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Food Processor: $12M Cost Reduction

Food Processor · Food

$12M Cost Reduction
Result
Food
Industry
TPS
Operating approach
Fourtre
Engagement
The Challenge

Where they started

Facing bankruptcy. The external pressure was Cost reduction pressure, while the internal operating challenge was Poor sales performance.

The Approach

What the engagement focused on

Fourtre focused on alignment of volume with production, standardized work, quality improvement.

  • Initial need: Cost Reduction.
  • Operating focus: Alignment of volume with production, Standardized Work, quality improvement.
  • External pressure: Cost reduction pressure.
  • Internal operating issue: Poor sales performance.
“The goal is not improvement activity. The goal is measurable operating performance.”
Result

What changed

  • $12M Cost Reduction
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