150K
Employees
Implementing Early Equipment Management to Improve Project Start-Up Performance
A global fast-moving consumer goods company search to implement Early Equipment Management (EEM). Partnering with EFESO, the company standardized engineering practices, reducing start-up issues and helped control investment-related delays and additional costs.
Industry: Consumer Goods and Luxury
Service: Cost and Value Engineering
Service: Sustainability
Our Client
A global fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company offering a broad portfolio of household and personal care products, including cleaning solutions and pet care items.
+300
Brands
€80B
Annual turnover
The Challenge
The company aimed to deploy Early Equipment Management (EEM) globally while addressing several operational and investment-related challenges.
- Investment delays: Frequent delays in project execution affecting investment timelines.
- Resource shortages: Limited internal resources to support the increasing number of projects.
- Extra-budget costs: Projects systematically exceeding initial budget expectations.
Real Results Achieved Together
The implementation of Early Equipment Management improved project execution and start-up performance while helping reduce recurring project issues.
75%
Reduction in systematic start-up issues and improved right-first-time performance
Transformation Impact
- Reduced recurring issues during equipment start-up.
- Improved right-first-time project execution.
- Strengthened investment efficiency through improved engineering and project management practices.
- Cash generated was enough to buy a multinational company.
Our Approach
EFESO supported the implementation of Early Equipment Management by analyzing existing practices and deploying standardized systems.
- Experience-Based Gap Assessment
• Conducted learn-from-experience efforts to understand gaps in existing project and engineering practices. - EEM System Implementation
• Implemented Early Equipment Management systems.
• Standardized specifications, checklists, engineering standards, and tools.
• Defined clear roles and responsibilities to support consistent project execution.
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Cost and Value Engineering
Rising costs demand optimization from design through production. We apply cross-functional value engineering, zero-based redesign, and continuous cost tracking to protect margins.
Sustainability
ESG pledges require embedded operational transformation. We deliver measurable impact through circular economy practices, carbon reduction programs, and sustainable value chain redesign.
Facing Similar Equipment Investment Challenges?
- Managing multiple equipment investment projects with recurring delays and cost overruns.
- Seeking to improve right-first-time start-up performance.
- Looking to implement standardized Early Equipment Management practices across projects.
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