Discover how EFESO works side by side with clients across industries to achieve measurable, lasting impact. Each story captures the challenges our clients faced, the actions we took together – from boardroom to shop floor – and the tangible operational and financial results delivered.
90%
Reduction in manual effort for supply planning
Life Sciences
Advanced Planning
Operational Excellence
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Strategy
Transformed manual Excel-based supply planning into automated digital tool, delivering 90% reduction in manual effort.
+94%
Productivity improvement (12 batches/day)
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Healthcare giant required operational transformation in consumer products division. We implemented continuous improvement, automated key processes, and enhanced quality systems, delivering 20% productivity gain.
30%
Reduction in unplanned stops
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
People and Organization
Redesigned operational excellence across 23 plants, unifying fragmented practices and internalizing production for global consumer health company.
40%
Savings achieved
Life Sciences
Cost and Value Engineering
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical manufacturer reduces production costs 30-40% while preparing operations for 2027 capacity expansion and growth.
6%
EBITDA expected in 5 years
Life Sciences
Factory Planning
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Supply Chain
EFESO supported a major cosmetics supplier in redesigning operations across six factories and optimizing the supply chain, targeting improved productivity and long-term profitability.
+15%
Additional synergies on operational costs
Life Sciences
Private Equity
Carve-out & Merger Integration
Operations Due Diligence
Transactions and Turnaround
Integrated two pharmaceutical companies across five countries, delivering 15% operational cost synergies and 13% revenue growth.
+150
Active system users engaged across the network
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Designed customized Maturity Assessment System for global pharma network. Trained 30 internal assessors, enabling site-wide collaboration.
+$3M
Real benefit delivered (vs. $2.5M expected)
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Identified production constraints across API manufacturing processes, enabling capacity expansion that delivered $3M benefit.
20%
Growth achieved without new investments
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Pharmaceutical manufacturer optimized three-factory footprint, postponing $350M investment while achieving 20% growth through strategic operations transformation.
90%
Average OTIF achieved in under two years
Life Sciences
Factory Planning
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
A mid-sized pharmaceutical company achieved measurable efficiency, cost, and delivery improvements at four European sites through EFESO’s Operational Excellence and Digital Transformation programs.
+15%
Productivity improvements through levelling, flow, and standard work.
Life Sciences
Lean Lab
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Biologics manufacturer stabilizes supply through standardized QC lab operations, achieving 15% productivity improvement across global sites.
+$6M
Savings achieved
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Stabilized pharma production through tailored training and servant leadership, delivering $6M+ savings across 20 lines.
+10K
Pallet positions created through optimized DC layout expansion design
Life Sciences
Factory Planning
Manufacturing
Smart Factory
EFESO conducted a feasibility study for a new 10,000-pallet automated warehouse in Romania, optimizing logistics design, layout, and CAPEX to enable scalable, efficient pharmaceutical distribution.
$117M
Savings realized
Life Sciences
Cost and Value Engineering
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Supply Chain
Aligned pharmaceutical manufacturing footprint with 2030 growth targets, delivering $100M savings and 15% CapEx reduction.
13%
Reduction in release time for high-value APIs
Chemicals
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Smart Factory
A QC lab optimization framework helps a multinational chemical-pharmaceutical company achieved simultaneous gains in productivity, service level, and resource efficiency, delivering measurable improvements in release time, productivity, and FTE requirements without compromising quality.
60%
Reduction in lead time
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Supply Chain
Streamlined biotechnology contract manufacturing operations, reducing 18-24 month lead times by 60% and inventory by 45%.
+50
Smart Factory projects identified
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Smart Factory
Assessed three pharma plants, prioritized 50 Smart Factory initiatives, achieving 1.4-year payback on first wave.
+40%
Identified growth potential
Life Sciences
Operations Strategy and Transformation
R&d and Product Profitability
Developed comprehensive five-year business plan for European CRO, identifying 40% growth potential through strategic positioning.
+30%
OTIF improvement
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Reengineered Order Management processes for pharma services provider, achieving 30% OTIF improvement to 95% target.
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