Case Study
Operational Excellence Supports Growth Strategy
CASE STUDY Operational Excellence Supports Growth Strategy In 2006, maintenance issues on a new fleet of trains that Alstom Transport serviced for Virgin Trains were causing the company to miss the availability targets specified in their contracts. To turn things around, Alstom began to apply lean techniques—rapid changeover methods and policy deployment, in particular—to transform the maintenance practices in its depots. Management’s i