Walking Tour in B&C SPEAKERS

Bonfiglioli Consulting and Confindustria Firenze Formazione, as part of the partnership established for the dissemination of Lean Thinking techniques and practices, are organizing at B&C Speakers a meeting open to interested companies at which participants will be able to directly verify the effectiveness of lean management disciplines .

This is an excellent opportunity to explore, in the concrete reality of the company, how a Lean approach can increase the overall effectiveness of corporate action by improving its competitiveness and entrepreneurial success. We talk about it with entrepreneur and CEO of B&C Speakers Lorenzo Coppini, with the director of stably Niccolò Gatti and the consultants of Bonfiglioli Consulting who accompanied the company in the Lean transfomation process.

Since October 2016, Bonfiglioli Consulting has partnered with B&C Speakers in a Lean Transformation process that has led the company to take action on:

• Improvement of Process Quality through a reduction of nonconformities and increase of First Time Coupons
  
  Main activities performed
  - Design of the data collection system integrated with the management system
  . - Development of skills and standardized problem solving models
  . - Implementation of flash meetings for the implementation of countermeasures in the face of major loss analysis
  . Main achievements
  - Good at first strike (2016 - 2018)
  - Speaker Family: 87% -> 93%
  - Drivers Family: 73% -> 79%
  - Countermeasures implemented from 2016 to present
  - Quick wins: 112
  - Kaizen concluded (PDCA): 30
• Supply Chain Optimization: Simplification of the supply chain planning and management system through:Main activities carried out
  - Activation of lean materials management policies (kanban) on a pilot supply chain, also defining aspects related to supply agreements and contracts
  - Creation and activation of electronic kanban integrated with management
  - Implementation of Advanced Supplier Monitoring Dashboard
  The supply chains project is currently underway and has the goal of reducing up to 50% supplier inventory space and value involved in the pilot.

The Walking Tour is free of charge and is exclusively for entrepreneurs and managers; a maximum of two participants per company are allowed. To register fill out the online form by January 23, 2019, the company reserves the right to confirm registration.

B&C Speakers is an Italian company, founded in 1946 that operates internationally taking care of the design, production, distribution and marketing of electroacoustic transducers for professional use. In addition to designing and distributing B&C brand components, the company also supplies OEM components.

Confindustria Firenze Formazione is the training agency of Confindustria Firenze and acts as a business improver for companies through the promotion, design and management of customized training courses, in line with the needs of companies that need to quickly adapt the skills of their employees to a complex and constantly evolving market.