Bottleneck Busting Increases Productivity by 13% in less than 3 months
Bottleneck Busting Increases Productivity by 13% in less than 3 months
2 PagesREGION United States INDUSTRY Automotive Component Manufacturing CUSTOMER PROFILE Multi-billion dollar global tire manufacturer. BUSINESS SITUATION To meet increasing customer demand, the company needed to raise tire output by 11% without more expense or capital spending. SOLUTION Pinnacle Strategies conducted a de-bottlenecking workshop, leading the management team to refocus, shifting their emphasis from optimizing productivity at individual machines to optimizing the overall production system. CLIENT OVERVIEW CHALLENGE Despite investments, output fell short of expectations. Frustrated with the low output of commercial vehicle tires, a global manufacturer of tires looked for ways to increase it. Sales growth was fueling greater demand; they could sell every tir
