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By Steve Agbota
To sustain operational excellence and boost the human capital development of its workforce, Tin Can Island Container Terminal, Apapa has trained 250 team members on ‘Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt’ continuous improvement methodology.
Lean Six Sigma certification, a globally recognized standard, is an approach to process improvement across industries. It fosters a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing process waste and reducing process variation.
According to Tai Fadipe-Davids, the Head of Process Excellence for TICT, the training is a key milestone to align the team with the company’s vision of promoting efficiency improvements in its operations – and towards the larger Nigeria’s maritime sector.
He said: “The maritime industry is increasingly competitive with various players emerging. The onus is on us to promote organisational efficiency and one way to do this is to embark on training our staff on the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
“For this training, we examined the basics of Lean Six Sigma concepts, principles and tools, voice of the customer, next operation as customer, quality at the source. Our goal is to have all of our team understand the basic processes as a preliminary step to our process excellence journey.”
Etienne Rocher, Country Managing Director, AGL (TinCan Island Container Terminal), said that the company is always looking for ways to maximise efficiency in its operations.
“As an organisation with a global interface, we have continued to adopt tools that have helped streamline our operations. Our journey that is now in progress is a key step that we have taken to develop our team and foster an even stronger collaborative improvement culture.
“Our end goal is that our customers and clients see an always better version of TICT emerge, as we remain committed to provide them with top-notch services,” Rocher said.
