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
Quality Excellence Program (QEP) for a global ingredients manufacturer to reduce first-time-incorrect (FTI) rate of product mixes delivered to the world's largest non-alcoholic beverage companies. Strengthening quality gates and streamlining processes for risk-identification and problem-solving … [Read more...] about Beverage Production: PDCA Cuts Non-Quality Costs
Lean Operations Diagnostics (LOD) for a European pharma company to assess manufacturing maturity, while identifying improvement potentials for throughput, yield, flexibility, overall factory efficiency (OFE). The audit covered processes in five sites for aseptic filling of syringes and … [Read more...] about Pharma: Lean Audit for Operations Improvement
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for the largest food flavor and fragrance company to streamline operations end to end, achieving industry-leading profitability from world-class operating efficiency. The Situation: Profitability was steadily declining and attempts to reduce costs were … [Read more...] about Food Flavors: Journey to World-Class Efficiency
Cost Reduction Program (CRP) for Eltek, a global electric power conversion specialist, to reduce the cost base by optimizing interfaces between engineering, operations, and sales. The systematic application of Lean principles created flow along the value chain, from quote to design to … [Read more...] about Power Electronics: Complexity Cost Reduction
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for Norway's leading environmental services provider to boost operational efficiency by applying Lean management principles to the seven largest processing plants. Main focus was on standardizing processes and stabilizing interfaces, while training people in … [Read more...] about Waste Recycling: Lean Sorting & Processing
Lean Operations Diagnostics (LOD) for private equity as part of the pre-acquisition due diligence program with focus on four European factories to identify value-creation opportunities. The project included mapping the manufacturing-to-logistics value stream, assessing process performance along … [Read more...] about Sporting Goods: Operational Due Diligence
Continuous Improvement Program (CIP) for a Swiss industrial manufacturer makes 13 European factories competitive again by increasing 6-12% in productivity, speed, and quality each year. The Situation: The leading supplier of high-quality kitchen systems was under pressure as it lost market … [Read more...] about Industrial Manufacturing: Continuous Improvement