October 2005
Medina County Manufacturer's Forum
The Current State of Globalization
Congratulations ODOT District 12!
WINOC's Approach to Strategic Planning
Medina County Manufacturers Forum
WINOC is collaborating with the Medina County Economic Development Corporation and the University of Akron to conduct a Manufacturer's Forum to be hosted by MTD on October 18th. Besides companies sharing with each other, this is a chance to learn about Lean - What's in it for your customers and what's in it for you. In addition MTD will share their Lean Journey. Register by October 12th please by contacting Bob Meyer at 330-725-4885 or BobMeyer@winoc.org. For details click here.
WINOC will be holding it's Annual Board Meeting on November 3rd at the Fox Meadow's Weymouth Country Club north of Medina. This meeting is primarily a business update meeting for WINOC Trustees and WINOC Advisors. If you would like to attend please contact Bob Meyer at 330-725-4885 or BobMeyer@winoc.org. For details click here.
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The Current State of Globalization
Dr. Hira L. Fotedar
[Extracted from a published paper which is posted with permission at www.winoc.org. Click here for the full text.]
What is different in the current version of Globalization [compared to the Historical Perspective] is summed by Thomas Friedman in his book The World is Flat, as described in the September, 2005 issue of Fortune Magazine
“The fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of internet, and the ever more inoperable nature of the software have created a newly flat global, political, economic and cultural landscape that allows people previously cut off from the centers of power and of affluence to join right in on the moneymaking and opinion forming as long as they have the skills and the gumption and the broadband connections”.
The consequence of this wave of globalization is awesome. As reported in Business Week (8/25), three million US manufacturing jobs have been lost in the past five years and it is expected that another six million will be lost in the next decade. By 2015 it is expected that China will be the leader in Autos and information technology while India will capture leadership in software and high finance. So where does this leave American business? It is expected that as India and China modernize they will need more high technology exports from United States creating jobs and driving innovation in high technology industries in this country. For example last year 22% exports to China were of high technology up from 14% a decade earlier. Mainstream economists think that the full entry of China and India into the global economy is a plus for the US as a whole. For example off shoring of computer software and services will add $124 billion to US gross domestic product by 2008 by lowering inflation and interest rates and by increasing productivity. US Mckinsey Global Institute estimates that America gains $1.14 for each dollar of output it sends off shore
ODOT Districts Win Ohio Awards for Excellence
The 2005 Ohio Award for Excellence winners include a number of ODOT (Ohio Department of Transportation) Districts. In 2000/2001 WINOC was contracted with by ODOT to conduct Baldrige assessments at ODOT Districts throughout the state and at Divisions of ODOT in Columbus. ODOT District 12 in particular has been a long time client of WINOC, and of WINOC Senior Advisor Rick Bohan (see the bios of our advisors here), and has won the Governor's Award! Congratulations to ODOT District 12!
With funding from CAMP, OLMCP and WINOC, the Northeast Ohio Center for Labor Management Cooperation (NEOCLMC) writing three labor management case studies... two of which are summarized below.
Mittal
Steel USA – Cleveland and USW Local 979
Mittal
Steel USA – Cleveland was created in April 2005 by a merger with
International Steel Group Inc. (ISG). ISG was formed in the spring of 2002 from the acquisition of
LTV Steel Co. and Bethlehem Steel Co.
The Cleveland works once employed over 7000 workers but now
operates with about 1500 employees producing 3.6 million tons of product
per year. This makes the
Cleveland Works the most productive domestic steel mill with 1.05
person-hours per shipped ton. Mittal-Cleveland
management have an excellent relationship with the United
Steelworkers (USW) Local 979 leadership.
In many areas of the mill, employees are self-directed and flexible
in their work duties.
Zircoa,
Inc. (Div. of ANH Refractories Co.) and the United Steelworkers (USW)
Local 1033.
Zircoa was formed in Solon, Ohio in 1952 and developed some of its early products in collaboration with NASA’s Lewis Research Center. Starting in the early 90’s, the company began developing a collaborative relationship with its USW union leadership, and today its 150 employees work well together. Among Zircoa’s many strengths, two areas are particularly noteworthy; extensive employee training and a gain-sharing system that gives employees outstanding opportunities for involvement and for sharing in Zircoa’s monetary success. Zircoa continues to develop new product applications, and is looking to expand it global presence.
[For further information on these case studies, contact Robert P. Meyer, WINOC, who is the principal researcher.]
We are on pace to surpass 100,000 hits on our website this year. These 'hits' are from 20-35 distinct visitors each day. We want much higher numbers. To maximize the use of our website we need the information to be current and useful and we need the site to be visitor-friendly.
So we have been working to update our website at www.winoc.org. The front page now allows visitors to enter via featured topics or by category. The Center for Labor Management Cooperation (NEOCLMC) at WINOC has been/is being moved to its own sub-domain at www.neoclmc.winoc.org. The content is being refreshed throughout. Even after some clean-up there are over 221 files uploaded to winoc.org; so the vetting process will take awhile, but we are making progress.
WINOC's Approach to Strategic Planning
There are many approaches to strategic planning so we advocate customizing an approach specific to the client's needs and circumstances. That said, there are some things that we advocate about any strategic planning process; for example, that strategic thinking should precede strategic planning and that appropriate quality tools/methods should be utilized to help keep the strategic planning process under control.
Following is an approach that WINOC advocates.
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Strategic Thinking |
Understanding the Current State |
Assessment, e.g., Lean, Baldrige. |
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Strategic Planning |
Strategies to Achieve Strategic Objectives |
Strategic Improvement Planning & Tollgate Model |
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Action Planning |
Goal Setting |
Application of Quality Tools |
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Facilitated Implementation |
Broad-Based Action |
Facilitated Teams |
If you would like to learn more about WINOC's approach to strategic planning please contact us at AdvServ@winoc.org.
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