Determined to sustain operational excellence and boost the human capital development of its workforce, Tincan Island Container Terminal, Apapa has trained 250 team members on Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt continuous improvement methodology.
According to the company the Lean Six Sigma certification, a globally recognised standard, is a powerful approach to process and quality improvement across industries.
It fosters a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing process waste and reducing process variation.
Tai Fadipe-Davids, the head of process excellence for TICT, said the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training was 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.
Fadipe-Davids said the Maritime industry is increasingly competitive with various players emerging, adding that the onus is on companies to promote organisational efficiency and one way to do this is to embark on training of staff on the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
He noted that the training examined the basics of Lean Six Sigma concepts, principles and tools, Voice of the Customer, Next Operation as Customer, and Quality at the Source.
“Our goal is to have all of our team understand the basic lean processes as a preliminary step to our Process Excellence journey,” Fadipe-Davids said.
Etienne Rocher, country managing director, AGL (Tincan Island Container Terminal), said 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 global tools that have helped streamline our operations. Our Process Excellence journey is now in progress as a key step that we have taken as a Company to develop our team and foster an even stronger collaborative improvement culture. Our end goal is to ensure our customers and clients see a better version of TICT as we remain committed to providing them with top-notch services,” he said.
He further said that Tincan Island Container Terminal is a leading container terminal, that operates Terminal B, Tincan Island Port, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria.
“We are now a part of Africa Global Logistics, the leading multimodal logistics operator in Africa. TICT is an organization driven by innovation, intelligence, and commitment to excellence and is open to all stakeholders within the port community, creating platforms for value exchange and opportunity advancements”.
“Our ambition through a collaborative approach with our larger port community, is to act and be recognised as a proactive and pioneering change agent, keen and able to positively contribute to Nigeria / Lagos port ecosystem’s efficiency and modernisation,” he added.
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