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Theory of Constraints, Critical Chain Project Management, Lean : industry consulting & training - Marris Consulting
Improving Operations Performance in the Textile Recycling Industry
Context
The client designs, manufactures, and assembles textile fiber processing lines (fraying, mixing, compacting, etc.) and each line constitutes a unique project. In a growing market, the challenge is to increase capacity, reduce Lead Time, gain flexibility.
Objectives
The objectives of this support are, as is often the case:
- Increase production capacity,
- Reduce the overall lead time of an order,
- Improve compliance with deadlines.
- Improve security.
Approach
- Training of key players in Critical Chain Project Management, the Theory of Constraints, and the use of recommended IT tools.
- Implementation of Critical Chain Project Management in the Design Office.
- Implementation of new operating rules at the Design Office.
- Deployment of Critical Chain Project Management across the entire business portfolio, modeling the whole cycle of a project (studies + production).
- Improved S&OP Implementation of new KPIs in the Design Office, methods and manufacturing.
- Theory of Constraints and Lean approaches applied in Production.
Results
- Increase bottleneck capacity (without adding staff): +10% in a few months.
- Lead Time of the Design Office reduced by 40%
- Lead Time of order deliveries reduced by 30% on average (from 12 months to 8 months)
- On Time delivery performance: increase from 35% to 100%.
Portfolio Fever chart of the ongoing projects
About Marris Consulting
Marris Consulting is an industry consulting and training company specialized in the Theory of Constraints (ToC) and Critical Chain Project Management. We focus on improving the performance of manufacturing and process industries by using Constraints Management combined with Lean and Six Sigma. To boost project performance, we also use Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), which we sometimes combine with Lean Engineering. Our 2-day performance audits, our performance consulting services and our project management, Lean, ToC & CCPM training by our industry consultants offer a wide range of solutions to help our clients around the world reach the highest possible levels of performance.