Case Studies

Case Study #3

• Sector: Consumer Goods
• Industry: Food Production
• Solution: Performance Improvement and Competitive Advantage

Client Business Challenges

• Primary competitor had suddenly become a much larger threat
• Production cycle time needed to be reduced
• Production output schedule needed to have more flexible
• Production costs had to be reduced
• Conflict between technical and production staff needed resolution
• Low employee morale
• Significant changes needed to be made quickly

Childress Consulting Solutions

• Completed organizational assessment to determine critical business issues
• Developed project plan and departmental strategies to address issues and solve problems
• Acted in an advisory role to five Project Teams assigned to simultaneously address the client's largest problems
• Led weekly team reviews to assess progress and refine assignments
• Facilitated meetings with production and technical staff to address issues causing conflict

Results

• Achieved or exceeded all objectives in the project plan in less than 4 months
• Reduced production cycle time by one third
• Reduced production costs by $1.5 million, eventual savings expected to exceed $3.0 million in less than six months
• New production layout, improved use of technology and automation will continue to generate improvements in productivity and production flexibility over the next year