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Strengthening a fit to win organization in the food industry
A global player in the food industry faced challenges: profitable growth acceleration and fixed costs continuously increasing in value and in percentage versus…
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"Reduce Program” - Boosting GHG reduction to become climate neutral by mid of the…
Client situation & challengeOQ Chemicals is a global leader in oxo chemicals with operations in Europe, Americas and Asia. The group has already been questioning…
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'Fit to win' supply chain solution delivering higher agility and service with lower end…
SITUATION & CHALLENGE The client is a Global Distributor of electronic equipment and electrical components with a high service level, multi-channel customer offer.
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A lean project in Aerospace & Defence with a lead time reduction of 50%
One of the leading actors in the Aerospace Industry, partner of the major airlines and technological leader for carbon components, with a…
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A transformation program to drive organizational and behavioral change
Intech Medical is a global leader in the design and manufacture of Medical Devices – including surgical instruments and implants, cases and trays, and silicone…
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Accelerated operational improvement in aerospace & defense speeds up recurring cost reduction and throughput…
Our Client is a top player in the Aerospace Industry. Securing the ramp up rate of specific aircraft sections and reducing Recurring…
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Achieving the best vertical start-up on site with a 40% reduction of failure downtime
Investment in the UK site has increased since the Company's merged with another in 2015. A total of £113.6M was invested, including £20M for modernizing…
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Advanced manufacturing in a leading pharma group: savings’ payback time of 1.4 years for…
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHThe Client produces, for the world market, inhalation products in plants in UK, France and USA. The sites’ productivity increase targets are…
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Advanced Problem Solving in a complex chemical plant discovers 2-year-old minor change to be…
Client situation The client produces Urea in a large-scale Urea reactor, and it is the core ingredient to downstream chemical plants on the same site.…
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Behavior development in a large-scale retail channel improved: Planning and forecast KPIs to 98%,…
One of the most successful retailers in the Netherlands has a growth in EBITDA of 30% year-on-year. The Client wants to…
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Building Supply Chain Competence and Capability in a Pharma company
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHThe client is a global Pharma network. The company’s strategic plan aims at building a professional and competent Supply Chain Team at…
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Business Aligned Network Design in Textile company results in +20% sales and margins
The client was a worldwide custom-made fashion and home furnishing company offering home delivery. It operated in a promotion-driven market. Although successful…
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Capability Development in an electrical, electronic & electromechanical company achieving Contract Management Excellence
A leading electrical company whose central Contract Management unit had recently developed a staged roadmap for achieving Contract Management Excellence and need…
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Capex adjustments of +105% allowing the Private Equity firm to properly size its investment
EFESO Consulting was selected to support a US-based Private Equity firm and one of its portfolio companies to conduct a thorough operational performance review and…
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Closing Saw Mill saved by WCOM™
Our client is a sawmill producing 85 000 sqm of customized sawn timber for carpentry. The sawmill was at risk of being…
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Complexity reduction in a tyre manufacturer achieving +30% on Ebitda
A leading global company, active in the development and manufacturing of tires for automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles. Due to growing competition from…
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Complexity reduction in Global Consumer Packaged Goods company brings aligned standards across Supply Chain…
A leading confectionery manufacturer reviewed their Operating Supply Network (OSN), a global network of 22 factories, 68 in-house warehouses and 240 third-party…
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Concurrent Digitalised Value Chain in a Pharma Company
A leading international pharma company, operating proficiently yet in a traditional manner (S&OP with limited multifunctional involvement, Supply Chain disconnected from rest…
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Connecting Performance and Behavior in soft drinks company while installing Lean culture achieves -10%…
An international food, snack & beverage company with a large global footprint of manufacturing and distribution sites needed help setting up and…
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Contract Management in the Rolling Stock Sector
An Italian leader in high-speed trains design and manufacture of, with more than 2,000 employees, entered into separate contracts for the design and manufacturing of 100 high-speed…
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Creating a transformation agent force to deliver €50+M savings
Client situation Our Client is one of the world leaders in specialty chemical, active in more than 100 countries around the world and with over…
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Cultural transformation in port of Antwerp, realising the first business results while shaping the…
Port of Antwerp is the EU’s second-largest seaport who faces several challenges in parallel: Ensuring growth in an increasingly competitive and unstable…
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Debottlenecking project in a Pharma company saw real benefit, EUR 2,6 m
The client is a mid-size pharmaceutical company which produces API. They anticipated an increasing demand for one of the most strategic APIs produced in their…
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Design to Value & Should Cost practices to sustain advanced Procurement strategies
Global manufacturer of helicopters wanted to profitably increase market shares in both mature market segments and innovative niches. Investment in key Design…
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Design to Value project in the Tobacco industry attaining 30% equipment price reduction
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHThe Client is a global leader in tobacco products (both traditional and RRP – reduced risk products). For its next generation RRPs…
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Developing creative growth strategies to capture value
The client is a multinational consumer healthcare / pharma company, with EUR 33 billion in sales, is present in 100 countries and…
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Development of a Group-Wide Digitalization Strategy
Long lead times existed for the development of new products, and the new product pipeline was not transparent. Given that commodity products are used as…
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Digital Performance Control System implementation in Chemicals with meetings’ efficiency improved by 40%
Client situation & approach Our client, the Food Specialties branch of a major chemical group, aimed at increasing the output of its enzyme business, which…
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Digital Transformation - Progression Management System in a Pharma Company
A leading company in pharma industry had the challenge to manage performance in an efficient way, reducing bureaucracy and improving its knowledge…
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Digital transformation in Cosmetics logistics centers achieve zero paper management and improves middle-managements’ and…
Client and approachThe client is a multinational group and global leader in the cosmetics industry. Their factories already use EFESO digital Performance Control System, and…
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Digitization of Problem Solving process in Chemical company increases problems solved rate, reduces bureaucracy…
Our client is a major European chemical organisation whose organisation had undergone a global Manufacturing Excellence program but was concerned with the…
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Dispute Resolution support for a civil aircraft manufacturer leading a damage mitigation claimed by…
An Italian leading company which designs, builds, integrates and supports complex systems for commercial and defense markets worldwide, was playing a key…
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Distribution Center Optimization
The company is a retailer that is gradually increasing its online sales and divesting its food business. Sales are decreasing slowly and…
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DYNAMIC DSI (S&OP Digital Solution) implemented in a Pharma company, enables the Executive S&OP…
Client and approachThe Client is a Pharma start up launching a genetic treatment for prostate cancer and wanted to introduce a digital Dynamic DSI (Demand…
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E2E Value Chain improvements in glass company begins Global synchronization of People, Processes and…
The Client is a leading global manufacturer of car glazing. After years of limited competition, strong market pressure from competitors indicated that…
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Efficiency and indirect productivity improvement for an industrial group
EFESO Consulting was selected by an Italian Private Equity firm to conduct a thorough operational performance review and associated due diligence on a target industrial…
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Enabling predictive quality and predictive production through digital process twins
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHA global automotive supplier was facing two major challenges in its dashboard panel production: on the one hand, risks in the process…
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End-to-end retail value chain
Improving competitive performance by applying a LEAN approach in an end-to-end retail value chain
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Establishing continuous Engagement Monitoring in a leading postal operator
The client is a leading postal operator and universal service provider, offering an array of mail, financial and insurance products through its…
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Growth acceleration (pilot) for smart manufacturing digital reality solutions
The client is a multinational smart manufacturing digital reality solutions company providing SW and HW for design and engineering, production and metrology in manufacturing. Business…
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Growth capability assessment for a strategic business unit of a forest industry company to…
Over the next 3 years, the client wants to grow revenue and EBITDA. It also wants to improve business resilience, offer efficiency…
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growth Excellence program in a building materials supplier with +10% sales growth in 3…
A world-wide leader in mineral building materials had the growth target in its Central East Europe premises to double turnover in 5…
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HD focused S&OP in consumer packaged goods company gains +8% margins, +45% forecast accuracy,…
The company is the manufacturer of niche and highly seasonal products.
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How to make more quality products without increasing the market prices
A 40 BN group and 1200 plants all over the world takes control by installing a global Operational Excellence program to make even more quality…
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Implementing a World Class 4.0 Manufacturing for an A&D company resulted in a ROI…
Client situation The Client, a global Aerospace & Defense player wanted to develop a 4.0 World Class Manufacturing (WCM) system and a digital strategy for…
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Improve EBITDA margin from less than 2% to 12% in less than two years…
The target company is a leading multi-brand Italian kitchen company operating in both national and international markets, and was facing profit erosion due to a…
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Improve Nutrition laboratory efficiency and effectiveness
Our client is a Nutrition laboratory in a Global multi-site environment in Europe, USA and Asia. The objective of this program was…
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Improved Supply Chain capability supports growth with 15-25% inventory reduction, 3-5% procurement savings
The client is a diverse conglomerate in an emerging economy with interests in manufacturing, processing and distribution including food, beverages, dairy and…
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Improvement in Value Chain processes of a chemical company sees Inventory Reduced by 40…
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHThe client is a Global Business Unit of a key player in the chemical industry. In the context of mitigated financial results,…
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Improving Customer Satisfaction Whilst Optimizing Costs Through Redesign to Value
To ensure the Group concentrate its efforts on what matters most to consumers in terms of value delivered, costs must be reviewed and reallocated according…
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Indirect spend optimisation programme in a soccer club
A professional Italian football club was wanting to achieve important savings in different areas (marketing, catering & food, facility mgt, materials &…
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Industrial master plan optimization for a leading pharma group
The Operations Top Management of a leading French pharma group with 10 units in France, aimed at building a more efficient model…
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Industry 4.0 Potential Assessment in Pharma Manufacturer resulting in the elaboration of 10 digital…
The client is a world leader in the development and manufacture of mainly lactose-based excipients. Production is based on make-to-stock & make-to-order…
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Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) valuation for a joint venture negotiation in Aerospace & Defence
A world leader in Aerospace & Defence was willing to establish a joint venture with a foreign partner to develop, produce and…
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Lamb Weston / Meijer: Creating a sustainable continuous improvement culture leading to significant results
Lamb Weston / Meijer is together with Lamb Weston Holdings Incl, the world’s number 2 frozen potato company. The LWM company has 6 production plants…
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Launching an Operational Excellence program for a MRO solution provider
Client situation The Client is a leading independent Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) solution provider, specialized in APU, engine parts and landing Gear MRO, for…
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Leadership Progression initiative in the dairy sector creates single mindset to ensure improvement of…
One of the world’s largest dairy companies came to a point where they needed alignment in the mix of improvement activities that…
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Leading global technology and automation Group
Contract Management Excellence to improve end-to-end Project execution
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Leading Progression and Mobilising for Progression
The Benelux affiliate of an international pharma company was looking for expertise and methodology to structurally and culturally prepare their Belgian organisation…
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Lean Agile in an Automotive Equipment Supplier to create one Product Development Process Handbook
The Client is a luxury car producer, which is suffering from the lack of a single reference for the Product Development Process,…
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Lean Agile in Cosmetics with 40% reduction in time to market and 97% Project…
This client is working in the highly aggressive and competitive environment of cosmetic make up. These market conditions are forcing an increase…
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Lean Agile Processes in Chemical company reduces development time by more than 80%
Our client is a provider of polyurethane foam and polyurethane adhesives and epoxy resins. The organisation was facing an increasingly competitive market…
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Lean Agile Processes in tobacco company result in selection and delivery of projects on…
An ingredients supplier facing a highly aggressive and competitive manufacturing market. The company had to develop new grades, reduce harmful byproducts and…
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Lean implementation in a chemical company enabling its growth by becoming a quality market…
Global lubrication additives & synthetic base fluids manufacturer (Business unit of a major chemical group).
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Lean implementation in helicopter assembly with lead time reduction by 20% and capital reduction…
One of the leading worldwide helicopters manufacturer, with 5,000 employees, which was not able to respect promised delivery times and avoid high…
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Lean Lab approach in Pharma company gains 15% productivity improvement
Our client is Biologics Drug Substance and Drug Product manufactorer in a Global multi-site environment in Europe, USA and Asia. This project…
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Lean Lab project in a Personal Care company with 10-30% productivity increase across the…
The client is a leading consumer goods company, wanting to improve overall laboratory performance in the areas of quality, productivity and analyst…
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Lean Laboratory project in a leading R&D pharmaceutical company gains a 29% increase in…
A leading pharmaceutical company engaged us to increase project workload capacity at their R&D facility. The site was responsible for the development…
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Lean Labs Project Improved Productivity by 33% across Pharmaceutical Product Portfolio
The client is a contract pharmaceutical manufacturer of Capsules for both Pharmaceutical as well as Health & Nutrition
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Lean Transformation program in Automotive Luxury Manufacturer achieves +20% total productivity increase
Client situation The client manufactures luxury vehicles with an already established Lean Production System and high variant spread. However, the company was facing several challenges:…
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Maintenance cost reduces and production reliability improves through Predictive Maintenance development in a chemical…
Client situation The client is a global leader in Materials, Solutions and Chemicals, ranked in the top 10 of the European chemical companies. EFESO performed…
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Making a factory future-proof
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHIn just four weeks, a pharmaceutical & life sciences company wants to plan the main focus for the Smart Factory Transformation of…
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Making the Company Fit for Growth
Looking at the market and the competition, the company could see the potential to achieve further growth and better profitability. In particular, they estimated that…
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Manufacturing Progression Strategy in Chemical company re-designs Industrial footprint and anchors Business Operations Strategy.
Our client is a globally leading player in the Life Science and Materials sector. Facing a situation of geographic demand shifts and…
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Market Launch Readiness and Program Management project for a car manufacturer delivers successful Connected…
The company is a leading player in the Automotive sector. The project relates to the launch of Connected Services to their prestige brand…
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Maturity Assessment in an automotive assembler to improve Performance, Digital and Quality Improvement in…
Our client is a worldwide leader among luxury sports car manufacturers. Acceleration of continuous improvement in performances is the goal of the…
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Maturity Assessment to accelerate speed in a pharma company
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHThe Client has 87 manufacturing sites in 38 countries, employing ±100,000 people. To respond to health needs worldwide, the client needed to…
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Mobilising an insurance company workforce to achieve the full digitalisation of operational processes
The client is a leading company aiming to upgrade and maintain mobility for its members. Services include road-side assistance and insurance. The…
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Mobilising for progression with a global industrial supplier by Human Dynamics(HD)-reinforced deployment of integrated…
Our client is a Swedish leading OE supplier with manufacturing plants around the world suppling industrial parts and services globally. It had decided to move from…
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Network Strategy Distribution Centre
A national food retailer grown in recent years through acquisitions. Potential distribution network synergies not been realised. Challenging issues were:Different product group…
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Operational Excellence in a beer multinational improving capability of more than 5.000 people
The company is a global beverage firm with production sites in over 60 countries. A continuous improvement program (already established in manufacturing)…
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Operational Excellence in the beer sector
An international leader in the Beer sector present in 70 countries with more than 150 breweries spread across the globe. The company…
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OpEx & Focused Improvement used to optimise customer service areas in Forestry & Paper…
Our client is a manufacturer of publication paper facing a decreasing demand from the market and needs to focus on cash flow…
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Organic growth in agro industry company thanks to intense Growth Excellence in WCOM™ programme
The client is a leading player in the agri-food industry, with EUR 4 b net sales.After five years of the successful deployment…
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Organisational redesign in chemicals with blueprint technical organisation designed for further roll-out into the…
Our client is a leading provider of Epoxy resins. After subsequent acquisitions, the company experienced vastly different organisational structures and practices specifically…
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Organisational redesign in Cosmetics company with indirect cost reduction plan saving more than the…
The client is a family business and a leader in the French and European cosmetics industry. The group is present in more…
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Performance behavior & WCOM™
Our client is going through a process of establishing an omni-channel strategy. This requires a restructuring and integration of its distribution network.…
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Performance behavior and process change in packaging industry brings plant back to award winning…
Our client is a global leader in packaging solutions who is encoun- tering a severe lack of motivation from employees, a low…
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Performance Behavior project in a chemical company with 40% improvement achieved on the selected…
The client is a global producer of natural gas-based fertilizers and industrial chemicals, employing around 3000 people. Confronted with an ageing workforce…
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Performance Improvement in dairy Distribution Center increasing productivity by 10% in one year
Our client is going through a process of establishing an omni-channel strategy. This requires a restructuring and integration of its distribution network.…
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Performance Improvement Plan
The company has shown impressive growth in International fashion retail. A request was made to perform an operational scan at the main…
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Post-Merger Integration achieved results beyond the targeted financial objectives for a Private Equity fund
EFESO Consulting was requested by a Private Equity fund to support the Post-Merger Integration of two of its portfolio companies in the pharmaceutical sector, with…
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Procurement cost reduction program in an engineering & machinery company with savings of 5-10%
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHThe Client is one of the largest technology suppliers for food processing and a wide range of other industries with over 4…
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Progression in a Chemical company creates global infrastructure for Data-driven decision making and anchors…
Client situation & approach Our client is a global leader in thermoset resins serving aero-space, energy and automotive markets. The organisation determined ambitious targets to…
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Progression Strategy - The impact of Connectivity on the E2E value chain of an…
The client is a leading global manufacturer of luxury sports cars, known worldwide for the prestigiousness of its brand and for the…
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Progression Strategy for a luxury sports car manufacturer to support the concept and design…
The client is a leading global manufacturer of luxury cars, known worldwide for the prestigiousness of its brand and for the performance…
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Progression Strategy in Cosmetics with Industrial Master Plan optimization and a cost reduction plan…
Our client is one of the biggest French Groups in the cosmetics industry, with around ten production units in France. In a…
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Progression Strategy in frozen food company wanting ambitious growth obtains +7% turnover and +4,7%…
A French company specialized in the breeding, processing and marketing of poultry as well as in the preparation of meals.EFESO was engaged…
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Progression Strategy in luxury carmaker delivers a Business focused Procurement Strategy
The company is a leading premium player in the Automotive sector. The project relates to the procurement strategy agenda definition and management.…
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Progression Strategy in malt industry defines the best operations strategy designing new industrial footprint
A world leading malt producer set the objective to double growth, mainly in Asia, Pacific and Africa, and EBITDA within 10 years.…
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Progression strategy in medical devices & pharma company delivers business model to penetrate new…
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHThe client is a start-up and sister company of a major Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Agent firm in KSA. The client has a…
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Progression Strategy of complexity reduction in dairy obtains +5 points of operating profit
A leading manufacturer of fresh dairy products faced a low operational profit level (2% versus N° 1:14%) despite turnover growth and a…
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Real Lean Transformation in a Biopharmaceutical R&D Facility
A leading pharma company engaged us to increase project workload capacity at their R&D facility whilst improving the schedule adherence of current…
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Real Lean Transformation in a Biopharmaceutical R&D facility gains a 29% Increase in Capacity
The client is a Pharmaceutical group which has a €15 Billion turnover with approximately 15,500 full-time employees working from 100 sites and offices worldwide.
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Realizing true end-to-end digitization for better customer journeys
CLIENT SITUATION & APPROACHA global furniture manufacturer was offering a broad variety of different product lines ranging from luxury to discount furniture, each with its…
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Reduce batch record review for a Solid Dose (Small Molecule) Pharmaceutical company
Our client is a Solid Dose (Small Molecule) Pharmaceutical company in a Global multi-site environment in North America. The primary objective of this…
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Reduce the overall lead time for an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
Our client is an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) company located in Ireland. The objective of this program was to reduce the overall lead…
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Retailer Merger for Service Improvement
The client is a major food retailer. Competitive pressure was driving the need for an integrated supply chain to improve store service…
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Route to Market for tobacco manufacturer results in huge savings from greatly improved distribution…
The client was a leading global tobacco manufacturer based in Turkey and losing in GBP10m p.a. due to a lack of critical…
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Securing wood supply volume and abatement of Price Fluctuation for a high-end paper and…
Our client is a high-end paper and board producer only utilising virgin fibres. The reliable supply of wood, preferably FSC-certified, is critical…
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Supply Chain Excellence in global wholesale retailer identifies quick wins for improving availability and…
The client is a wholesale/cash & carry division of a global multiple format retailer carrying food and non-food product ranges for trade…
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Supply Chain migration plan in food & drink wholesaler / distributor exploits synergies to…
The company is a national food retailer that has grown in recent years through acquisitions. As a result, the potential distribution…
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Taking Predictive Maintenance from Business Case to Full Roll-Out
With the market steadily approaching saturation, the Company made it a strategic goal to reduce maintenance expenses as part of an overall cost reduction exercise.…
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Thelios Eyewear: WIP reduction by 35% by synchronizing the Value Chain
Manifattura Thélios was established on the 24th April in Longarone, Italy, a town renowned for its expertise in eyewear. This new site is dedicated to…
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Throughput time improvement in a Contract Research Organisation
Our client is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) in the USA. Our client, a leader in the third-party contract testing field engaged us…
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Transition to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) at global packaging company achieves 1m€ of total…
The client is a world-leading global packaging manufacturer headquartered in the Nordics but present in 30 countries and 80 sites around the…
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Value Chain Improvement project for a leading provider of chemicals gains € 7M loss…
Our client is a leading provider of speciality chemicals and services to the food, healthcare, industrial and energy sectors. The business had…
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Value Chain Perfect Execution in a Polymer Products Leader
An international leader of polymer products for various sectors including Life Science wanted a systemic approach balancing business needs, sustainable growth and…
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Value Chain strategy development of logistics & distribution model in Lubricants BU of Oil…
The client was the Finnish & Russian Packed Lubricants division of the world's largest publicly traded integrated petroleum and natural gas company,…
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Vertical Start-up for Millions of Revenues for large paper manufacturer facing an investment in…
Our client is a large paper manufacturer facing an investment in a new paper machine, increasing their capacity tremendously. By integrating Project…
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WCOM™ Implementation in a Cosmetics company gains +20% production capacity, +12% OEE (70%) and…
The client is one of the world’s leading cosmetics manufacturing groups, which has 4 divisions: FMCG, Luxury, Professional Products and Cosmetic Active…
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WCOM™ implementation in a Cosmetics company with +20% in OEE and +22.6% in OTIF
The client is a Brazilian company involved in the sustainable development of cosmetics and beauty products and was founded in the early…
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WCOM™ implementation in an electrical company with Operational Cost reduction of EUR 8-10 m
Supporting progression of the 3 Companies along the dimensions of strategy, operational performance and people.
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WCOM™ Implementation in forestry & paper company sees remarkable production area increase in OEE…
Our client is one out of several mills of a board manufacturer with a production capacity of 350 kton. The plant had…
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WCOM™ implementation in Packaging industry gains -50% in claims & waste, - 37% in…
Our client is a world-leading packaging manufacturer with production plants globally that needs to reduce claims, waste, and productivity losses and converting…
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WCOM™ implementation in Packaging industry obtains 55% waste reduction as well as annual savings
Our client is one of the world’s largest producers of multi-layered packaging bags. The major part of the company’s cost is made…
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WCOM™ in a Global Provider of Services to Pharma
A global provider of integrated services to pharma and biotech had developed a competitive advantage enabling a sharp growth. Yet some growth…
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€13 potential savings identified via Human Dynamics and Loss Analysis in a chemical company
Client situation and challengeThe client is a global chemical company with a turnover of €8bn. This project was run at one of their production sites…
