Continuous improvement is a journey with no fixed endpoint -- no matter how good you get, you can always get better. But, do enough this right for a long enough time, and an organization can acheive excellence.
That was the goal at Mayville Engineering Co., a Wisconsin manufacturer of equipment for automotive, agriculture and heavy equipment companies. Vice President of MEC Business Excellence David Higgs spells out how the company set its sights on excellence and what it's done to acheive that.
Speaking at the IndustryWeek Operations Leadership Summit in June in Indianapolis, Higgs and Next Level Partners’ Eric Lussier discussed the why and how of establishing the MEC Business Excellence System. They outlined key elements of the business system approach, including how to build employee engagement and a culture of continuous improvement.
They also shared a two-year progress report on the MEC Business Excellence System implementation, including both wins and challenges.
