Located in Pocatello, Idaho, Heinz Frozen Food Co. is a division of H.J. Heinz Co. LLP. Sharing the corporate Heinz passion for serving up good food, the frozen food division strives to provide delicious and nutritious products that consumers can easily make at home. It is one reason that the Heinz brand has become a staple in homes for nearly 140 years. The company is renowned for being one of the world's leading producers of healthy and convenient foods for every eating occasion.
Heinz Frozen Food Co. manufactures food products that include entres, snacks, and desserts. With its location in Idaho, the division produces Ore-Ida frozen potato varietiesfrench fries, hash browns, and mashed potatoes.
To learn more about Heinz Frozen Food Co., visit www.heinz.com.
Setting the strategy.
When Heinz Frozen Food Co. set its sights on improving its manufacturing and maintenance process efficiency with leading-edge technology, the company knew that implementation of a new system would require a monumental change in culture for its employees. After careful analysis of several competitive applications, Heinz chose an enterprise asset management (EAM) application by Infor for several reasons. Milton Slagowski, maintenance manager at Heinz Frozen Food Co., explains, "It was not only a web-based enterprise system that met all of our maintenance functions, but, more importantly, it was the most cost-effective solution."
As manufacturing and maintenance employees began using Infor EAM after implementation, the company gained better visibility into their processes and realized that more progressive lean manufacturing and lean maintenance practices would enable more significant efficiencies.
Getting business specific.
Heinz Frozen Food Co. began incorporating lean manufacturing and maintenance practices that brought improved results in a short time. "We started to identify maintenance waste elementsthose that didn't add valueand to use Infor EAM as it was meant to be used: in concert with lean manufacturing and lean maintenance," says Slagowski. "And we started to understand change enablers such as awareness of what needs to change, understanding of our goals and objectives, and engagement by everyone from top management to those performing the tasks."
Once all of the change enablers aligned to achieve the targeted results, the company began realizing efficiency improvements. "What we learned was that lean practices are instrumental in implementing an EAM application to achieve excellent results quickly and cost-effectively," Slagowski emphasizes, "and that asset reliability is a key tool for successful lean manufacturing operations. They have a mutual relationship. And Infor helped us understand the process to achieve our goals and get consistent results."
Heinz Frozen Food Co. manufactures food products that include entres, snacks, and desserts. With its location in Idaho, the division produces Ore-Ida frozen potato varietiesfrench fries, hash browns, and mashed potatoes.
To learn more about Heinz Frozen Food Co., visit www.heinz.com.
Setting the strategy.
When Heinz Frozen Food Co. set its sights on improving its manufacturing and maintenance process efficiency with leading-edge technology, the company knew that implementation of a new system would require a monumental change in culture for its employees. After careful analysis of several competitive applications, Heinz chose an enterprise asset management (EAM) application by Infor for several reasons. Milton Slagowski, maintenance manager at Heinz Frozen Food Co., explains, "It was not only a web-based enterprise system that met all of our maintenance functions, but, more importantly, it was the most cost-effective solution."
As manufacturing and maintenance employees began using Infor EAM after implementation, the company gained better visibility into their processes and realized that more progressive lean manufacturing and lean maintenance practices would enable more significant efficiencies.
Getting business specific.
Heinz Frozen Food Co. began incorporating lean manufacturing and maintenance practices that brought improved results in a short time. "We started to identify maintenance waste elementsthose that didn't add valueand to use Infor EAM as it was meant to be used: in concert with lean manufacturing and lean maintenance," says Slagowski. "And we started to understand change enablers such as awareness of what needs to change, understanding of our goals and objectives, and engagement by everyone from top management to those performing the tasks."
Once all of the change enablers aligned to achieve the targeted results, the company began realizing efficiency improvements. "What we learned was that lean practices are instrumental in implementing an EAM application to achieve excellent results quickly and cost-effectively," Slagowski emphasizes, "and that asset reliability is a key tool for successful lean manufacturing operations. They have a mutual relationship. And Infor helped us understand the process to achieve our goals and get consistent results."
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