
Accelerate the Time-To-Market of the R&D Projects of a Manufacturer of Technical Installations.
In a rapidly changing market and in a context of fluctuating energy prices and increasing competition, a manufacturer of highly technical equipment wishes to accelerate the marketing of its innovations. KEPLER offers a Lean Engineering approach, able to optimize all development processes, from Research to Development and from Development to Industrialization.
Context
A manufacturer of highly technical equipment for the medical and industrial world faces several risk factors:
- A rapidly changing market
- A fluctuation in energy prices
- Growing competition
Goals
Accelerate the Time-To-Market of R&D projects thanks to a Lean Engineering type approach making it possible to:
- Increase the efficiency of the development process
- Optimize the management of transfers from Research to Industrialization
The levers for achieving the objective perceived by KEPLER:
- Digitalization opportunities
- Multiple optimization potentials:
- Cost
- Quality
- Deadlines
- Sales (success rate)
- Improving working conditions by identifying and addressing the root causes of frustrations
Methodological Approach
Step 1: Top-Down Approach
- Workflow macro objectives and savings ambition (schedule and hours)
- Matrix of constraints between disciplines & workflows
Step 2: Bottom-Up Workflow Approach: Lean Sprints
- Bundle of Kaizens (improvement solutions) and direct implementation on projects (as far as possible depending on current projects and level of progress)
- Improved workflow and defined savings targets
Step 3: Push & Pull Approaches
- Workshops to push Kaizens into T&L mode
- Workshops to attract Kaizens to mobilize projects
Results
- VSM carried out on 9 Disciplines / Macro phases
- 210 kaizens
- Estimated savings:
- 100 Khrs / year
- 3000 K € / year
- 1.5 months TTM (calendar)
Duration of the assignment: 12 months
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