Case Scenario: Improving Equipment Utilisation in a Tobacco Processing Plant

The customer‘s requirement
Production optimisation
The actual production performance is below expectations – the layout capacity is underachieved. A number of reasons are suspected to be responsible for that - previous installations have not been able to solve the basic bottleneck problem.
Approach
Optimal capacity adjustment
An action team including the production, service and quality department is formed. In a continuous improvement procedure, a set of measures is implemented. The impact of those actions is continuously monitored with a key benchmarking number. The corresponding results are discussed and classified on a weekly basis in order to achieve satisfying results.