Success Stories / 30% Gain in Labor Productivity & Scrap

30% Gain in Labor Productivity & Scrap

$100mn Frozen Food Manufacturer

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BACKGROUND

The client retained Saphineia for an 18-week project to help it improve labor productivity and reduce scrap in its main packaging room, where it produced 25mn lbs per year in finished goods.

Saphineia guaranteed a 6-month payback to the client on our fees. Any gains sustained above the guaranteed target in the 12-months following project completion would be shared between the client and Saphineia.

SERVICES

  • Operational Excellence

ASSESSMENT

As part of our assessment, we identified major equipment and process constraints.

We also found significant overfill of the highest cost ingredients and overall package relative to product specs.

RESULTS

We implemented daily work processes (hour by hour boards, daily meetings, CAPA, KPIs, SOCs, SOPs).

We then coached the Production Manager and Supervisors on practices of high-performing shop floor leaders.

Overfill was reduced through enforcement of MAV rules and quality specs.

In just 4 months:

  • OEE% improved from 76% to 88%
  • ~30% reduction in cost per pound

CLIENT BENEFITS

  • Increased culture of measurement & accountability on the shop-floor
  • Valuable leave-behind: Production Manager and Supervisors received critical training
  • Introduced company to their first-ever Kaizen improvement event

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