industry
Manufacturing

Trailer manufacturer’s operational transformation lifts revenue by $15 million​

Key metrics:
  • $15M revenue lift
  • One-time inventory reduction of $4M
  • Recurring benefit of $5.2M EBITDA improvement
  • Recurring $3M savings from product line productivity gains​​​
Value levers pulled:
  • Operational transformation
  • Rapid lean deployment
  • Operation metrics design
  • Shop floor enhancement

Picture this...

You’re ALCOM, a leading manufacturer of top-quality aluminum trailer products. You have expanded production facilities from a single flagship plant to 6 plants across the country. Your business has grown. Now your operational sophistication must follow in tow. ​

You turn to Accordion.

We establish a target capacity increase of 30% and develop staffing and execution plans to maximize available plant capacity across two phases:

Rapid Lean Deployment

  • Develop the Accountability Room and work with users on daily execution
  • Work with management, supervisors, and production staff (direct and indirect) on the shop floor to train and deploy lean methodologies to maximize productivity, streamline flow, increase throughput
  • Implement the visual factory and conduct point specific Kaizen events
  • Review shop floor layout and cell design and provide recommendations
  • Design operational metrics for daily accountability meeting

Improvement Roadmap

  • Work with users, as well as supervisors and managers through continued daily management
  • Drive knowledge transfer through training and working with users
  • Develop the sequencing strategy to facilitate smooth and steady flow
  • Implement cell design changes and shop floor enhancements; then work with managers on training process
  • Optimize flow throughout the facilities, implement quick hit opportunities to streamline flow
  • Drive and change the culture to one of an empowered lean problem-solving enterprise

Your value is enhanced.

You reap multiple benefits, including:

  • One-time inventory reduction of $4M and a $400K recurring benefit
  • Increased throughput by 11%, creating a $15M revenue lift
  • Productivity gain across all product lines drive recurring benefit of $3M
  • $5.2M EBITDA improvement as a recurring benefit
Enhanced value:

You reap multiple benefits, including:

  • $15M revenue lift
  • One-time inventory reduction of $4M
  • Recurring benefit of $5.2M EBITDA improvement
  • Recurring $3M savings from product line productivity gains​​​