Our Mission & Strategy
Executive Summary – NGO status
The NGO will participate in EU funded projects and is dedicated to supporting heavy industries to reach the Clean Industrial Deal targets.
We provide LEAN and AGILE methods, which address the empowerment of stakeholders:
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Heavy industry must reach a sufficient maturity level to meet the once-in-a-century challenge of ecological transformation.
- Key: problem solving competences as standardized in lighter industries.
- Mindset: paradigm change is paramount.
HOW can we contribute to the rebuilding of the industry?
- Train and advise workforces to achieve objectives safely and on schedule
- Conduct CO₂ reduction exercises and adopt a new perspective on performance metrics
- Establish and embody transparent values to prevent "the culture from eating the strategy for breakfast"
- Achieve broad impact (starting with steel) and ensure depth of engagement (across all workforce levels, including suppliers and subcontractors)
- Highlight the need for the efficient and effective use of EU funding as well as for a Just Transition
Out of scope:
- Technology recommendation (WHAT?)
Definitions
Green/Clean Industrial Deal:
These are constitutional objectives of the European Union, represented by the European Commission. They are supported through EU and national funding programs. For brevity, we refer to this collectively as the "Deal".
LEAN: a working method including tools and mindset.
- It originated in the automotive industry of the 1950s as the Toyota Production System and has transformed the entire automotive sector, as well as other efficiency-driven industries, since the 1990s.
- It is a mandatory transformative step for sustainability as well as digitalization. Only LEAN operations can become clean and smart.
LEAN/AGILE Project Management: a project management framework to plan and execute projects.
It involves all stakeholders and applies LEAN principles to reach demanding targets effectively and efficiently.
- Values: Focus, openness, courage, commitment and respect.
- Principles: Individuals, functionality, customer value/corporate targets and flexibility.
- Early learnings and iterative improvements replace late failures: workforce decides HOW things get done.
Purpose – why are we doing this?
Guidance to empower stakeholders (1)
... to
reach Green/Clean Industrial Deal targets (2)
... in
heavy, energy intensive industries (3)
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(1) Focus stakeholders: Workforce up to Management & Leadership
- Support Social Dialogue
- Strategically integrate subcontracting companies
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(2a) Training/Operation: roll out of LEAN methodology to reach required maturity level
- getting FIT prior the Deal & perform CO2 reduction programs as continuous improvement
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(2b) Implementation/New technology: integrate in steel operations with LEAN/AGILE Project Management
- getting the real Deal = FIT for 55 (i.e. 55% less emissions in 2030 than in 1990)
- (3) Heavy industries: Pilot is Steel to create a Pull factor also on Energy & Construction
Direction – where are we going?
Deploy Green/Clean Industrial Deal targets according operation‘s risk level
... safety (1), quality/timing (2), costs/CO2 (3)
... safety (1), quality/timing (2), costs/CO2 (3)
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(1) safety: priority in hazardous environments of heavy industry, increased during rebuilds
- create LEAN standards for trustful, less hierarchical communication on shop floor
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(2) quality/timing: eliminate bottlenecks and minimize delays of new technology implementation
- milestone & risk management with LEAN/AGILE Project Management
- assess and manage with safety (1) and costs (3)
- use LEAN standards & skills in implementation
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(3) CO2/costs: optimize output of production and reduce CO2 as a standard
- reduce waste and improve customer oriented flow with LEAN standards
Progress – how are we doing?
Orient on leading entities to reach Green/Clean Industrial Deal targets
Financing Plan:
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EU (LIFE-SAP-ciDA) & sponsored funding
- Expert interviews
- Primary consulting & basic trainings
- Governance
- Self financing center in NGO: Secondary consulting (verify here the funding potential for customers)