19 min

Marco Guimaraes from Nestle on how to achieve Champions-League-grade performance on the factory floor, plus swimming with sharks to reduce stress The Next Frontline: The Future of Manufacturing, OpEx, Industry 4.0, and the People building it

    • Business

Marco Guimaraes is the Vicepresident of Technical and Production for Nestle Mexico.

Marco has worked for over 34 years in Nestle, performing different roles in Brasil, Switzerland, and Mexico.

We cover many subjects, including:


The implications of a globalized world for local manufacturers
Why everybody from the corner office to the shopfloor needs to have "Champions League" performance aims
Some things in manufacturing that have NOT changed in the last 30 years
Frontline workers need to know, at the end of the shift, if it has been a good shift or not
How to bridge the gap between the office and the shopfloor with the use of technology
Why you need to be operator-centric in evaluating what technologies to adopt in manufacturing
How to help frontline operators solve small problems before they become big crises
Nestle's process for cascading objectives all the way down to the shopfloor: what does a "perfect shift" look like?
Why Artificial Intelligence will have the biggest impact in changing the face of manufacturing
The surprising impact of gender balance in manufacturing and how to present a favorable environment for women
The importance of a diverse team in order to manage a winning manufacturing facility
Swimming with sharks to relax



*****

This podcast is brought to you by Rever, the Frontline Excellence platform.

Rever is an easy-to-use app that connects your Frontline Managers and Team Members so you can solve issues at the source, instead of catching up with overtime.

With Rever, your frontline can expose hidden losses and problems; connect and guide the right people to solve them, and you get real-time visibility and automated recommendations to multiply the benefits.

World-class companies like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mars, GlaxoSmithKline, and Grupo Bimbo use Rever to avoid Safety incidents, eliminate defects, and drive preventive Maintenance to stop productivity losses.

All of this, driven by your frontline employees, not by a few experts.

That is Frontline Excellence: to Activate the untapped potential of the frontline to elevate your people and performance with Rever.

To learn more, visit reverscore.com to start your free trial.

Marco Guimaraes is the Vicepresident of Technical and Production for Nestle Mexico.

Marco has worked for over 34 years in Nestle, performing different roles in Brasil, Switzerland, and Mexico.

We cover many subjects, including:


The implications of a globalized world for local manufacturers
Why everybody from the corner office to the shopfloor needs to have "Champions League" performance aims
Some things in manufacturing that have NOT changed in the last 30 years
Frontline workers need to know, at the end of the shift, if it has been a good shift or not
How to bridge the gap between the office and the shopfloor with the use of technology
Why you need to be operator-centric in evaluating what technologies to adopt in manufacturing
How to help frontline operators solve small problems before they become big crises
Nestle's process for cascading objectives all the way down to the shopfloor: what does a "perfect shift" look like?
Why Artificial Intelligence will have the biggest impact in changing the face of manufacturing
The surprising impact of gender balance in manufacturing and how to present a favorable environment for women
The importance of a diverse team in order to manage a winning manufacturing facility
Swimming with sharks to relax



*****

This podcast is brought to you by Rever, the Frontline Excellence platform.

Rever is an easy-to-use app that connects your Frontline Managers and Team Members so you can solve issues at the source, instead of catching up with overtime.

With Rever, your frontline can expose hidden losses and problems; connect and guide the right people to solve them, and you get real-time visibility and automated recommendations to multiply the benefits.

World-class companies like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mars, GlaxoSmithKline, and Grupo Bimbo use Rever to avoid Safety incidents, eliminate defects, and drive preventive Maintenance to stop productivity losses.

All of this, driven by your frontline employees, not by a few experts.

That is Frontline Excellence: to Activate the untapped potential of the frontline to elevate your people and performance with Rever.

To learn more, visit reverscore.com to start your free trial.

19 min

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