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Automotive OEM: $16M cost reduction

Automotive OEM · Automotive

$16M cost reduction
Result
Automotive
Industry
TPS
Operating approach
Fourtre
Engagement
The Challenge

Where they started

Poor labor relations. The external pressure was Stock Price, while the internal operating challenge was Labor relations.

The Approach

What the engagement focused on

Fourtre focused on robot optimization, management system implementation.

  • Initial need: Productivity Improvements.
  • Operating focus: Robot Optimization, Management system implementation.
  • External pressure: Stock Price.
  • Internal operating issue: Labor relations.
“The goal is not improvement activity. The goal is measurable operating performance.”
Result

What changed

  • $16M cost reduction
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