The Danish manufacturer of foundry equipment reached Silver level, improving schedule-adherence from 33% to 82%, cutting rework and overtime by 50%, increasing productivity by 20%. By attaining maturity level 3.0 on the five-point scale, the DISA team set the internal benchmark for the Norican … [Read more...] about DISA Sets Internal Lean Benchmark for Norican Group
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 management and problem solving are key elements of the … [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, Faster to Market
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for Givaudan, the largest food flavor and fragrance company, to design and implement the global Lean program, "Journey to world-class efficiency". Over 400 improvement projects in 20 factories improved operating performance in a significant and also sustainable … [Read more...] about Food Flavors: Lean Management of 20 Factories
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: Sorting & Processing Efficiency Boost
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for Franke, an industrial manufacturer, to bring 13 factories onto a continuous improvement track, gaining 6% productivity annually to achieve margin-targets. The Lean program converted lines into cells to achieve flow, trained key people in Lean Six Sigma, … [Read more...] about Kitchen Systems: Productivity Boost for 13 Factories
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) for the leading truck manufacturer to resolve constraints in assembly and logistics, meeting critical deliveries of military vehicles to the front-line. Organized team and processes to enable flow in vehicle assembly and logistics, yielding in 25% shorter … [Read more...] about Military Vehicles: Lean Assembly Shortens Lead-Time
Lean Transformation Program (LTP) to boost manufacturing output of the leading marine-electronics company by de-bottlenecking its main factory in Mexico and rationalizing the manufacturing footprint. The focused improvement program delivered several breakthroughs: 44% gain in labor productivity, … [Read more...] about Marine Electronics: Turnaround through Lean Management