DNMX Excellent Factory: Maricela on the EF Developers’ Program

Congratulations to DENSO Mexico for earning top honors as the number one Excellent Factory (EF) in North America! We’re sharing perspectives from DENSO Mexico’s ICT plant throughout the month to learn more about DNMX’s journey to excellence.

This week: Maricela Puente, team leader of final assembly, on the EF Developers’ Program

“You learn something new with each challenge, even more so when you work in collaboration with other areas. In the EF projects, various pillars are developed, each group has a different focus. We focused on the standardization Kaizen.

With associates in my area, we implemented the EF Developers’ system, which consists of developing personnel (in this case, line personnel) and carrying out a system for the correct use of tools, as well as the proper process for auditing and detecting, in a timely manner, an area that requires Kaizen, so that we will have time to implement impactful improvements. All of this is being implemented in ICT at the Apodaca, Guadalupe and Silao plants.

I began alone in TAE, and then I began with very small Kaizen improvements. Those small improvements led me to create larger improvements and ideas, and altogether, a significant impact.”

This was just one of the processes that underwent considerable improvement, and it was an important part of how the ICT plant in Apodaca won the EF award at the regional level, competing with plants like DMMI and DMAT.