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Wegmans Process Improvement DPM – Fall 2011 What We Believe At Wegmans, we believe that good people, working toward a common goal, can accomplish anything they set out to do. In this spirit, we set our goal to be the very best at serving the needs of our customers. Every action we take should be made with this in mind. We also believe that we can achieve our goal only if we fulfill the needs of our own people. To our customers and our people we pledge continuous improvement, and we make the commitment: "Every Day You Get Our Best"

Who We Are BAKERY TEAM CUL ULINAR NARY Y TE TEAM • Brandon Harbridge- IE  Hope Alm- ME  Michael Baer- ME • Erin McNally- ME  Justin Grates- IE  Sarah Kostuk- IE Me Ment ntor or • John Kaemmerlen- IE

Table of Contents  Background  Stakeholders’ Needs  Function Tree  Prioritization Tools  Selected Projects  Recommendations

RIT DPM to Senior Design DPM MSD 1 MSD 2 • Project • Design • Implement Selection

Bakery Stakeholder Needs The Bakery Desires projects that are cost effective The Bakery desire projects that are achievable Bakery desires high quality processes The Bakery desires processes with minimal “waste” The bakery desires a safe work The Bakery desires processes environment for their employees that are of high quality, safe, productive, and cost effective. The bakery desires on time deliveries The bakery desires processes that keep up with customer demand The bakery desires standard ways to measure productivity The bakery desires a productive work environment The bakery desires organized storage of bakery items

Biggest Customer Needs The Bakery Desires projects that are cost effective The Bakery desire projects that are achievable Bakery desires high quality processes The Bakery desires processes with minimal “waste” The bakery desires a safe work The Bakery desires processes environment for their employees that are of high quality, safe, productive, and cost effective. The bakery desires on time deliveries The bakery desires processes that keep up with customer demand The bakery desires standard ways to measure productivity The bakery desires a productive work environment The bakery desires organized storage of bakery items

Mission Statement Wegmans desires a list of prioritized projects for the next two years. Wegmans also desires a tool to help prioritize future projects.

Function Tree: Bird’s Eye View

Prioritization Tools  Three Possible Solutions for selecting projects Yes/No Binary sheet 1. Suggestion Board open to all employees 2. Scoring Matrix Model 3.

Yes es/No /No Bi Binar nary y Sheet eet Can be utilized daily! Quick on the floor task!

Sugg uggest estion ion Bo Boar ard Employee Input!

Scoring ring Matri trix x Model el Section Criteria Data Weights driven! Utilized 2-3 times a year!

Scoring Guidelines

MSD Guidelines Linked to Overall Score From Prioritization Matrix

Res esult ults

MSD Matrix Results

Freezer and Warehouse  The current state of the Freezer and Warehouse areas are in disarray causing issues in safety, quality, and productivity.  The objective is to standardize the organization of the areas using the lean tool, 5S, and to implement a system to control the inventory of warehouse and freezer ingredients. 5S and Inventory Control!  Staffing:  4 IEs: 5S understanding, analyze ergonomic score for process, provide standard work, project management, inventory control

Parbake Process  The Current process is a safety and ergonomic concern due to repetitive motion and leaning over a conveyor to complete task.  Look into a way to improve the process by adding some type of mechanical assistance. Process Improvement with mechanical  Staffing: assistance  2 IEs: Evaluate the process on human motion, ergonomics, production speed, avoidance of creating a bottleneck, process design  2 MEs: Develop mechanical assists for the current process of rounding. Some circuitry work may be needed.

Next Steps/Recommendations  Future of Prioritization Matrix  Suggestions on metrics to add  Scoring guideline suggestions  Future DPM Group  Focus on Data Collection

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