Sun Chemical wins two 2022 Kepner-Tregoe Excellence Awards

Glyn Evans, technical manager Offset and Specialty Inks - UK, Ireland and Nordics at Sun Chemical, was also a finalist in the ‘Facilitator of the Year’ category.  

 

Winners of the 12 categories were announced on March 15, 2022.   

 

According to Phillips Thompson, chairman of the Kepner-Tregoe Excellence Awards’ judging panel, criteria to win in the ‘Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Manufacturing Operations’ category included: process improvements; decreased time to resolve problems and implement corrective actions; skill and capability in risk identification, mitigation, preventative measures and contingency planning; and improved teamwork and collaboration.  

 

Additionally, Kepner-Tregoe highlighted that program leaders drive results through focused and well-architected planning, helping their organizations to achieve their goals and objectives.  

 

Dominic Montford, business excellence director, Global Specialties Division and Packaging Northern Europe at Sun Chemical, commented: ‘Over the last three years, Sun Chemical’s packaging business in the UK and Ireland, Nordic and South Africa, has invested significant time and energy into building a problem-solving culture within its business.  

 

‘Consistent and high-quality implementation of the Kepner-Tregoe problem solving technique has been the backbone of this cultural change effort. As a result, we have seen a steady improvement in our quality performance and managed to get to the root cause of several customer issues that were initially thought to be ink related.’   

 

The Kepner-Tregoe Excellence Awards celebrate individuals, teams, and organizations that ‘distinguish themselves as being the best in the world in the application of critical thinking skills to improve the performance of business systems’.  

 

Sun Chemical’s recipients join a list of employees driving innovation for over 200 years.