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Tasmanian Alkaloids Seed cleaning process project
Project Objectives
- Increase yield of poppy seeds
- Streamline the poppy seed cleaning process
- Increase recovery rate to established target for next year
- Stay within the HACCP certification requirements
- Present recommendations for improvement
Project Team
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Peter Wilkins
Tasmanian Alkaloids
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Natalie Page
Tasmanian Alkaloids
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Robyn Lapthorne
TasRail
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Brendan Sherriff
Bell Bay Aluminium
Facilitators
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Roxanne Chugg
Excellent Outcomes
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Bill Woodworth
Bell Bay Aluminium
Key measurables
- Poppy Seed yield per annum
- HACCP audit results
Companies involved
- Tasmanian Alkaloids
- TasRail
- Bell Bay Aluminium
Approach taken
- Detailed briefing from senior management
- Reviewed current seed cleaning processes
- Detailed process walk-arounds to identify waste (WORMPIT) and understand each aspect of the current process
- Created a ‘current state’ value stream map
- Try-storming to establish settings on Cimbria and Gravity tables to identify the bottle-necks
- Developed a storyboard to highlight potential bottle-necks, causes and process improvements
- Used the SMED process as part of the recommendations for improvement
- Stakeholder input – spoke to all shifts across the seed cleaning area
- Produced costing model to set financial targets
- Established implementation plans for key improvement initiatives
Summary of outcomes
- Updated procedures and work instructions completed with a trouble shooting guide
- Quick change over procedure established for line clearance for cleaning plant
- Waste streams are now generating revenue not cost
- Machinery modified for better access for cleaning and maintenance
- KPI’s put in place to track progress
- Throughput increased by over 50%