Production Efficiency Program (PEP) for a French pharmaceutical plant to increase filling-rate of thrombosis-therapeutics +32%, closing a growing gap between plant output and patient demand. The Situation: The French site of a European pharmaceutical company found itself in a predicament: safety … [Read more...] about Pharma: Improving Production Efficiency to Help More Patients
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) improvement of printed circuit board production through systematic elimination of 68% flow-stoppers in just two months using Fault Tree Analysis (FTA). The Situation: The global technology leader in specialty materials for automotive, wireless and mobile … [Read more...] about Materials: Solving Bottlenecks to Boost Throughput
Cost Savings Program (CSP) for a major chip manufacturer reduces Cost-Per-Move (CPM) through adaptive maintenance, systematic barrier removal, and rigorous performance management by $118 million. The Situation: After laying off off hundreds of employees to cut costs, the technology company … [Read more...] about Semiconductors: Cost-per-Move Reduction
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for Kvitebjørn Varme to realize its vision to become Norway's most reliable energy-supplier, delivering more heat, more consistently to more people. The young company embarked on a structured improvement program to maximize boiler uptime, identify abnormalities … [Read more...] about Energy: More Reliable Heat for More People
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for an European polyethylene packaging film producer to bring plants on path to world-class manufacturing (WCM), while boosting yield and productivity. The program started with an initial diagnostics to measure baseline performance, identify quick wins, and … [Read more...] about Plastic Film: Path to World Class Manufacturing
Performance Improvement Program (PIP) for the world's largest ship supplier to improve operating efficiency of regional centers in Europe, Far East, Middle East, and USA. Rolling out performance management, while educating people in process improvement and problem solving are key elements of … [Read more...] about Ship Service: Performance Improvement Program
Lean Product Development (LPD) for a major supplier to the mining and construction industries, reducing time-to-market (TTM) of new developments by 35% within 2 years. The program consists of 16 initiatives to accelerate design and validation processes, while significantly increasing … [Read more...] about Rock Tools: Lean Development Cuts Time-to-Market
Lean Operations Diagnostics (LOD) for the largest automotive safety supplier, assessing main manufacturing sites and development centers to deliver critical inputs for the factory-of-the-future design. Furthermore, the 'fresh-eyes review' uncovered hidden potentials allowing to improve … [Read more...] about Automotive Safety: Audits for Future Factory Design