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Situation:
The
world’s leading supplier of automotive interiors
and one of Fortune Magazine’s “Most Admired
Companies in 2003” desires to make the following
improvements to its largest distribution facility:
- Identify
material and process flow opportunities
- Streamline
operations and eliminate bottlenecks
- Maximize
productivity through development of Best Practices
The
company also set a strategic priority to strengthen
ties to its customers, Automotive OEMs, through reliability
in product availability and delivery.
Solertis
Response:
- Conducted
intensive studies of thirteen separate operations
within the distribution center
- Interviewed
management and associates representing all functional
areas
- Developed
detailed Process Maps for each operation
- Identified
Issue and Gaps for each operation
- Formulated
recommendations for:
- improvement
within the constraints of current systems
- World
Class operations facilitated by systems upgrades
- Identified
new metrics to support the recommendations
Results:
Solertis
presented tactical recommendations to improve processes
and flows ensuring maximum productivity as well as customer
satisfaction. Solertis projected the recommendations
would yield labor savings of $500,000 annually
while ensuring higher levels of reliability for customers.
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