Electronics Components Producer Short-Circuits
OEi’s successes represent meaningful, measurable, sustainable results that have enabled our clients to achieve their goals and objectives. The examples below have been selected to represent the widest cross-section of needs and applications.
challenge
To better serve its global customer base and lower production and distribution costs, a European producer of heavy equipment electronic components launched a North American division with operations in Mexico. A year later the division was failing to meet all key performance indicators. The corporation needed a quick turnaround!
solution
The following steps were planned and implemented as part of a customized solution for meeting the Challenge described above:
- Refocused people and processes on customer orders / deliveries.
- Improved new product launch approach.
- Revamped the material control system and supply chain operations.
- Restructured and aligned operations, staff and labor.
- Updated existing and implemented new IT systems and hardware that were necessary to support the above actions.
results
Operations Back On-Line and Humming!
Below are shown some of the key benefits the organization experienced as a result of this work:
- Division achieved profitability within 100 days.
- Inventory control yielded < 1% variances in subsequent physical audits.
- Launched 40 new products successfully with 100% customer satisfaction.
- Reached on-time product delivery of 99.3% (up from 89%).
- Improved to and maintained a 99.8% quality rating.
- Became the global corporation’s new benchmark for efficiency.
- Within one year was identified as the supply location of choice for North American and European customers.