CDC Factory

Improve - Continuous Improvement

Manage improvement campaigns that directly map to a proven Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) process. Benchmark improvements across the enterprise. Provide complete transparency of improvement initiatives throughout the factory and broader enterprise. Close the loop between potential and actual improvements measuring the potential for cost savings.

Issues Addressed

Leading companies in food & beverage, pharmaceutical packaging, and consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing are accelerating their continuous improvement initiatives by combining real-time intelligence into production operation performance with automated improvement campaigns focused on factory floor action and ownership. CDC Factory supports these initiatives and enables:

  • Transparency: As a centralized engine CDC Factory ensures that continuous improvement initiatives are repeatable and transferable across the plant network.
  • Fast time to benefit: CDC Factory Improve is an out-of-the-box application proven to generate 'quick wins' and positive results within 2 weeks of going live.
  • Habitual consistent performance: Ensure compliance to proven working practices with CDC Factory's real-time intelligence and action alerts.
  • Shop floor ownership: Taking the best practices of Lean and Six Sigma, CDC Factory Improve includes standardized improvement templates designed specifically for the real-time world of the shop floor.
  • Prioritized initiatives: Beyond the quick wins, CDC Factory Improve identifies patterns for long-term improvement, pinpoints priorities for capital investment and establishes new performance targets for factory teams.

    • Capabilities

    By standardizing the best practices of lean manufacturing, OEE and continuous improvement CDC Factory provides a real-time framework that unites scheduling, operations, quality and maintenance. Set campaign objectives, assign team responsibilities, and measure the potential financial impact. CDC Factory Improve directly maps to a Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) process and incorporates proven improvement techniques – from root cause analysis through to the implementation of SMED.