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The levers for YOUR integrated development
Learn from and benchmark pioneering companies. We will put the findings of the congress day into practice in six exclusive full-day workshops. You’ll receive tangible knowledge for transforming your own company.
With a limited number of participants, you can expect the highest level of practical guidance – whether on the main current topics of organizational development with our experts at the Santo Amaro Convention Center or directly at the heart of value creation, within our host companies.
WORKSHOP 1
Developing our Digital Strategy Compass
develop a new mindset to prosper in a risky new world
Location: Centro de Convenções Santo Amaro
São Paulo/SP
Our world is volatile, uncertain, complex and unstable. But the core questions of strategy are eternal:
- What is our Aspiration?
- Where will we play?
- What is our winning logic?
- What capabilities do we need to develop?
- What management systems?
* This workshop will be guided in English.
Digital methods change the way we think about them, provide exponential capabilities, and open up unimagined possibilities. How do we harness Digital methods to achieve our Aspiration? Do these methods change our Aspiration? Do they change our winning logic? What new capabilities can we develop? What new management systems?
In what ways does our thinking have to change? How do we align the need to ignite new growth with the need to protect our core business? What does it mean to be an ambidextrous organization?
What new skillsets and mindsets must Operational Excellent and Lean practitioners develop to prosper in this risky new world? How best to prioritize and acquire these skills?
This practical workshop will help you grapple with these questions through an engaging, interactive case study based on our work with major international firms.
Pascal Dennis
Author and executive mentor
Lean Pathways Inc
Pascal Dennis
Author and executive mentorLean Pathways Inc
An internationally renowned speaker and author of several books, Pascal Dennis has won the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence four times. Books: Getting the right things done; Lean Production Simplified; Harnessing Digital Disruption (among others).
Read moreWORKSHOP 2
strategy deployment
The role of leadership in the effective implementation of Lean and how the strategy should be deployed
Strategy Deployment, also known as Hoshin Kanri, was developed to assist Lean Transformation, focusing on the development and deployment of strategic objectives. Based on the company’s vision, goals are formulated over a three to five year horizon – which in turn sets targets for the following year.
- How can the impact of projects on corporate goals be recognized and how can resources be used effectively?
- How can KPIs be applied as leading indicators to act rather than react?
- How can the vision and strategy be developed down to the operational level so that not only top management is working on implementation?
Much more than a mere breakdown of goals, Hoshin Kanri is the compass that gives direction to the company’s management. In this process, targets are set for all hierarchical levels and all areas of the organization, in line with the company’s strategic objectives.
The Hoshin also defines the measures that all levels and areas need to take in order to achieve these goals. In order to increase the chances of success, the Hoshin determines a management model for these plans that is driven by the leadership, which plays a fundamental role in this process.
In this practical workshop, you will learn in detail about the method for developing and deploying goals, using tools and forms such as the X Matrix and the Bowling Chart.
BEST PRACTICE TOUR 1
OPERATIONAL AND DIGITAL EXCELLENCE AT MWM MOTORS AND GENERATORS
business strategy with a focus on excellence
Location: MWM Motores e Geradores
São Paulo/SP
The main objective of the guided tour of the MWM Engines and Generators plant is to provide visitors with a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of operational and digital excellence for the business. See for yourself how the integration of advanced technologies and efficient operational practices boost the quality, productivity and sustainability of MWM’s operations.
- Reception and welcome:
- A brief introduction to MWM and the importance of operational and digital excellence.
- Institutional presentation:
- Overview of the company’s history, mission, values and commitment to innovation.
- Highlights include the main products manufactured and the markets served.
- Technical presentation:
- Lean Initiatives and Enabling Technologies for Industry 4.0
- Plant tour:
- Practical demonstration of the engine and generator manufacturing process.
- Highlights include the integration of digital technology and automation throughout the process.
- Explanation of the good practices implemented by MWM and the main results obtained
- The main digital strategies for the industry:
- The impacts of digitization
- Process and Leadership Transformation
- Tailor-made digital transformation
- Strategic and cultural preparation
- Q&A session:
- An opportunity for visitors to ask questions and share their experiences.
By the end of the visit, we want participants to understand how the combination of operational and digital excellence not only improves efficiency and quality, but can also boost innovation capacity and position a business on a new level, as a market leader.
MWM Motores e Geradores is a Brazilian company that manufactures engines and generators. Founded in 1953, MWM has a long history in the diesel engine and power generation industry. The company is known for its advanced technology and high-quality products, serving a variety of sectors, including agricultural, industrial, marine and energy.
The engines produced by MWM are used in a wide range of applications, from commercial vehicles and agricultural machinery to stationary generators and marine vessels. The company constantly invests in research and development to ensure that its products meet the performance, efficiency and emissions standards demanded by customers and environmental regulations.
MWM also offers power generation solutions, providing reliable and efficient power generators for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Its product range includes diesel and natural gas generators, designed to provide backup or main power in a variety of situations.
Comments:
- Participants must wear suitable clothing for the factory environment, including PPE (safety shoes, goggles and ear protection).
- Photographs and videos during the visit are subject to prior approval by the team responsible.
BEST PRACTICE TOUR 2
culture of excellence: embraer’s success story
the role of people in integrated planning, with responsible delegation and discipline in execution
Location: Embraer
São José dos Campos/SP
From 9am to 4pm
A company of excellence must be able to guarantee total customer satisfaction, operate as a true “lean company”, generate a return for its shareholders, develop its employees and the community.
With this in mind, Embraer is presenting the initiatives and results of its “Embraer Business Excellence Program” (P3E), which for more than 17 years has underpinned the company’s culture of simplifying processes, eliminating waste and making full use of its resources.
Excellence, for Embraer, means being able to create more value for its stakeholders and maintain this performance over time, in a sustainable way.
- Reception and welcome:
- Institutional presentation:
- Overview of the company’s history, mission, values and commitment to innovation.
- The Embraer Business Excellence Program (P3E)
- Tour in the areas:
- Office & Shop Floor Management (SQDC)
- Kaizen projects
- Improvement Management by VSM
- Visiting Dojô
- Q&A session:
- An opportunity for visitors to ask questions and share their experiences.
Embraer is one of the largest aerospace and defense conglomerates in the world. A leader in the segments in which it operates in the Commercial Aviation, Executive Aviation, Defense & Security, Services & Support markets and with more than 8,000 aircraft manufactured and delivered throughout its history, Embraer has been an exponent of innovation since its creation in 1969 and has this strength as its fundamental pillar for sustainable growth.
As a result, the company fosters an ecosystem for generating and disseminating knowledge that encourages quality training for its employees, increases the competitiveness of the aeronautics industry, promotes scientific development and has a positive impact on society as a whole.
Comments:
- We ask that participants wear suitable clothing for the factory environment, including PPE (safety shoes, goggles and ear protection).
- Photographs and videos during the visit are subject to prior approval by the team responsible.
BEST PRACTICE TOUR 3
the maturity of suzano’s management model
LEADERSHIP AS A REFERENCE FOR DELIVERY WITH MORE QUALITY, TIMELINESS AND COMPETITIVE COSTS
Location: Suzano
São Paulo
From 9am to 5pm
A leader in the pulp and paper segment in Brazil, Suzano is intimately familiar with the potential of its almost 40,000 employees to leverage its operational results.
With factories in the states of Pará, Maranhão, Ceará, Bahia, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul, offices in 10 countries and 1.6 million hectares of planted forests in Brazil, the company ended September 2023 with net revenues of R$5.448 billion and is looking to reinvent itself in the coming years to remain competitive in the Brazilian and global markets.
According to Walter Schalka, the company’s CEO, Suzano thinks a lot about what it is going to build and leave for the future. In the short term, he says that we need to be resilient and robust in order to face any changes that may occur in global society.
In this sense, the operation needs to be prepared. And leadership plays a fundamental role.
- Reception and Welcome:
- Corporate Presentation:
- Overview of the company’s history, mission, values and commitment to innovation.
- Suzano’s Operational Excellence
- Monitoring daily operational meetings:
- Tasks, roles and responsibilities of leadership
- Structured problem solving and Go&See
- Process confirmation
- Continuous improvement processes
- Q&A session:
- An opportunity for visitors to ask questions and share their experiences.
Trees are the main raw material for the pulp and paper industry. That’s why those who work in this sector know that patience is required. Not only to respect nature’s cycles, considering the long years from planting to commercial exploitation of an area reforested for this purpose, but also to keep the business profitable in the face of the countless variables on which it depends.
In order to remain long-lived in this segment, companies need to combine operational excellence with the ability to make the best use of externalities. This is exactly what Suzano has done.
On this tour, you will get to know up close – and in practice – the strategies adopted by Suzano to leverage its efficiency to deliver with more quality, at a lower cost and within the estimated timeframe, betting above all on the important role of its leaders in all its units.
Comments:
- We ask that participants wear suitable clothing for the factory environment, including PPE (safety shoes, goggles and ear protection).
- Photographs and videos during the visit are subject to prior approval by the team responsible.
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