Manufacturing process improvement

Our method of delivering process improvement is to firstly work with our clients to understand the strategy of the business and the commercial environment within which they operate. A detailed review of their production processes and systems is then used to identify the specific improvement projects which will most effectively contribute to the overall competitiveness of the business.

We employ practitioners not consultants. Whilst our specialists are fully conversant with the latest thinking and tools and technique, their key skill is indentifying the real issues and then helping our clients implement changes that create real, lasting bottom line improvement.

Typical improvements achieved include:

• Change-over time reduced by 47% (improvement)
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) increases of 30% taking the facility up to 85%
• 60% reduction in waste and none value adding activities
• 50% improvement by using 5S (a method for organising a shared workplace)
• Right first time increase of 32%

As Simba International discovered "'Until we sat down with Pera, we didn't realise how much improvement we could make; it has probably helped us to increase our efficiencies by 30% and we haven't finished yet.' Dorothy Lyth, Financial Director, Simba International.

To find out more contact richard.grice@pera.com