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Greencore Group
When food giant Greencore Group plc went in search of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to underpin wide-ranging cost reduction exercises across their multi-plant enterprise, CDC Factory was the clear choice
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Customer Snapshot
Greencore is one of Europe's leading food businesses, supplying major retailers and foodservice providers with a wide range of ingredients and prepared food products from manufacturing facilities across the UK and Europe. With annual revenue of $2.2B and 8,000 employees, Greencore is an acknowledged leader in the provision of convenient, premium quality product.
Challenges
- To support a 3-year group-wide cost reduction initative, Greencore had historic operations information for senior managers on a weekly and monthly basis
- The company lacked intelligence for people on the shop floor to drive real-time action and take ownership of their own performance
- Specific areas of improvement focus included re-work, changeovers and downtime
Results
- 5% reduction in direct labor costs
- Restructured production schedule, minimizing the number of required clean-downs
- Elimination of various product re-work
- Reduced changeover durations
- Production line speeds adjusted to optimum level
- Identified and fixed specific causes of downtime