Heineken's Bulmers cider plant in Hereford is making strong headway through an added value turnaround plan, which has already yielded significant site benefits. "We're going through a change management plan," said training manager Marcus Billig.'The plan was launched in 2009 when we carefully reviewed manufacturing efficiency.This included ensuring the group's assets were maximised and bottling line capacity was transferred to Tadcaster." A core pillar of the strategy, which has involved stringent cost savings, has been the implementation of total productive management (TPM) to supervise total productive maintenance. TPM has included training operations personnel to equip them to perform basic maintenance tasks previously performed by engineers.
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