Topic(s)
- Business operations improvement
Highlights
Join us for an exclusive tour of JHF, an employee-owned company that harnesses a culture of continuous improvement to drive business excellence. See firsthand how teams utilize MDI, problem-solving, and value stream mapping to enhance the customer experience, improve workplace quality, and boost performance. Whether they’re just beginning or well along the journey, each department offers unique insights into sustainable enterprise excellence.
Overview
JHF is an ESOP, which allows them to utilize employee ownership to drive a culture of continuous improvement. The company has several departments — some are very early in their journey while some are a further down the path. Their continuous improvement has been heavily focused on the non-manufacturing part of business. JHF teams have focused on MDI, problem solving and value stream mapping. The employees utilize the business excellence tools to improve the customer experience, improve quality of work environment and drive the performance of their company.
Company
The John Henry Foster Company is a full-line fluid power distributor with territories covering parts of Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky and is the Midwest leader in fluid power sales. The company has sales representatives stationed throughout our territory who can visit your site and provide hands-on attention to better meet your fluids power needs. https://www.jhf.com/
