Task

• Take over operational management
• Implementation of immediate measures to ensure the ability to deliver
• Process optimisation of production planning
• Increasing efficiency along the entire value chain

Industry/ Function / Environment

• Textile Machinery
• Head of Production
• Change Management

• Process analysis in all production areas and setting up an efficiency programme to optimise productivity
• Implementation of immediate measures in order processing to secure day-to-day business and delivery capability
• Process optimisation of production planning and raw material disposition
• Planning and implementation of cost reduction measures according to the KAIZEN method (5S method, SMED)
• Introduction of key performance indicators (KPI) as a new management tool for productivity and adherence to schedules
• Introduction of weekly shop floor meetings at which project development was discussed and transparently visualised

• Intensive communication contributes decisively to project success
• Increase in productivity – reduction of changeover times by 70 percent
• Annual route reductions of up to 670 km per processing station

• Leading Swiss textile machine manufacturer worldwide
• The company develops and produces machines and systems for textile finishing and cord production
• 330 employees at three locations in Switzerland and Germany