…Trains 250 Staff on Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
The management of Tin Can Island Container Terminal (TICT) has stepped up its human capacity development of its employees.
To this end, no fewer than 250 of its staff have been trained on lean six sigma yellow belt continuous improvement methodology.
The concessionaire in a statement made available to Maritime Bits said the initiative was meant to sustain its operational excellence and boost the human capital development of its workforce.
Maritime Bits checks revealed that lean six sigma certification, a globally recognized standard, is a powerful approach to process and quality improvement across industries.
It also fosters a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing process waste and reducing process variation.
Giving an insight into how it works, TICT Head of Process Excellence, Tai Fadipe-Davids 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.
His words: “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 lean processes as a preliminary step to our process excellence journey”.
The statement which was signed by TICT Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Philips Ojo, quoted the Country Managing Director, AGL for TICT, Mr. Etienne Rocher saying 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 global tools that have helped streamline our operations. Our process excellence journey that is now in progress is 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 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 added.
Maritime Bits had reported that TICT, a leading container terminal, is the operator of Terminal B at Nigeria’s second largest seaport, Tin Can Island Port (TCIP), Apapa, Lagos.
The firm is part of the Africa Global Logistics (AGL), the leading multimodal logistics operator in Africa.
According to its website, 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.
It added that its ambition, through a collaborative approach with its larger port community, is to act and be recognized as a proactive and pioneering change agent, keen and able to positively contribute to Nigeria/Lagos port ecosystem’s efficiency and modernization.
