SC21 award success for TTI Group at Letchworth
In further news the group has also now officially joined the Airbus SC21 cluster.
This award represents a significant progression up the SC21 awards ladder, bearing in mind the gap between award levels, after the site previously attained Bronze status in both 2013 and 2014.
Elsewhere the TTI group also has another current SC21 award winning site as the Cheltenham facility was awarded SC21 Bronze last November and this group expertise will benefit the Telford site during their Q4 SC21 deployment with the aim there of submitting for an award in time for the Farnborough Airshow 2016.
SC21 is a programme designed to increase the competitiveness of the aerospace and defence industry by raising the performance of the supply chains. Over 650 companies are currently signed up to the SC21 journey and are committed to achieving common industry development and performance gains.
The TTI Group Ltd is owned by the Dutch organisation Aalberts Industries and has six UK processing plants, three of which have aerospace facilities (Letchworth, Cheltenham and Telford). As well as Aerospace the group specialises in providing surface Engineering and Heat Treatment Services and Solutions to other major industries including Automotive, Motorsport, Defence, Rail, Oil & Gas, Tool & Die, Construction and Power Generation.
The TTI Group signed up to SC21 in March 2012, as a self-starter, and used the performance improvement programme to benchmark its improvement efforts internally and to help identify its next steps. This successful implementation lead to Bronze awards in both 2013 and 2014, becoming the first heat treatment plant (Process house) to achieve this recognition.
At the core of the group’s Continuous Improvement strategy over the past few years has been the TTI Challenge document which has been cascaded through the business. The TTI Challenge is based around a four phase roadmap of Customer Focus, Culture & Learning, Continuous Improvement, and Investment.
In April 2015 experienced supply chain consultants, and SC21 practitioners, Dave Bull and Jeremy Bell of DB Concept Solutions were enlisted to rescore Letchworth’s SC21 diagnostics. Significant improvements in both the BusEx and Man-Ex scores together with a qualifying score in the new RelEx diagnostic meant that the site had now reached Silver award status.
Dave Bull, Director of DB Concept Solutions, said: “Congratulations to TTI Letchworth on this fantastic achievement of moving up to Silver award level. SC21 is a mark of excellence and to achieve these improved business manufacturing and Q&D scores is the deserved reward and result of years of hard work and perseverance.”
Andy Borg, TTI Group’s managing director, said: “Achieving supply chain improvement is critical to the continued global competitiveness of UK industry.”
“TTI Group Ltd are delighted to be able to demonstrate our continued commitment to the SC21 program, a key industry venture for aerospace, through the achievement of this Silver award at our Letchworth branch.”
Tony Alderton TTI Letchworth Plant Manager said “Adopting SC21 has given the plant a structure that drives the Continuous Improvement Activities which we see and use every day. It is rewarding to see how SC21 has improved our methods of working and also the workplace for the Team at the plant. Most importantly, it is being seen by our customers in the form of improved Delivery & Quality Performance.”
