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Driving productivity and cash flow for a truck service body manufacturer ​

Key metrics:
  • Increased cash flow by $350k/month​
  • Achieved recurring benefit of EBITDA increase by $3.9M​​
Value levers pulled:
  • Data management​
  • Operational efficiency improvement ​
  • Accountability and process improvement

Picture this...

You’re a fast-growing designer and manufacturer of service bodies for utility companies, with headquarters in the US. However, your primary manufacturing location in the US is experiencing manufacturing, quality, and cost pressures with increased labor, inventory issues, and systems/planning issues. During this time of disconnected planning and operations, you’re not fully utilizing your ERP system—and productivity and throughput are suffering. You need help.​

You turn to Accordion.

We partner with your team to:​

  • Reimplement and clean master data, and train users. ​
  • Implement daily management/lean manufacturing. ​
  • Implement an accountability process.​
  • Redesign the shop floor by service body size to maximize throughput.

Your value is enhanced.

You increase cash flow by $350k per month and increase EBITDA by a total of $3.9M. Specifically, you increase:​

  • Production revenue by 33%, bringing up your average from $3.2M in monthly revenue to $4.8M. ​
  • Productivity by 22%.​
  • Order fill to 95%.
Enhanced value:

You reap multiple benefits, including:

 

  • Increased cash flow by $350k/month​
  • Achieved recurring benefit of EBITDA increase by $3.9M​

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