Company

• Family business in production and delivery of vegetables and fruit
• Active in retail, food services, wholesale and catering
• Worldwide network of growers and suppliers
• Several production locations in the Netherlands and Germany

Situation

Inefficient processes and meetings with consequently high factory labor costs

Approach

• Analysis of current production figures (OEE) to find biggest losses
• Analysis of waste in production and logistics processes through gemba walks and interviews
• Analysis of current production meetings, production planning and labor planning
• Mapping potential improvements
• Determining and implemention of Quick Wins

Results

• Removal of unnecessary flexible factory employees
• Implementation of labor standards and follow-up via meeting structure
• Agreed production line capacities among different departments
• More efficient planning through optimalisation of production planning
• Realised direct labor reduction