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The Marietta facility manufactures a range of laboratory equipment, including ultra-low-temperature freezers, cell culture incubators and other equipment used primarily for life sciences research. The company said that the plant stood out among the other entries because of its outstanding safety record and employee programs that helped boost efficiency 45 percent over the past three years.
Thermo Fisher Scientific stated that every employee in the Marietta plant participates in activities to improve efficiency and productivity. These activities are formalized in Thermo Fisher's company-wide productivity program, called Practical Process Improvement (PPI). This program is based on teams that follow a well-defined process to make improvements in their daily jobs, from manufacturing to marketing and customer support. In Marietta, the PPI process led to projects that created approximately $2 million in savings in 2007 by reducing waste and improving efficiencies, helping the plant produce $4 million more in product than it did in 2006, with lower labor costs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific noted that among the accomplishments of the Marietta facility is a reported injury rate that is one-fourth the industry average - with no lost time injuries in 2007. The workforce of 458 employees is also actively involved in a program for helping the plant strengthen its employee culture, as well as community initiatives including local fundraising, educational programs and workshops designed to bring the facility's proven Lean Manufacturing practices to the local business community.
"Our global operations are focused on continuous improvement through PPI, and this honor proves that the program is highly successful in empowering our employees to achieve operational excellence," said Marijn E. Dekkers, president and chief executive officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific. "We not only celebrate Marietta's success, but also commit to taking what they've demonstrated about safety and efficiency and applying that as best practices at our other sites around the world."
Serving customers through two brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, Thermo Fisher Scientific helps solve analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. Thermo Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end analytical instruments as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete portfolio of laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services used in healthcare, scientific research, safety and education.
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