• Identification and elimination or reduction of 7 wasteful practices
  
• Carrying out quality cost analysis, development and implementation of Continuous Improvement Process activities
  
• Introduction of Lean Production principles to optimise productivity, throughput time, stock and delivery reliability
  • Value stream analysis (see example)
    
  • Process optimisation (smoothing, synchronisation, standardisation)
    
  • Quality cost optimisation (reduction of defect costs, Poka Yoke, SPC, QRK)
    
  • 5S
    
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
    
  • Visualisation
    
  • Set-up time optimisation
• Product cost optimisation (product conclaves / redesign to cost)
  
• Optimisation of production planning/control
  • Objectives, goal controlling
    
  • Demand-oriented control (pull-principle, Kanban, JIT/JIS)
    
  • Introduction of controlling und visualisation
• Optimisation of in-plant logistics
  
• Team work, semi-autonomous working groups
  
• Six Sigma projects

CHALLENGES:

• Cost-cutting (production cost reduction)
  
• Necessity of further product activity increases
  
• Scrap reduction
  
• Minimise
  
• Optimise set-up times
  
• Optimise stock and storage time
  
• Decrease throughput time

BASIC APPROACHES:

• Carry out value stream analysis to identify waste
  
• Analyse interdependencies and develop improvement potential
  
• Hold product conclaves / workshops
  
• Identify supplier/purchasing potential

RESULT MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS:

• Reduced throughput times
  
• Lower stock
  
• Improved productivity
  
• Reduction of quality costs
  
• Improved adherence to schedules (goods in, shipping)
  
• Product cost reduction