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.
45K m²
Optimized factory layout (reduced from 52K m²)
Industrial Manufacturing
Factory Planning
Manufacturing
Smart Factory
Creating a solid, structured plan for the material flow of its production and validated the static forecast, enabling the factory to increase the output with the existing machinery.
10-12%
Reduction in overall system costs
Industrial Manufacturing
Oil & Gas, Sustainable Energy
Cost and Value Engineering
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
People and Organization
Industrial cooling systems provider faced operational complexity post-acquisition. We integrated operations, standardized processes, and optimized production planning, improving delivery performance by 45%.
30-40%
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.
$10M
Fixed cost reduction (first year)
Chemicals
Private Equity
Cost and Value Engineering
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
People and Organization
Petrochemical manufacturer needed operational excellence across multiple plants. We standardized best practices, implemented digital solutions, and optimized energy usage, reducing operating costs by 15%.
+50%
Wrench time productivity
Food & Beverage
Factory Planning
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
People and Organization
Profitability Programs
Restructuring & Turnaround
Supply Chain
Equipment failures drove 50% productivity loss. Rapid mobilization restored three bakeries to profitability within nine months.
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.
12
"Golden Rules" implemented for production planning
Industrial Manufacturing
Cost and Value Engineering
Data & Ai
Digital & Ai
Factory Planning
Manufacturing
Smart Factory
Supply Chain
Creating a solid, structured plan for the material flow of its production and validated the static forecast, enabling the factory to increase the output with the existing machinery.
+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.
5K x
Revenue growth in less than a decade
Automotive and Commercial Vehicles
Digital & Ai
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
People and Organization
Battery manufacturer needed rapid global scaling while maintaining quality. We implemented lean production, digital integration, and workforce development, supporting expansion to €60B market valuation.
>10%
Material and manufacturing savings indicated
Automotive and Commercial Vehicles
Cost and Value Engineering
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Procurement
Transformed unprofitable thermal management module through systematic cost optimization, achieving material, manufacturing and investment savings exceeding targets.
+€2.6m
Real benefit delivered (vs. €2.49M expected)
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Identified production constraints across API manufacturing processes, enabling capacity expansion that delivered EUR 2.6m benefit.
-30%
Material losses
Consumer Goods and Luxury
Life Sciences
Digital & Ai
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Smart Factory
Supply Chain
Global beauty leader transformed 38 factories through digital shop floor management, achieving 30% material loss reduction and €120M savings.
€260K
Annual benefits achieved
Chemicals
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Restructured maintenance operations at chemical specialty polymers site, delivering €260K annual savings through optimized processes.
€90M
in Opportunities identified during the program
Chemicals
Manufacturing
People and Organization
A global chemical company launched a joint performance improvement initiative with EFESO across twelve plants on four continents. Significant improvements in cost drivers and margins were achieved.
+10%
OEE improvement through digital assistance
Chemicals
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Integrated digitalization into WCOM™ program across 27 plants, delivering 10% OEE improvement and reduced operational losses.
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.
20%
Growth achieved without new investments
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Pharmaceutical manufacturer optimized three-factory footprint, postponing €300M investment while achieving 20% growth through strategic operations transformation.
-40%
Time to market reduction (in select categories)
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Product Profitability
R&d and Product Development
Transformed cosmetics product development using Lean-Agile methodology, achieving 40% faster time-to-market and 97% on-time delivery.
+20%
Total productivity increase
Automotive and Commercial Vehicles
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Luxury automaker doubled volumes while ramping three series simultaneously, achieving 20% total productivity through parallel Lean implementation.
+25%
Line OEE improvement
Food & Beverage
Digital & Ai
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
People and Organization
Digitized operational excellence framework across 20 European sites, achieving 25% OEE improvement and multimillion savings.
€965K
Annual warehouse cost reduction
Consumer Goods and Luxury
Logistics and Distribution
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Supply Chain
Streamlined global sportswear operations across three continents, launching eCommerce while delivering €965K annual savings.
+50
Smart Factory projects with positive business case
Life Sciences
Digital & Ai
Manufacturing
Assessed Industry 4.0 potential across medical device operations, identifying 50 smart factory projects with sub-2-year payback.
132
Pain points analyzed
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Assessed 132 process pain points at pharma excipient manufacturer, delivering 10 prioritized digital solutions and implementation roadmap.
€4.5M
Savings realized in 8 months (€2.2M from Site 1 + €2.3M from Site 2)
Food & Beverage
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Lamb Weston / Meijer partnered with EFESO to strengthen process reliability, reduce cost price, and embed a sustainable continuous improvement culture across its two largest European plants.
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