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The Gund Company has been on a continuous improvement journey for over a decade, has learned from others, and developed structures and processes that meet the organization's need for growth, culture, and continuous improvement. Join us for a tour of The Gund Company plant located in St. Louis, MO. Highlights include strategy deployment, value stream mapping, and visual management systems.
The Gund Company (TGC) is a vertically integrated manufacturer and fabricator of engineered performance material solutions (thermoset rigid composite, thermoplastics, flexible, and elastomeric) in the generator, oil and gas, electric vehicle, transformer, switchgear, power electronics, motor, medical, aerospace, food manufacturing, subsea, and metals processing industries. TGC has 12 locations in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and China. https://thegundcompany.com
Tuesday, June 7, 2023
- 8:00 a.m. TGC introduction
- 8:10 a.m. Strategy deployment and value stream mapping
- 8:15 a.m. SDB, VLC visual management system
- 8:25 a.m. Walk group to plant floor
- 8:30 a.m. Tour
- 9:30 a.m. Q&A
- 10:00 a.m. Event adjourns
- Strategy deployment
- Value stream mapping
- Visual management systems
- Employee development
- Continuous improvement
- People-Centric Leadership knowledge
- CI teams
- Operations teams
- Production teams
- HR teams
- Leadership teams
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