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Operational Excellence in production

Operational Excellence in Production

High cost pressures, supply chain disruptions, and increasingly stringent sustainability requirements are just a few of the challenges currently facing manufacturing companies. Operational excellence provides a competitive advantage here as it reduces costs, increases revenue and enhances the resilience of production. Companies can only adapt quickly to changing conditions if processes are mastered.

We support you in achieving operational excellence in your processes, from order entry to on-time delivery of the product. In doing so, we combine traditional methods of lean management and process development with innovative solutions in digitalization, automation and organizational development in such a way that your production is continuously prepared for the future.

Our Consulting Services in Operational Excellence in Production

Process optimization, production planning and control

Cost and quality advantages through excellent processes

Your challenges:

Unsynchronized processes hinder efficient operation
Many system breaks lead to additional work and the need for reconciliation
High level of volatility on the supplier and customer side, which cannot be mapped with existing processes

UNITY solution approach:

Holistic optimization of business processes in order processing - from order to delivery
Include best practice solutions from various industries
Strong focus on the effect on costs and revenues
Standardized process recording in ADO-OMEGA

Optimization of production systems

Increased flexibility, quality and efficiency through holistic improvement of the production system

Your challenges:

Hidden waste in processes
Lack of transparency on the store floor
Lack of stringent material flow and a lot of manual handling
High manufacturing costs and low on-time delivery performance

UNITY solution approach:

Establish holistic production systems
Simulative dimensioning of the production system
Consequent application of standardized methods
High focus on management training

Shop floor management

Always at the optimal operating point through fact-based management at the point of value creation

Your challenges:

Goals are specifically defined, performance is not measured.
Performance discrepancies are identified too late.
Defined standards are not lived in practice.
Problems are not actively identified and proactively solved.

UNITY solution approach:

Enable managers and employees through structured lean leadership programs
Develop and implement KPI systems Implement living CIP and control loops
Integrate digital solutions for shop floor management.

Production organization

Connecting economic processes and attractive working conditions for strong employee loyalty

Your challenges:

Inefficient organization with many coordination processes
Strict organization vs. volatile order situation
Problems finding and retaining skilled employees
New requirements, such as sustainability, not firmly established

UNITY solution approach:

Plan a cost-effective production system in terms of production principles, shift systems, job descriptions, etc.
Integrate flexible and cost-effective organizational models
Qualify employees for broad & flexible deployment
Design attractive workplaces in all areas

Operational Excellence in intralogistics

Advantages in terms of costs and quality by optimizing your logistics processes

Your challenges:

Current performance not directly visible and assessable
Processes not standardized and synchronized end-2-end
Unnecessary costs due to large number of manual activities

UNITY solution approach:

Transparency and data-driven process control through consistent store floor management and the use of BI solutions
Integrate best practice logistics processes
Automate operational and administrative processes, e.g. through implementation of conveyor technology, workflows and RPA