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Paulig Group is a Finnish family-owned company that has a wide range of food and beverage brands. The company places a strong focus on sustainability and innovation and is committed to making products that both taste good and are of the highest quality.
Paulig UK manufactures high-quality tortillas under the brands Santa Maria, Poco Loco and “white-label” brands in the United Kingdom, the Nordics and continental Europe.
The problem
Paulig needed better data to identify the right improvements
Paulig UK needed to find a good solution to meet its cost targets and increase overall productivity. The factory identified four areas for improvement:
waste and losses,
breakdowns and technical stoppage causes,
downtime,
utilization rate.
To be able to make objective decisions to solve the problems, Paulig UK needed to collect data from machines and operators so that the easiest improvements could be identified first – not based on personal opinions but on facts, and to ensure that the right improvement could be made as efficiently as possible.
The solution
From identified problems to verified improvements
Paulig UK chose Good Solutions' platform to collect production facts, identify areas for improvement and verify the results of the changes implemented.
The platform was combined with implementing several solutions, including reallocating operators' time, improving skills and standardizing processes through training.
The data collected by the platform formed the basis for creating a credible "business case" and ensuring that the changes produced results.
The result
Paulig UK increased OEE by 10% at the factory level
The results quickly proved to be significant. During the first 12 months after implementation, Paulig UK significantly reduced costs and increased OEE by 10% at the plant level.
The next step for Paulig UK is to continue building on these successes with a “bottom-up” strategy based on knowledge of improvements that are possible in day-to-day work.
The success of the project depends on the clear goal the plant set, their ability to make fact-based decisions at all levels of the plant, and understanding the different employees' roles in achieving the goal.
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