Performance Management

We resolve operating system gaps

Productivity - Increase Output of Bronze Foundry Line

Project Challenge

  1. Increase output of foundry line by 20% to meet temporary export demand.
  2. Eliminate risk of client line stoppage.

Strategy Applied

  1. Defined working group and objectives.
  2. Situation diagnosis using brainstorming, spaghetti diagram, and Ishikawa.
  3. Constructed and analyzed Pareto chart of opportunities.
  4. Constructed action plan.
  5. Set monthly review meetings and use of PDCA cycle.

Implemented Results

  1. Created uninterrupted shifts on a 6×1 regime.
  2. Eliminated 90% of overtime, saving EUR 80 thousand/year.
  3. Drastically reduced extra freight, saving EUR 600 thousand/year.
  4. Eliminated client line stoppage risk.