CEVA Logistics Receives 2008 Kaizen Challenge Award from Toyota Motor Sales

Logistics Insight Asia - Industry News, 1/9/2008

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) at its annual Logistics Partner meeting, for the second consecutive year recognized CEVA Logistics as the recipient of two “Kaizen Challenge Awards”. The Kaizen Challenge gives TMS’ service providers an opportunity to work with the company to improve its business processes. Kaizen, which means “continuous improvement,” is a key component of the Toyota Production System (TPS) and exemplifies the company’s continuous efforts to achieve the highest quality, lowest cost and shortest lead-time.

This year, CEVA’s winning entries focused not only on process improvement and cost savings, but also on environmental and safety awareness. “Clean Sweep,” the first of CEVA’s kaizen projects, targeted unkempt work areas and warehouse and equipment placement. CEVA’s redesign of the work area in the warehouse has resulted in improved safety, increased productivity and standardized work processes. For the second winning project, “Go Green,” CEVA developed a pallet model for the local transfer from Toyota North American Parts Center California (NAPCC). The outcome of this project has been improved pallet utilization, warehouse utilization and environmental footprint for Toyota and CEVA.

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