## OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: 

## A MINDSET OF CONTINUOUS AND DELIBERATE IMPROVEMENT 

## OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL PAPER 

International Paper leverages the vast experience and diversity of our employees to operate our global manufac- turing system with excellence. Through our commitment to continuous and deliberate improvement, all of our team members are working to make International Paper the best manufacturing company in the world. 

International Paper operates 41 paper mills world- wide. We have the best people in the industry and we have always sought to operate our facilities efficiently, safely and in a manner that minimizes impact on the environment. That’s why our facilities are recognized as among the best in the world. 

Beginning in 2014, International Paper launched a new organizational framework in facilities around the globe to take our manufacturing performance to a new level. 

Our Global Manufacturing System (GMS) is a carefully selected set of our best practices organized into a single system that every facility will implement over the next three years. Once fully implemented, the GMS will drive our results further and faster by leveraging the efficiency of proven best practices and allow for more sustainable change as we identify even better ways of operating. 

