OREANDA-NEWS. May 12, 2008. Atomenergoprom OJSC has launched a program to enhance the efficiency of its subsidiary and dependent companies in order to increase their production, to reduce designing and manufacturing periods and to boost profitability.

In preparation for the program, the Quality Management Department of Atomenergoprom has organized a seminar “Advanced Efficiency Enhancement Methods “Kaizen”” and “Lean Production” as Effective Instruments for Continuous Improvement” for representatives of Signal OJSC, Kaluga Turbine Plant, Progress Plant (Protvino). 

The objective of the seminar was to discuss the existing quality management systems and the possibilities of their use for reducing costs and enhancing efficiency as well as to study the advanced efficiency enhancement methods (Total Quality Management, Kaizen and Lean Production) and the world tendencies in the field of quality management.

The participants in the seminar discussed ways to carry out a corporate efficiency enhancement program and to use Kaizen and Lean Production methods at national nuclear companies.

Presently, the Quality Management Department of Atomenergoprom is monitoring the quality management systems of its subsidiary and dependent companies for possible introduction of Kaizen and Lean Production methods.