At Celestica Inc., an electronics manufacturing services company headquartered in Toronto, Canada, top-down safety continues to stay at the forefront of focus for it’s 1,800 employees. “Our biggest challenge is continuous improvement. We are always looking for better ways of working and keeping our people in safe hands,” exclaims HR Manager, Gian Detta Colli. Since developing the Daily Safety Kaizen Continuous Improvement Program, the company’s health and safety program has been able to increase employee engagement around the submittal for process improvement ideas by 30% from 2015 to 2016. Using DMAIC and Visual Management, processes have been improved, posters have been created and overall employee buy-in has enabled Celestica to sustain the program’s effectiveness over the long term.
