How can rapid growth challenges be turned into a new level of operational excellence?
Background
The customer is the world’s leading manufacturer of soundproof private spaces and one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe. The company’s rapid growth led to capacity constraints and productivity challenges, creating a bottleneck for further expansion. To address this, Mantec was invited to analyse the current state and identify improvement opportunities.
Analysis
The analysis revealed significant potential. One of the key findings was the need to upgrade daily management system routines (DMS) in production.
Implementation
With Mantec’s support, the customer designed and implemented a new structure for daily meetings, metrics, and deviation management in just four months.
The strong collaboration soon expanded to other supply chain areas, including a scale-up project for a new production line, inventory management development, and DMS for operative buying.
Results
The development led to a 30–60% productivity improvement across different production areas. Later initiatives brought even stronger outcomes:
- A real capacity increase of 200%
- Close to 50% productivity hike
- Significant performance improvements in the way of working
Customer’s View
The customer found the cooperation with Mantec highly effective and commented on the project as follows:
- “The cooperation with Mantec was smooth, systematic and focused on the things that really matter and would bring results.”
- “Mantec’s agile working method and the concept fit well with our method of agile development. One of the best things was that we set clear targets for a certain timeline, month or a quarter, and with that it was easier to drive results and see the development progress.”
- “Mantec had a suitable angle to cooperate from customer perspective as they brought their professionalism systematically, but gave also room for our people to learn. This approach will give us more results in the long-run.”
At Mantec, we help fast-growing companies overcome capacity and productivity challenges with proven methods that deliver measurable results. Contact us to discuss how we can support your next step towards operational excellence.
