+30%
Productivity improvement
A Long-lasting Partnership, Driving Productivity Gains and Strategic Transformation
Over 18 years, this French botanical beauty pioneer has transformed many aspects of its operations. Working closely with EFESO, the company has optimized manufacturing across seven facilities in three countries. Our partnership has restructured operations and delivered sustained productivity improvements while accelerating innovation.
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Procurement
R&d and Product Profitability
Our Client
A French skincare, cosmetics and perfume company renowned for pioneering the use of botanical ingredients in beauty products. The company operates manufacturing facilities in France, Turkey and Israel, including a specialized fragrance manufacturing plant.
The company’s operations range from product development through to procurement, serving customers with nature-inspired beauty solutions.
The Challenge
The company faced multiple operational constraints requiring comprehensive transformation across its value chain:
- Manufacturing productivity gaps: The fragrance manufacturing plant and six additional factories needed ambitious productivity improvements, capability development and operational excellence implementation to meet market demands
- Extended product development cycles: New product development took almost two years, making the process far from agile and limiting market responsiveness
- Organizational restructuring needs: Declining volumes required downsizing the operations function, streamlining processes and reallocating resources to better match the new business logic
- Procurement inefficiencies: The supplier base needed consolidation, streamlining and pricing optimization to reduce supply costs
Real Results Achieved Together
The partnership transformed the company’s operations from product development to shop floor , achieving measurable improvements across productivity, efficiency and cost reduction.
Working alongside its in-house teams, we implemented sustainable changes that reshaped the company’s operational capabilities.
+30%
OEE increase
-45%
Product development lead time reduction
-15%
Supply cost reduction
Transformation Impact
- Redesigned factories to optimize internal flows and improve service levels
- Accelerated time-to-market for new products through streamlined development processes
- Successfully restructured the organization to match new business requirements
Our Approach
The transformation began with an operational excellence project in the fragrance manufacturing plant, focusing on setting ambitious goals, developing capabilities and enhancing productivity. Following initial successes, we extended the program to six additional factories across France, Turkey, and Israel.
Working directly with plant teams, we implemented productivity improvements and redesigned several factories to optimize internal flows and improve service levels. For product development acceleration, we restructured the entire process to reduce lead times dramatically.
When volume challenges emerged, we supported organizational redesign, focusing on streamlining processes and reallocating resources. The procurement transformation addressed supplier consolidation, base streamlining and pricing optimization.
Throughout the 18-year partnership, we have transferred capabilities into the organization, ensuring sustainable improvements beyond each project’s completion.
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Facing Similar Manufacturing and Organizational Challenges?
- Struggling with productivity gaps while managing complex multi-site operations
- Seeking to accelerate product development without compromising quality standards
- Ready to transform operations through proven methodologies and sustained partnership
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