2009 Plant of the Year Nomination Form - HTML

For each question below, please provide as much detail as possible, including specific operational and financial information where applicable. [All information will be held in strict confidence for evaluation purposes only].

Section I - Plant Overview

*Name of Organization:

*Name and location of plant:

*Year plant opened:

*Number of employees:

*Size of plant:

*Type of product assembled:

*Name of plant manager:

Section II - Basic Plant Performance

Feel free to add additional criteria pertinent to your organization; if a certain characteristic is not applicable or not tracked in your plant, please leave blank.

Performance Characteristics	2006	2007	2008
Total Cost ($):
Total cost per unit of output ($):
On-time delivery (%):
First-pass quality yield (%):
Scrap rate(%):

Section III - Current Plant Operations

Please rate your organization on its current status relative to the following (check the category that best represents your plant; please choose only one option for each tool listed or select N/A if your organization does not employ the specific program).

Plant Tools	World Class	Industry Leading	Company Best In Class	New / Improving	N/A
5S Program:
Kanban system:
Self-directed work teams:
TPM:
Quality feedback loops:
Employee suggestion system:
Continuous improvement program:
Visual management (metrics, scoreboards):
Fixed takt time:
Visible work instructions:
Please share any comments related to how you use these manufacturing management tools to improve your plant’s performance:

Section IV - Open-Ended Questions (please provide as much information as possible)

Please discuss why your facility deserves to be the 2009 Assembly Plant of the Year:
(Please explain your reasoning and share specific details and examples where possible)

Please describe the actions your plant has taken over the last 3 years to:
(Please share specific economic and operational performance improvements where applicable)

Reduce Costs:
Improve Quality:
Increase Throughput:
Improve Delivery:
Improve Safety:
Ensure Continuous Improvement:
Reduce Time to Market

Describe what has been done to “green” your plant or to improve energy efficiency:

Describe where and how your plant has utilized technology to improve operations:

Describe how your efforts have improved the plant’s competitive advantage:

Please share any additional comments that will help us in our consideration of your organization for the 2009 Assembly Plant of the Year Award:

Section V - Applicant Information

*Name:

*Job Title:

*Company Name:

*Telephone Number:

*E-Mail address:

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