Anderson Earns IQPC Process Excellence Award

Anderson Packaging has received the International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC) excellence award in the small-to-mid-sized corporation category for the competition’s Best Process Improvement in a Manufacturing Project. Anderson submitted a detailed summary of its Lean Six Sigma project for the company’s pharmaceutical bottle packaging lines. The award was received at the recent IQPC’s Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit in Orlando, FL.

Anderson was recognized for its effectiveness in implementing improvements in pharmaceutical bottling, including delivering increased capacity and turnaround of production orders, as well as scrap minimization and downtime initiatives. The project achieved 30% reductions in downtime for individual programs, 10% increases in Overall Operational Effectiveness (OEE), and 40% scrap reductions. Anderson instituted its Lean Six Sigma program companywide in 2004 and the project encompasses more than 10 production lines across multiple facilities.

According to Chuck Aubrey, vice president of performance excellence at Anderson Packaging, “This award is recognition of the efforts of many individuals at Anderson. We maintain a culture of continuous improvement and the principles of Lean Six Sigma methodology are involved in every aspect of the business.It helps maintain Anderson’s competitiveness in the pharmaceutical packaging market, but ultimately it’s about delivering the best possible service and performance to our customers. The Lean Six Sigma program is delivering powerful and measurable results.”

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