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Supervisors shine at Pilkington Glass

Supervisors shine at Pilkington Glass A training programme for supervisors at the float‐glass manufacturing subsidiary of UK glassmaker Pilkington boosted supervisors’ skills, increased quality and cut costs. Savings resulting from just one of the programme’s 44 projects have more than paid for the programme as a whole. Total savings from all the projects outstripped the costs of the training programme many times over. Explores the programme in detail. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Management Development Review Emerald Publishing

Supervisors shine at Pilkington Glass

Management Development Review , Volume 10 (7): 3 – Dec 1, 1997

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0962-2519
DOI
10.1108/EUM0000000004450
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Abstract

A training programme for supervisors at the float‐glass manufacturing subsidiary of UK glassmaker Pilkington boosted supervisors’ skills, increased quality and cut costs. Savings resulting from just one of the programme’s 44 projects have more than paid for the programme as a whole. Total savings from all the projects outstripped the costs of the training programme many times over. Explores the programme in detail.

Journal

Management Development ReviewEmerald Publishing

Published: Dec 1, 1997

Keywords: Glass; Kaizen; Organizational performance; Supervisory training; United Kingdom

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