Mandate:
Building up reserves of efficiency and effectiveness and achieving cost reductions by enhancing structures and processes in production, technology and services/administration
Client:
Food manufacturer (canned fish and delicatessen products), medium-sized German company, turnover of approx. €100 million p.a.
Measures:
Introducing team structures responsible for performance in core production for each production line
Integrating team managers into production line teams (capping machine position) with a focus on avoiding waste and increasing resource efficiency
Strengthening employee focus and target-orientated management
Visual management: performance transparency for all shift employees – Board meeting with the managers of each shift to discuss differences in performance and the need to take action
Zero-error principle: integrating QS measures – the employees working on the assembly line are responsible for the quality of products, e.g. can weights, seal leak test
Organising workplaces according to the 5-S method
Continuous improvement process: establishing teams and committees for the continuous improvement process
Optimising and visualising storage space
Restructuring order processes and employing automated raw material planning
Standardised planning and design tasks, eliminating procedures that don’t add value and increasing process stability
Success:
- Relevant costs reduced by 19%
- Two thirds of potential realised within the first twelve months
Contact:
Thomas Vogel
Heinrich-Könn-Straße 72
40625 Düsseldorf
Germany
+49 (0) 151 / 56 06 75 65
thomas.vogel@via-momentum.com