SIMEON Medical honors its employees for their commitment

Successful employee program for continuous improvement processes (CIP) in the company

SIMEON Medical, one of the world's leading manufacturers of medical technological solutions for hospitals with a focus on operation and examination rooms, honors its employees for their suggestions on how to improve internal processes. For this purpose, the Tuttlingen-based medical technology company has established a program in 2015 for continuous improvement (CIP) in the company consistent with its motto "Pushing Technology to Excellence". The aim of the CIP program is to increase product, process and service quality by implementing continuous optimization in defined steps so that the company's competitiveness can be bolstered.

Each proposal is initially rewarded using a voucher system. This motivates the employees to strive for self-improvement and provide their own optimization proposals. In addition an annual lottery is held amongst all those who filed proposals, in which three more vouchers are awarded of an even greater value. This year three employees, one each from assembly, production and service, have been announced as winners.

For the CIP program SIMEON Medical also has initiated a Lean Six Sigma training program, which has resulted in a systematic approach to process improvement. Two cross-departmental project managers - so-called "Black Belts" - and seven project managers ("Green Belts") have already been trained. Around two thirds of all optimization proposals are therefore implemented at SIMEON Medical.

"Through the CIP program we can achieve savings, improve processes and react flexibly to a continuously changing process landscape. We are delighted with the initiatives of our employees and the many constructive project proposals they have put forward. This is how SIMEON’s guiding principle 'pushing technology to excellence' is achieved in living culture", as Tobias Lang stated, Managing Director at SIMEON Medical and, among other things, responsible for production, quality and staff.