Lean, SME, Change Management, 5S
Ja
Germany
Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Transportation Equipment
5.000.000€ - 25.000.000€
50 - 100
0% - 5%
Product types plus customer-specific variants
Small batch production
Group manufacture
Managing Director
Introduction of lean production and especially workplace organization
Not true at all
Reduction in lead time
Inventory
Motion
Waiting
  • Traditional structures

  • Very disorganized workspace

  • Too big material buffer stocks

  • No experience with Lean Management

  • High motivation (at all levels) to change something

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  • Very long transition periods between the planning phase and the implementation phase because of orders / delivery times. The total duration of the project was 4 instead of the planned 3 months.
  • A Result after a six month long roll out was a 43% reduction in lead time in the modernised department
  • The investment were amortised within six months
  • After the lighthouse, the company was able to modernise additional departments on its own. In total, the lead time decreased by approx. 40%. With the roll-out to additional departments, the company’s financial profits were improved by about 20%.