This month, we honed in on Standard Work as part of our regular Lean Mentality focus. I trust each of you made time this month to review the attached Leadership Talking Points with your teams. We will achieve continuous improvement culture when all of us are engaged in the effort to work towards a standard. When we have strong standards, attaining success gets easier…
Read MoreOne of our new APM Boiler division Superintendents, Terry Royce, and the Boilermakers of local 40 took on a quick turnaround project in Kentucky last fall and hit a home run. The APM Boiler team received a request from GE Gas Power to support the installation of a new blow off deflector inside of a gas turbine stack…
Read MoreAs we ramp up into the fall outage season, our core focus is execution in the Field. By keeping our focus in the Field, I am confident we will deliver excellence for our customers and employees, and we will deliver our core promise of All Home Safe 100%.
Read MoreDuring the Lean Week that occurred globally back in January, teams joined in activities to identify and improve current standard work procedures. APM participated in approximately five kaizens that week to create improvement in efficiency within the standards in place. The teams kept safety at the forefront with every lean initiative they sought while retaining the quality of work performance. To allow for greater productivity and cost savings, team members encouraged each other to think outside of the box.
Read MoreThank you for your good work during this busy fall outage season, as we continue to have over 2K employees working over 100K hours on over 100 jobsites across North America (and beyond), doing what we do best and what our communities and customers need us to do – keeping power generating equipment running to keep the lights (and heaters) on.
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Our APM Leadership Team held our Q3 Leadership Meeting two weeks ago. We took this opportunity to reflect on our business performance through the spring and early summer. A few highlights: we delivered improved field execution (especially in safety and quality), and we experienced challenges with volume and structure in the current reality (due to COVID and market dynamics within the Coal – Gas – Renewables mix).
Read MoreFirst, I want to remind us that the safety and health of our people are always at the forefront. As you have seen through other business communications, we are continually monitoring the situation surrounding the Coronavirus and collaborating with all business teams…
Read MoreOur APM senior leadership team spent the past week coming together to discuss our status today and develop strategies for future success. From the good discussions, there were a few key themes I want to share…
Read MoreHopefully you have seen the recent messages from many leaders within our shareholder organization regarding GE’s lean focus. I asked Lisset Lopez, our APM Business Improvement Leader and Lean Champion, to share her reflections with us about Lean and how it applies in APM…
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