Factory Tour in Acetum: improve performance with Lean World Class®.

Live the Lean experience in the guided tour of the Acetum plant

Bonfiglioli Consulting and Acetum present an exclusive living experience to share thepath to reach the’Operational Excellence.

Acetum is the world's largest producer of certified Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PGI both own brand which private label: all available for retail, food service, and industry.

The story of Acetum is linked to the production of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena and has its roots in 1906, when the Motta Cellars in Cavezzo (Modena), where the company's historic factory is located today. Founded in 1992, the company has been able to combine the tradition of the area with innovation, becoming a world leader in the production of balsamic vinegar and part of the British international group ABF since 2017.

Today in numbers:

• 270 employees
• 21 production lines
• 4 laboratories, R&D
• +60 markets served
• B Corp Certification

From the live voices of the protagonists, the Lean Transformation journey will be appreciated in the field with the goal of:

• Increase the productivity, identifying waste and line OEE losses
• Improve the level of customer service through a greater flexibility Of the logistics-production model
• Spreading the approach Organizational oriented continuous improvement structured

The main stages of the project guided by the pillars of the methodology Lean World Class®:

Pillar of Focused Improvement to empower the operators at daily performance management of the line and to the’immediate analysis Of the problems that arise through:

• Creating teams, training people
• Loss stratification and bottleneck analysis
• Choice of focused improvement projects
• Daily visual management of ongoing improvement activities

Pillar of Professional Maintenance to increase machine reliability and availability through:

• Definition of maintenance standards and data collection.
• Statistical analysis and cost control
• Dissemination of best practices and sharing of predictive systems
• New Spare Parts and Warehouse Management Procedures.

To strengthen the project, a program of Change Management structured to Establish a system of resource involvement Through:

• Daily meetings with operators with discussion of performance and suggestions for improvement
• Weekly meetings with line managers and maintainers with discussion of performance and proposals for improvement
• Creation of temporary ad hoc Teams on specific problems with specific goals
• Visual Management of shared indicators and improvement actions

Results achieved in 12 months:

• +2 p.p. OEE of establishment
• +1% hourly productivity
• -5% maintenance costs
• -1% establishment failures

Event schedule.

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09.30
Welcome Greetings
Factory Tour | Lean intervention presented in the field through a guided tour of the plant

11.00 | Round table discussion e Insights into critical factorsi to be guarded in the transformation journey

12.00 | Closing remarks

The event will take place at the main plant in ACETUM SPA Via Sandro Pertini, 440 - 41032 Cavezzo (MO)