Case study · Automotive
OEE efficiency improvement in an automotive assembly cell
OEE analysis and shift reorganisation in an automotive assembly cell: 15% higher efficiency and 19% lower costs.
- Factory size
- 400 employees
- Annual output
- 790,000 units
- Revenue
- €120m
Starting point
The operational challenge
A long-serving assembly cell was considered practically obsolete and was not receiving the attention it required. Accumulated planning and day-to-day operating errors increased the final product cost and concealed the installation's true potential.
- A neglected and unprofitable production cell.
- The causes of productivity losses were not understood.
- Annual output of 790,000 units was constrained by efficiency losses.
Solution delivered
Our intervention
The factors causing efficiency losses were identified, and production planning was revised to reflect the assembly cell's actual requirements.
- Analysis of efficiency losses.
- Reorganisation of work shifts.
- Daily monitoring of performance indicators through OEE.
Impact achieved
Operational results
- improvement in efficiency
- +15%
- reduction in costs
- −19%
- annual financial impact
- €250,000/year
Understanding the causes of efficiency losses and planning production around the factors affecting productivity restored the installation's profitability.
The improvements were developed directly on the assembly cell and embedded through daily OEE monitoring.
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