Production System
Functioning production systems are living proof of continuous improvement
Optimizing the Order Fulfillment Process
Successful implementation of over 5.000 Growtth® projects in the order fulfillment process sets a global benchmark.
We address the typical challenges such as cost and lead-time reduction or liquidity and quality improvement. We focus on physically implementing improvements along the information and material flows within single site local operations, multi-site company-wide operations and increasingly also within the client’s supply chain.
- Capacity and Productivity: Takt time, cycle time, workplace design
- Flexibility: Lead time, inventory, batch sizes, change-over times
- Machine availability: Lean Maintenance, Total Productive Maintenance
- Quality Improvement: Quick Response Quality Control
- Flow Production: Balancing, pace setting, layout, production control
- Internal Logistics: Inventory, material supply concepts, Kanban, delivery performance
- Lean Performance Management System (LPMS): for visual management
- Production Preparation Process (3P): before investment and new product ramp-up
- Site Optimization: Segmentation, process-layout
- Supplier Development: Audits, delivery capability assurance.
- Lean Roll Out: Design and implementation of international improvement organizations
Production System
Four Key Questions:
- Start: What are the planned outcomes of the production system?
- Concept: How will successful systematic standards be developed?
- Implementation: How will the production system be efficiently introduced without delay?
- Rollout: How will local needs and production system constraints be balanced?
Reducing waste
We reduce waste throughout the entire Order Fulfillment Process.
Growtth® defines waste as activities which create no value for the customer. Realized improvements always lead to fast, measurable results with substantial financial benefits.