Electrical Power Transmission, Engineer-to-Order |
- Throughput was 300 bays per year.
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- Throughput increased to 430 bays per year.
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Power Transformers, Engineer-to-Order |
- Engineering cycle time was 8 months.
- On-time delivery was 85%.
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- Engineering cycle time reduced to 3 months.
- On-time delivery improved to 95%.
- 16% increase in manufacturing throughput (revenues).
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Transformer Repair and Overhaul |
- 42 projects completed in 2007.
- On-time delivery was 68%.
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- 54 projects completed in 2008.
- On-time delivery improved to 83%.
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Theme Park Design, Install and Commissioning |
- 121 projects completed in 2004.
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- 142 projects completed in 2005.
- 153 projects completed in 2006.
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Next Generation Wireless Technology Product Development |
- Cycle time from first silicon to production for 1st generation was 19 months.
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- Cycle time from first silicon to production for 2nd generation was 8 months.
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Material Handling Solutions, Engineer-to-Order |
- Completed an average of 6.9 projects per year.
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- Completed 10 projects in first 8 months of 2009.
- 31% increase in throughput-dollars.
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Telecom Switches Design, Development & Upgrades |
- 300-400 active projects with 30+ deliveries a month.
- Lead times were long.
- On-time delivery was poor.
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- Throughput increased by 45% per person.
- Lead times shortened by 10-25%.
- On-time delivery improved to 90+%.
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Customized Software Development |
- Growth was stagnating, becoming insufficient to secure market position.
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- Throughput increased by 14% in the first 6 months.
- Cycle time reduced by 25% and project completions increased 17% with over 90% on-time delivery.
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Customer Experience Systems Customized SW Development for Telecommunications |
- Market pressure to reduce cost and cycle time.
- 8 projects in crisis requiring CEO level attention in 2007.
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- 14% increase in revenue/man-month.
- 20% reduction in cycle time.
- 0 projects in crisis in 2008.
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Helicopter Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (For Flight Schools) |
- Maintenance workload increased by 37% and turnaround times were long, leading to helicopter shortages.
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- 32% reduction in CH-47 turnaround time.
- 52% reduction in UH-60 turnaround time.
- 8 aircraft returned to customer ($90M in cost avoidance).
- 18,000 sq ft of hangar space freed up ($2M in cost savings).
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Iron Ore Asset Development Projects |
- 25,800 man-hours of engineering design work had to be completed in 8 months.
- Historical delays of 2 weeks and man-hour overruns of 20%.
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- Project finished 3 weeks early.
- Productivity increased by 25% with only 19,500 man-hours needed.
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Satellite Design and Assembly |
- Reflectors were the constraint in Antenna and Satellite delivery.
- Electronic units were late, delaying Satellite subsystems.
- Classified Government program was behind schedule and losing money.
- Operation was losing $200M a quarter.
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- Doubled Reflectors throughput and reduced cycle time by 28%, alleviating delivery constraint.
- Increased productivity in Antenna Assembly and Test by 64% and subsequently another 26%.
- Reduced cycle time for Electronic units, allowing subsystems to finish 30% faster.
- Stabilized schedule and returned money to Government 4 quarters in a row.
- Operation turned profitable.
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Nuclear Power Engineering |
- Due-date performance was 60%.
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- Due-date performance increased to 95%.
- Throughput increased by 30%.
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IT Projects |
- 15 SAP functionality projects were completed per month.
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- SAP functionality project completions increased by 30% to 20 projects a month.
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Nuclear Power Engineering |
- 19 design evaluation and modification projects were being completed per month.
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- Throughput increased by 25% to 24-30 projects per month.
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Automotive Product Development |
- Cycle time for prototype builds was 10 weeks.
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- Cycle time for prototype builds reduced to 8 weeks.
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Biotechnology Plant Engineering |
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- 87% projects on time.
- 15% immediate increase in throughput.
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Aircraft Engine Repair and Overhaul |
- 476 engines produced per year.
- 4-8 weeks piece-part cycle time.
- 60 days landing gear turnaround time.
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- 586 engines produced per year (23% increase).
- 30% reduction in engine turnaround time.
- 15 days piece-part cycle time (70% reduction).
- 25% increase in throughput.
30 days landing gear turnaround time (50% reduction).
- $60M monetized in assets from reduced turnaround time.
Ongoing improvement:
- 10 days piece-part turnaround time (30% further reduction).
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Pharmaceutical New Product Development |
- 6 projects completed in the first 12 weeks.
- 20% projects on time in 12 weeks.
- 85 global generics and PSAI filings in 2009.
- 85 product launches in 2009.
- 915 days cycle time for full development in 2008.
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- 11 projects completed (83% increase).
- 80% projects on time (60% increase).
- 110 filings in 2010 (30% increase).
- 149 launches in 2010 (75% increase).
- 563 days cycle time for development in 2010 (40% faster).
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Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing |
- Actual cycle time of projects was 38 months; 25% of projects were on time.
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- Actual cycle time reduced to 23 months; almost all projects are within the committed cycle time of 24 months.
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Telecommunications Network Design & Installation |
- On-time delivery was less than 75%.
- Average cycle time was 70 days.
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- Increased on-time delivery to 98+%.
- Average cycle time dropped to 30 days.
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Manufacturing Plant Construction |
- 11 months industry standard project duration.
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- 7 months to project completion (55% additional revenue 4 months earlier).
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TGV Station Construction |
- 6 months left to deliver, and project was 5 months late.
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- Completed 11 months of work in 6 months.
- Project on time (€5 M penalty avoided).
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Helicopter Manufacturing and Maintenance |
- Only 33% projects completed on time.
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- On-time delivery increased to 83%.
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Aircraft Upgrade and Repair |
- 5 aircraft on station.
- Cycle time of 165 days.
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- 3 aircraft on station, 2 aircraft returned to Air Force, a replacement value of €300 M.
- 15% cycle time reduction, 15% increase in output with 13% fewer resources; 22% reduction in support shops' cycle time.
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New Product Development For Home Appliances |
- 34 new products per year.
- 74% projects on time.
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- Increased throughput to 52 new products in the 1st year, and to 70+ in the 2nd year, with no increase in head count.
- 88% projects on time.
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CPG New Product Development |
- 150 projects per year.
- 90% on-time delivery.
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- 20% faster time-to-market.
- 98% on-time delivery.
- 10% of projects finished ahead of schedule.
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Digital Camera Product Development |
- 6 cameras launched in 2004.
- 1 camera launched in spring window.
- 1 out of 6 cameras launched on time.
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- 15 cameras launched in 2005.
- 7 cameras launched in spring window.
- All 15 cameras launched on time.
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Engineer-to-Order |
- 84 days overall cycle time.
- 24 days production cycle time.
- 15 machines in 8 months was highest throughput ever.
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- 64 days overall cycle time (25% reduction).
- 10 days production cycle time (60% reduction).
- 22 machines in 5 months (47% higher throughput).
- 22% improvement in EBIT.
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Oil & Gas Platform Design & Manufacturing |
- Design Engineering took 15 months.
- Production Engineering took 9 months.
- Fabrication and Assembly took 8 months.
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- Design Engineering takes 9 months.
- Production Engineering takes 5 months.
- Fabrication and Assembly takes 5 months with 22% improvement in labor productivity.
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ASIC Design Technology Development |
- 74% projects on time for small projects.
- Major tool releases were always late.
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- 85% of small projects on time.
- Major tools released on time for three years in a row.
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Advertising Product Development |
- Completed 7 projects in 2006.
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- Completed 7 projects in the first 8 months of 2007.
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High Tech Medical Product Development |
- 1 software release every 6-9 months.
- Predictability was poor on device programs.
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- 1 software release every 2 months.
- Schedule slips on device programs cut by 50%.
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High Tech Medical Product Development |
- Device projects took 18 months on average and were unpredictable.
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- Development cycle time reduced to 9 months.
- On-time delivery increased to 90%.
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Food Preparation & Packaging |
- 72 sales projects completed per year.
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- 171 sales projects completed per year.
- 52% increase in throughput-dollars.
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Process Manufacturing Plant Engineering |
- 6 months cycle time for furnace design.
- 45 projects/year engineering throughput.
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- 2.5 months cycle time (58% faster).
- 60 projects/year throughput (33% increase).
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Pharmaceutical Product Development |
- In 2005, completion rate was 5 projects/quarter.
- 55% of projects delivered on time.
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- In 2008, completed 12 projects/quarter.
- 90% on time, with same number of resources.
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Train Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Engineering |
- 16 months delay in delivery of last order.
- 1 order executed at a time.
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- 100% on-time delivery on all orders.
- 3 orders executed in the same time frame.
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Marketing/Publishing Support |
- Projects were always late.
- Lead times were not acceptable.
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- On-time delivery improved by 30%.
- Lead times reduced by 25%.
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Electric Generator Engineering |
- 110 projects completed in 11 months.
- Low overall throughput.
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- 128 projects completed in 11 months.
- 30% increase in overall throughput.
- 44% increase in non-project throughput.
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Engineered-to-Order Steam Generators |
- 20 casings per year.
- 60% on-time delivery.
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- 27 casings per year (30% increase).
- 90% on-time delivery.
- 20-30% faster cycle time.
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Garment Design |
- Product ranges were late to market.
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- 100% due-date performance.
- 30% reduction in lead times and sampling costs.
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Aircraft Engineering |
- 12 months was best case engineering cycle time.
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- On track to finish pylon project in 7 months.
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Plant Maintenance and Upgrade |
- 300-500 days for boiler conversion.
- Routine maintenance took too long.
- 11 days planned for shutdown.
- $2M revenue generated per day.
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- 120-160 days completion time (68% faster).
- 10-33% reduction in 2007 cycle time.
- 5-33% additional reduction in 2008 cycle time.
- 8.8 days shutdown achieved.
- $4M revenue gained.
Set net operating hours industry record (6690 hours per year).
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Defense Products Design and Manufacturing |
- Long project cycle times with frequent delays.
- Difficult to synchronize Design and Manufacturing.
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- Project cycle times reduced by 20%.
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Automotive Assembly Systems, Engineer-to-Order |
- 70% of projects were late.
- High overtime and outsourcing.
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- Lateness reduced by 50%.
- 63% gains in productivity.
- 15% more projects completed.
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War fighter Systems Testing |
- Long cycle times.
- Low utilization of resources.
- Poor visibility of project slips.
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- 30% reduction in cycle time measured over 900 projects.
- 30% improvement in resource utilization.
- 88% on-time delivery performance.
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Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul |
- 33 aircraft throughput in FY09.
- 36 aircraft on station.
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- 44 aircraft throughput in FY10 (33% increase).
- 24 aircraft on station, 12 aircraft returned to Air Force.
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Aircraft Repair and Overhaul |
- Turnaround time 162 days.
- 7 aircraft in repair cycle.
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- Turnaround time reduced to 115 days.
- 4 aircraft in repair cycle (3 returned to customer).
- Production output increased from 185 hours/day to 273.
- 1 ½ dock spaces freed up (additional revenue potential $35M).
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Aircraft Upgrade and Repair |
- Produced 11 aircraft a year.
- Cycle time of 225 days.
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- Produced 17 aircraft a year.
- Cycle time of 195 days.
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Aircraft Upgrade and Repair |
- 4 aircraft on base.
- Cycle time of 183 days.
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- 2.6 aircraft on base on average.
- Cycle time of 155 days.
- 11% capacity released for additional workload.
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Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul |
- Average turnaround time was 327 days.
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- Average turnaround time reduced to 146 days.
- 44% increase in throughput from Q4 2008 to Q4 2009.
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Aircraft Engine Repair and Overhaul |
Engine piece-part repair:
- 137 days backshop cycle time.
- 260 parts/month backshop throughput.
Engines and Modules:
- 45 modules/month throughput.
- 18 days cycle time.
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Engine piece-part repair:
- 42 days backshop cycle time (69% reduction).
- 434 parts/month throughput (67% increase).
Engines and Modules:
- 50 modules/month throughput (10% increase).
- 8 days cycle time (55% reduction).
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Aircraft Upgrade and Repair |
- Throughput of 178 hours per aircraft per day.
- Turnaround time 46-180 days.
- Mechanic output was 3.6 hours per day.
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- 25% increase in throughput.
- Turnaround time reduced to 37-121 days.
- Mechanic output increased to 4.75 hours per day.
- 40% reduction in overtime.
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Aircraft Repair and Overhaul |
- Turnaround time 240 days.
- 13 aircraft in repair cycle.
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- Turnaround time 160 days.
- 7 aircraft in repair cycle.
- 75% fewer defects.
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Helicopter Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul |
- Throughput of 5.4 aircraft per month.
- Throughput for Black Hawk was much lower than required.
- Turnaround times were unacceptable.
- Work scope per aircraft was increasing.
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- Throughput increased to 6.3 aircraft per month.
- Black Hawk throughput increased by 40% in just 6 months.
- 50% reduction in Apache turnaround time.
- 15% reduction in CH47 turnaround time.
- 15% reduction in Pave Hawk turnaround time despite increased scope.
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Processing of Purchase Requests |
- Long delays in processing requests.
- Long cycle times.
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- Delays reduced by 40%.
- 76% reduction in cycle time.
- 29% increase in throughput.
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Army Vehicles Maintenance and Repair |
- Repair cycle time for MK48 was 168 days.
- Repair cycle time for LAV25 was 180 days.
- Repair cycle time for MK14 was 152 days.
- Repair cycle time for LAVAT was 182 days.
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- Repair cycle time for MK48 reduced to 82 days.
- Repair cycle time for LAV25 reduced to 124 days.
- Repair cycle time for MK14 reduced to 59 days.
- Repair cycle time for LAVAT reduced to 122 days.
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Aircraft Repair and Overhaul |
- Average turnaround time for H-46 was 225 days.
- Average turnaround time for H-53 was 310 days.
- Throughput was 23 aircraft per year.
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- Reduced H-46 turnaround time to 167 days, while work scope was increasing.
- Reduced H-53 turnaround time to 180 days.
- Delivered 23 aircraft in the first 6 months.
- Throughput increased to 46 aircraft per year.
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Submarine Maintenance and Repair |
- Job completion rate was 94%.
- On-time delivery was less than 60%.
- Cost per job was $5,043.
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- Job completion rate increased to 98%.
- Increased on-time delivery to 95+%.
- Reduced cost per job to $3,355, a 33% reduction.
- Overtime dropped by 49%, a $9M saving in the first year.
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Aircraft Maintenance and Upgrades |
- Produced 6 aircraft in 2008.
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- Produced 9 aircraft in the first 9 months of 2009.
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Custom Furniture Design and Manufacturing |
- Struggled to complete 200 projects per year.
- Revenues were flat, business was just breaking even.
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- Completed 334 projects in the first 9 months.
- Revenues increased by 88% and profits by 300%.
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Equipment for Manufacturing Solar Panels, Engineer-to-Order |
- Revenues of €130 M. Profits of €13 M.
- Cycle time was 17 weeks.
- On-time delivery was 80%.
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- Revenues of €170 M. Profits of €22 M.
- Cycle time reduced to 14 weeks.
- On-time delivery improved to 90%.
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Process Plant Turnaround (Nickel Smelting) |
- Projects were late and over budget.
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- Project 1 delivered on time.
- Project 2 delivered 1 day earlier (with 10% extra scope).
- Actual cost was 96% of planned budget.
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