Company Size & Timeframe
- $100+ million
Results
- 25% increase in capacity
- 49% decrease in backlog
- Developed functional working relationships between manufacturing facilities
Company Profile & Position
- Interim General Manager
Situation
- Backlog accelerating faster than manufacturing capacity
- Decreased customer fill rate
- Excessive overtime and talent burnout
- Manufacturing facilities not cooperating and executing together
Implementation
- Week 1 – Completed situational analysis
- Week 2 – Refined initiatives with executive management
- Week 3 – Began mitigating manufacturing bottlenecks and executing plans
- Developed project plans and reporting dashboards with KPIs for all initiatives
Cerius Insights
“The Interim Executive completed several initiatives and made significant progress on the remaining initiatives. His involvement and leadership of these initiatives over sixteen weeks was integral to getting them completed.”