K-6 BUSINESS OPTIMISATION PROJECT WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY IN THE ECOLAB GROUP

In recent years, several new forms and concepts of organisation have been developed in Japan, the USA and Germany. A final evaluation of the project is not yet possible at this point, as the project has not yet been completed. Initial analyses show that the positive effects have been obscured by the current global financial crisis.

Solution and Method

In recent years, several new forms and concepts of organisation have been developed in Japan, the USA and Germany. Among them is the so-called Lean concept.

One of the most characteristic and dominant examples of corporate success is Toyota and its Toyota Production System (TPS). In 2005, Ecolab began upgrading the standards already introduced. This means that the company is implementing EBS (Ecolab Business System), or the Lean production concept, using tools such as Six Sigma and the K-6 business process optimisation project.

With this project, Ecolab aims to maintain its leading role and growth dynamics in the professional hygiene segment in the global market. The key to the success of the K-6 project lies in direct contact with customers. For this reason, the company's management and the project teams involved in the K6 strategy must be trained to communicate information and be responsible for the timely transition of products.

In the first part of the diploma thesis, he presented the company Ecolab and the approach to various models for improving business efficiency. Based on experience and theoretical assumptions, a detailed strategy to achieve these goals was developed at group level. In the second part, he highlighted the implementation and effects of the project, with all organisational approaches and dynamics.

Results

A final evaluation of the project is not yet possible at this point, as the project has not yet been completed. Initial analyses show that the positive effects have been obscured by the current global financial crisis. I believe that the process of perfection, as it is often called by authors, has led to a new dimension and a more comprehensive understanding of the business process.

Ecolab has not been spared in the increasingly turbulent and declining global market. Despite its leading position in the professional hygiene segment, it equally 'feels' all the consequences and effects of the global crisis. This is, of course, an additional reason for the earliest possible and detailed implementation of all possible tools that can calm the decline of economies and establish a counterweight to falling economic indicator indices.

These measures and the tools presented are, of course, not directly linked to the current, overinflated monetary credit crisis. However, they are the best foundation for the restart of 'cleansed' economic entities when they will be integrated into already established high standards and business challenges on solid foundations. The point of the whole story is that in today's world, one must continuously adapt and change, because their environment is constantly changing. Production requirements (regardless of what you produce) are also continuously changing.

It would be ideal if as many people as possible were involved in the processes and proposed new ideas, which would result in greater efficiency of the company and the environment in which they operate. Time will show that those who are not prepared to rise from the mediocrity of 'traditional' business thinking will not be able to mount the renewed, cyclical conjunctural steed of the best.