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
Over 30 managers joined the summit in Copenhagen to systematically improve performance and sustainability of Trioplast's production of industrial, hygiene, stretch film, and carrier bags. During four breakout sessions, focus teams identified failure modes of known issues and key levers to raise … [Read more...] about World Class Manufacturing Summit: Cut Plastic Waste
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
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 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