Increased utilization and efficiency on the production floor

I. Description

A large plant was experiencing:

• Long term of losses

• High production costs

II. Action taken

• Conceptualizing of an operational perception

• Building and Implementation of a measures array - using OEE methodology to increase utilization and efficiency of the cosmetics lines

• Support activities for utilization improvements:

 1. Set Up Reduction in packaging lines

 2. Products shifting between lines as a result of cost consideration

 3. Brain- storm on solutions for utilization problems

 4. Investment planning

• Weekly management of the OEE index at the production floor

III. Results

• 35% reduction in number of packing employees

• 20% reduction in direct labor cost