Elettronica: why be a Lifestyle Company
"When I chose to adopt the Lean Lifestyle approach in 2017 within Elettronica engineering, I saw a double opportunity: to grow people so that they can face the challenges ahead and at the same time become more attractive as a company. The approach was very successful. I see in people much more energy and enthusiasm: we are back to the origins, when our founder said, "without enthusiasm there is nothing". Many habits have changed in the company and Lean Lifestyle has given us a boost in this direction. Just think for example of the impact it had on engineering and production, going from 36 months to 12-18 months. We are still in the middle of the journey and at this moment for us the challenge is to pull on board the other functions. The direction is clear and not by chance in the Hoshin Kanri that we have just developed in Engineering, one of the strategic goals we have chosen is to "become a Lean Lifestyle Company."
Simone Astiaso - Vice President Engineering & Operations presso Elettronica
Elettronica, with its more than 900 employees engaged in the design, development and production of strategic surveillance systems, defense and electronic countermeasures for naval use, air and land, began the path to become a Lean Lifestyle Company in 2017 with a first survey on the dissemination of the principles of Lean Lifestyle in the company and focusing on a vast training program and individual and corporate projects that involved about 500 people. Objectives: reduce interruptions, multitasking and environmental barriers to facilitate high-concentration work; improve email management and increase meeting effectiveness. New habits to make work more agile and improve people’s well-being were built through a process that, in addition to removing structural barriers and developing new skills, provides for the continuous monitoring of key indicators and the use of structured feedback. The program also developed during the remote work phase and was adapted to the new context by using digitized systems for performance monitoring and measurement.
