Lean Construction Ireland Annual Book of Cases 2021 76 Case 21 Headquartered in Kilkenny, with regional offices across Europe, Modubuild is an engineering, design, and construction company. Modubuild provide volumetric, turnkey modular construction, to Life Science &Data Storage customers across EMEA.The company employs 400 people. Operations are underpinned by Lean, using analytics, CI, and ISO to create a positive and collaborative environment for excellence. In recognition for its commitment to excellence, Modubuild was named in Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies for 2021, and in 2020 Large Pharma Project of the Year at the Pharma Industry Awards. In 2019, the company won Kilkenny employer of the year, and in 2021,MD, Kevin Brennan,was nominated for EY Entrepreneur of theYear. In smaller companies, rapid business growth and the increased demand in services often results in the company being outgrown by their systems and the number of trained experts available to deliver the same quality of work over all business areas.As part of Modubuild’s Continuous Improvement campaign,we implemented a new Continuous Learning and Development division under Human Resources.The main objective of this division is to ensure that employees are kept to industry standards, grow along with the company, and realise the benefit of investing in themselves. Implementing continuous learning systems within your company equips employees to confidently deliver fast-paced and qualitative work, provides the ability to adapt to change and ensure readily trained staff across all business areas. To kick-off this initiative, Modubuild’s Talent Experience Specialist, Ciara O’Dwyer, initiated a training gap-analysis. An anonymous individual survey was conducted throughout the entire team, followed by departmental discussions with line-managers and some employees.The survey identified critical training areas which should be prioritised, whereafter the Continuous Learning System will be implemented. It is important to note that continuous learning and development is not only limited to tangible knowledge, but also includes mental, emotional, and soft skill training programs.We believe that training the mind and wellbeing of our employees will bear the fruit of intrinsically motivated, confident personnel who convey a contagious positive atmosphere, again leading to a constructive working environment. Ultimately, the continuous improvement campaign coupled with the learning and development initiative, strive to create a team that subconsciously function on the Lean thinking principles.We want to optimise Modubuild as a whole by eliminating internal waste,develop knowledgeable employees, build quality into our systems, be able to deliver fast-paced work while managing flow, defer responsibilities with confidence, and, finally, be able to create a culture of mutual respect throughout the whole business. Figure 1. Learning and Development Program within the CI Campaign Company Overview MODUBUILD modubuild.net Overview & Background to the Lean Initiative DrenéVenter Author Lean Initiative Undertaken – Lean Thinking, Tools, Techniques In a rapidly growing company striving to keep up with demand and systems, employee training is often overlooked as a means to maintain a healthy and stable company culture. As part of Modubuild’s continuous improvement campaign,we are in the early
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