Project Details
Context
Our Client was a Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry; customers included VW, BMW. Role: Senior Manufacturing/Production Manager. Managing 200 semi- skilled workforce to deliver operations excellence performances with targets benchmarked against standards of the European leader and German sister Company
Productivity Improvement
Waste Reduction
Total Annualised Savings of Over€6,000,000
Return On Investment After One Year32:1
- Clients: Tier 1 Supplier to The Automotive Industry
- Solution:Staff Training & Development led to doubling of productivity through team process improvements and waste reductions
- Date:2018
- Sector:Manufacturing
Objectives and Scope
- To lead operational Change Management programmes.
- Transfer knowledge of operational techniques specialising in Industrial Eng & business improvements.
- Provide leadership and Employee Relations skills in a unionised environment.
- Planning using MRP, Capacity Planning, Inventory Control and Customer Response time.
- Manage high volume batch production processes.
- Structured Training for Employee and Organisational Development.
- Strategic people management development.
- Job redesign.
Tecknic's Role
- Project management, planning and communication
- Lean process improvement in manufacturing
- Manage all stakeholder relationships
- Current state value stream map development
- Future state value stream map development with stakeholder engagement
- Risk management
Achievements
- Doubled productivity, measured as Kg/labour/hr.
- Labour and departmental efficiencies in line with above achieved
- International benchmarking research conducted to pursue best practice
- Reduced material waste by 50%
- Formulated and implemented a health & safety management programme – winners of ROSPA Silver and Bronze medals
- Implemented a training programme to established the company as a RTO – BPTA levels 1 & 2 NVQ.
- Implemented Lean, TQM and ISO 9000 Programmes