apply innovative tools such as Lean Six Sigma to the production line with the advice and support of Vietnam Institute of Productivity experts. And that decision is wise when the labor productivity at the time has increased by 200-300% and the revenue from LED products – replacing traditional lighting products increased to 1,000 billion.

Technology investment is also paid special attention by this company. In 2011, Rang Dong built an R&D center to research newly launched products. In addition, during the recent time, to invest in technological innovation, Rang Dong has invested in fully electric glass cooking furnaces, whose productivity exceeds design capacity to replace intestinal gas furnaces. thermos inherently harmful to the environment. The consultant helped the company rearrange the layout for the production line to be effective and increase output.

The model of an enterprise applying innovative tools to help save and reduce waste at COSMOS Technology Co., Ltd. shows that tThe implementation of the Lean Six Sigma project at this enterprise has now become a corporate culture. With the commitment of the Board of Directors, the determination of employees, in 2018, the company has received more than 3,000 improvement projects and of which, more than 1000 productivity improvement projects have been implemented. savings of over 5 billion. This is really an impressive figure and worth the business learning.

The representative of the company, Mr. Ngo Van Thang shared, the company set the goal each month and required each employee to have 1 topic/month, officials of the group leader or higher would have 2 topics/month. The company will have a committee collecting ideas and classifications. Accordingly, the idea is small employees can deploy themselves, but large projects will have a specialized team from different departments deployed. The more ideas a person has, the more points and rewards they get. The rewards are not necessarily for projects that have been effectively implemented, but for ideas that management has found feasible.

Commenting on the results from the business when implementing the application of improvement tools, Ms. Vu Hong Dan – improvement consultant, Vietnam Productivity Institute said that the improvement can be done in the Different tissue, applied anytime anywhere. However, the process of how and how to maintain to not be lost and share knowledge for the next generation is a problem many businesses are facing.

Improving productivity and product quality are the goals of businesses. The application of management systems and tools to improve quality and productivity are solutions that help businesses improve the quality of products and goods to meet customer needs, improve the position and reputation of businesses in the market especially in the time of global integration and fierce competition between domestic and foreign enterprises. Therefore, the stories of applying productivity improvement solutions of enterprises hope to help businesses wishing to improve and gain more experience to implement successful projects.

Productivity and Quality Office