{"id":1656,"date":"2021-02-12T10:35:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T09:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2021-02-16T13:01:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:01:34","slug":"always-focused-on-quality-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/always-focused-on-quality-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Always focused on quality excel\u00adlence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pctll-box-right alignright\"><div class=\"wpcmsdev-box\"><div class=\"box-content\">\n<p><strong>A brief biog\u00adraphy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clemens Rehbein has been a quality manager for more than 20 years, including for convert\u00adible roofs of the Corvette or the Opel GT, Sanofi\u2019s insulin pens and asthma inhalers from Orion and GSK, as well as for TRUMPF\u2019s elec\u00adtronics busi\u00adness world\u00adwide. He joined Uhlmann in January 2020, bringing with him exten\u00adsive inter\u00adna\u00adtional expe\u00adri\u00adence gained in coun\u00adtries like the USA, Japan and Mexico. The aero\u00adspace engi\u00adneer spent 10 years with the German Armed Forces in various posi\u00adtions \u2013 even serving as a weapons inspector for the OSCE.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h3>Mr. Rehbein, what exactly brought you to Uhlmann?<\/h3>\n<p>I was actu\u00adally approached by someone while I was still working at Voith. I then took a look at Uhlmann and saw some very clear and, for me, appealing simi\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adties between the philos\u00adophy at Uhlmann and, for example, TRUMPF, where I also worked for 6 years. I think it\u2019s fantastic when the owner really still has an influ\u00adence on the company, like the Uhlmann family does.<\/p>\n<h3>What is your job in the company?<\/h3>\n<p>My job is to ensure that the quality of our prod\u00aducts and processes creates delight for our customers \u2013 a respon\u00adsi\u00adbility I share with the BU managers. For me, it\u2019s about providing support. And not just iden\u00adti\u00adfying prob\u00adlems but resolving them, true to the prin\u00adciple: a good product comes from a good process.<\/p>\n<p>Effec\u00adtively, this means that we uncover our customers\u2019 pain points, consis\u00adtently push to perma\u00adnently elim\u00adi\u00adnate them, and guide future deci\u00adsions on prod\u00aducts and processes so that they never recur. Quality is always measured by the customer. It\u2019s a bit like looking for a new partner: You may think you\u2019re quite a catch, but you\u2019re not the one making the deci\u00adsion. \u2003<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"video-container size-medium\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.videodelivery.net\/debeb70f047a044cfef7fc8155557d14\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;\" allow=\"accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<h3>What are you working on at present?<\/h3>\n<p>Since the summer, we have been making more consis\u00adtent use of a tool known as the 8Ds* method to elim\u00adi\u00adnate errors on a long-term basis. This is a contin\u00aduous process that we are constantly improving.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"video-container size-medium\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.videodelivery.net\/cc94db336889a7603abdd2ab23316890\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;\" allow=\"accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Here\u2019s just one example: On one of the compo\u00adnents of the heat-sealing machine, we had been seeing recur\u00adring short circuits. The 8Ds method helped us trace the root cause back to the plan\u00adning stage. In this way, we were able to get rid of it once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>We are also working on estab\u00adlishing so-called QPIs (Quality Perfor\u00admance Indi\u00adca\u00adtors) across the Group so that we all measure and see the same thing.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"video-container size-medium\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.videodelivery.net\/ecf0c1347e1682641cc32a9c552ea133\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;\" allow=\"accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>To this end we have the SAC system, which every employee can log into. And only knowing where you stand can get you where you want to be. A further focus is on boosting supplier quality by means of clear assess\u00adments, effec\u00adtive audits and exten\u00adsive support. If you want good parts, you must also make your supplier clearly aware of your expec\u00adta\u00adtions. We are also helping our colleagues in Poland to improve quality and intend to do the same at other sites in the future.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"video-container size-medium\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.videodelivery.net\/5d5ce2c6a4355c9fae6ad450bcaa41e2\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;\" allow=\"accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<h3>Has your job of ensuring top quality become more diffi\u00adcult in the midst of the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus pandemic?<\/h3>\n<p>It helps if you can look each other in the eye, espe\u00adcially since we rely so heavily on commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion. If we want to get our colleagues on board, we have to earn their trust. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnately, we can only commu\u00adni\u00adcate digi\u00adtally at the moment, which is a shame. Even though I often like to immerse myself in analyses, I still spend a lot of time talking to employees and colleagues. Our process manage\u00adment makes us the archi\u00adtects of collab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion in the company. Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus is an obstacle, but not insur\u00admount\u00adable.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"video-container size-medium\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.videodelivery.net\/efaacd77a256b189fa2281a22f12b11d\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;\" allow=\"accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<h3>You recently took part in your first customer audit at Uhlmann. What was that like?<\/h3>\n<p>It was very inter\u00adesting because every\u00adthing took place online. Our customer is based in Denmark and knows from past expe\u00adri\u00adence exactly where our weak points lie. However, we as Uhlmann did exceed\u00adingly well and the result is some\u00adthing we can be proud of. An audit like this is a good thing because the customer steers Uhlmann in the right direc\u00adtion, and in our role as quality engi\u00adneers we have the chance to defend our orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. In this way, we are perceived differ\u00adently from just a \u201cbunch of guys who simply turn up and start complaining\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"video-container size-medium\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.videodelivery.net\/4f91a136ffa97deee0c782fd4760cdbc\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;\" allow=\"accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<h3>What are your plans for the future?<\/h3>\n<p>In future, we have to look harder at the devel\u00adop\u00adment process. If that\u2019s where we are already making errors, that\u2019s where we have to elim\u00adi\u00adnate them. To this end, our quality depart\u00adment has an overview of the field fail\u00adures and can shine the spot\u00adlight on what needs to be done. I would also like to see more modern tech\u00adniques being used in QM as well, for example in terms of process descrip\u00adtions.<\/p>\n<p>Every\u00adbody uses YouTube nowa\u00addays, but we are still mentally stuck in paper land with our work instruc\u00adtions \u2013even if they are stored digi\u00adtally. I think it would be great if we could even\u00adtu\u00adally get to the stage where, say, a depart\u00adment head uses a short video clip to briefly explain what counts in a process. That builds commit\u00adment, is enter\u00adtaining, and is there\u00adfore on my wish list.<\/p>\n<h3>And finally, a private ques\u00adtion.&nbsp;What do you do in your spare time?<\/h3>\n<p>Music is very impor\u00adtant in my life. Once a week, I go dancing with my wife at the club. I also sing in a choir and used to be in a band and on stage in musi\u00adcals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mgznkr-img-slider slides slider-classic size-medium slider-cropped w-680\" id=\"mgznkr-img-slider-_1673_1674_1672\">\n<div class=\"slide-1\"><div class=\" slide-img-crop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-Privat-beim-Theater-680x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium  slide-img-crop\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-Privat-beim-Theater-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-Privat-beim-Theater-980x490.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-Privat-beim-Theater-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-Privat-beim-Theater-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-Privat-beim-Theater.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"><\/div><p>Mr Rehbein at the amateur theatre - before Corona.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide-2\"><div class=\" slide-img-crop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-am-Gesang-680x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium  slide-img-crop\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-am-Gesang-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-am-Gesang-980x490.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-am-Gesang-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-am-Gesang-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-am-Gesang.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"><\/div><p>In a band, Clemens Rehbein is the singer ...<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide-3\"><div class=\" slide-img-crop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-mit-Gitarre-680x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium  slide-img-crop\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-mit-Gitarre-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-mit-Gitarre-980x490.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-mit-Gitarre-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-mit-Gitarre-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Herr-Rehbein-auf-der-Buehne-mit-Gitarre.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"><\/div><p>... and plays the guitar. However, no rehearsals are allowed at the moment because of Corona.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>How would you describe your\u00adself in three words?<\/h3>\n<p>Commu\u00adnica\u00adtive, orga\u00adnized, and demanding.<\/p>\n<h3>Thank you for talking to us, Mr. Rehbein!<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Tool of sustain\u00adable trou\u00adbleshooting: What are the 8 D\u2019s?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><div class=\"wpcmsdev-box\">\n<h3 class=\"box-title\">Tool of sustain\u00adable trou\u00adbleshooting: What are the 8 D\u2019s?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"box-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1. Define a team that will work together to elim\u00adi\u00adnate the error<br>\n2. Describe the problem and error in detail.<br>\n3. Take imme\u00addiate action: protect customers and contain their damage.<br>\n4. Deep root cause analysis by asking \u201cWhy?\u201d five times. What is behind the symp\u00adtoms?<br>\n5. Perma\u00adnently correct the cause. This way the error will no longer occur.<br>\n6. Effec\u00adtive\u00adness test: Does the perma\u00adnent correc\u00adtion really bring what we had hoped for?<br>\n7. Where can we stan\u00addardise what we have achieved and use what we have learned for other prod\u00aducts or processes?<br>\n8. Top manage\u00adment acknowl\u00adedges the team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January of 2020, Clemens Rehbein became our new Head of Quality Manage\u00adment. We invite you to learn more about him in this inter\u00adview. 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