Fieldbrook Foods, Inc. - Downtime Reduction Analysis
Fieldbrook Foods, Inc. - Downtime Reduction Analysis
1 PagesCase Study RESULTS Reduced downtime by • 30%. Immediately • increased overall throughput 7,000 cases per month with plan to reach 10,000. Provided financial • justification for a second production line. Designed • improvements into second line. Developed repeatable • process for other product lines. COMPANY Fieldbrook Foods is a contract manufacturer of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, sorbet and numerous novelty items that are sold to over 30,000 supermarket chains and food service establishments in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Europe. Several major accounts include Giant Eagle, Winn Dixie, Shop ‘n Save, Pathmark and IGA. The company was founded in 1914 as Dunkirk Ice Cream and has been under current ownership since 2001. Their 280 MSF facility is the largest ice cream plant in
