AMIS in the Food Sector
ABP Achieve World-Class
MCP Consulting Group would like to give a massive congratulations to ABP Ellesmere, they have recently achieved World-Class status with AMIS. The multifunctional site is split into two parts, the abattoir site which processes circa 80,000 cattle per year and the deboning site which processes significantly more. The Ellesmere site actually produces an impressive 30,000 tonnes of retail product each year.
Having started on their maintenance improvement journey five years ago ABP is happy to have achieved the status and reaped the associated benefits.
Talking to the Engineering Manager for the site, Dan Cashman, he had the following to say in his reasoning for embarking on the AMIS Journey:
It was part of our group enginnering strategy at the time, when we started this at Ellesmere five years ago the excellence status was so far away but we always wanted this to be the end goal. So in short it helped align us to our strategy.
The one piece of advice Dan had for any other company thinking about embarking on the AMIS Journey was the following:
I would say it’s all about people, engineers are obsessed with machines but it’s all about people. The biggest change we have seen is engaging the whole site and valuing people and making sure they are rewarded correctly for the work they do.
Well done Ellesmere.
What is The AMIS Journey?
The AMIS* Journey, provided exclusively by MCP Consulting Group Ltd., has been used for over 30 years to help organisations measure their asset maintenance performance on a consistent basis.
Using industry knowledge and the extensive AMIS database, MCP is able to benchmark an organisation’s performance. The output generates Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and benchmarks that are used as the basis for an improvement programme and the start of The AMIS Journey and focus on the key areas:
Business Processes
Organisation Structure and Development
Data, Document Management and Information Systems
Work Planning and Scheduling
Spare Parts and Inventory