A medical-device manufacturer challenged its supply chain paradigms to establish a lean, focused and connected manufacturing network Challenge Low performance levels, underperforming acquisitions and high demand fluctuations A global manufacturing company present in Europe, South East Asia and the Americas was in a situation threatening its future global competitiveness with increasing pressure from low-cost competitors, and a global acquisition in the Americas that did not materialize required integration benefits. This led to a production network that was lacking required performance levels to fulfill the overall company goals while trying to compensate for weak performances in own and acquired manufacturing sites, as well as an increase in global demand fluctuations. Approach A focused

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