Manufacturing

Manufacturing strategy

We provide strategic advice to help clients design fast, flexible, and efficient manufacturing processes that connect supply chain to factory processes, production equipment, and production systems in a seamless, customer-centric network. Examples of areas of focus include:

• Network configuration We design plant networks to help companies improve their return on invested capital (ROIC) through reduced cost, increased efficiency, and enhanced growth opportunities.
• Capital productivity We advise clients on capital spending projects and help them to improve the return or yield from existing equipment through overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and maintenance strategies.
• Make or buy We help companies decide whether to make or buy and then support the decision by aligning all their processes along the supply chain and building up the necessary internal capabilities.

Manufacturing excellence techniques​​​​

We develop best practice approaches and techniques to cover important core areas in manufacturing such as reliability, variability management, and quality, as well as on rapidly evolving current topics such as green manufacturing and IT-enabled operations.

Capability building​​​​​​

We develop programs for capability building in a multitude of formats including boot camps, model factories, lean academies, and proprietary tools. Our energy efficient and lean model factories enable us to demonstrate manufacturing techniques and approaches in a very tangible, practical way to clients spanning all sectors. These factories facilitate hands-on experience for clients on topics such as lean capability building, change agent leadership, and integrated performance transformation.