Home  |  Contact Us  |   User Login « Back to Industry 35% improvement in operational performance brings £400,000 increased profit to £10 million t/o site The Client A £200 million turnover construction materials business with multiple manufacturing sites. The Challenge In a slowing marketplace there was a need to improve operational performance to meet exacting targets for future profitability The Project The team achieved a 35% improvement in output at the first site which added over £400,000 p.a. to the bottom line. At the same time, the increased productivity resulted in the labour cost per unit reducing by 20%. Improvement across the site. This improvement was replicated at an additional site and was then rolled out across the business by providing full Newton training to members of staff to ensure sustainability The teams have now successfully applied the improvement approach to new areas. Example Process improvement Time Lost due to slow running reduced from 3 hours per day to zero "The operators saw you on the floor when they came in and on the floor when they left. You listened to them, and acted on their input. That made a big difference.” - Production Manager For more information on our work in this industry please contact info@newtonconsulting.co.uk A 10% - 50% increase in the performance of any manufacturing process in 2 - 6 months without capital expenditure Site Map © Copyright 2008 Newton Industrial Consultants Limited. All rights reserved.