Spot Improvement Practice At Atotech (Guangzhou) Chemicals Ltd.

Atotech (Guangzhou) Chemicals Ltd. is a world-class manufacturer of electro-plating additives. With the helps from Hong Kong Productivity Council, they practiced a program named as Spot Improvement, which was implemented on six stages:Stage 1,trainings to all employees on awareness of Spot Improvement;Stage 2, constituted relevant regulations to implement Spot Improvement;Stage 3,standardized procedures and rules to ensure a good quality of productsand a safe production envirement;Stage 4, practiced 5S' to chieve a good housekeeping and to foster employees'self-discipline;Stage 5, splith elimination so as to reduce stocks of materials and products;Stage 6, practiced visual management to consolidate the achievements of SpotImprovement, i.e. standardization, 5S, splith elimination, etc.However, Atotech (Guangzhou) Chemicals Ltd. faced a big challenge on continuous improvement. The problems are focused on essentials of Spot Improvement, participation and commitments on Spot Improvement of employees, as well as supports from top management, which will probably raise a failure of Spot Improvement. To ensure a final success in Spot Improvement, Atotech (Guangzhou) Chemicals Ltd. shouldFurther perfect essentials of Spot Improvement, such as standardization, 5S andvisual management;Obtain more initiative participation and commitments from employees; andGet more supports from top management.