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Boost Output Without New Investments: How Smart Work Organization Delivers Immediate Results

The Challenge – High Workload, No Room to Maneuver

Many manufacturing companies face a familiar contradiction: high order volumes and tight deadlines on the one hand, staff shortages and frozen investment budgets on the other.
“Nothing more is possible right now” has become a default mindset.

But is that really true?

Production bottleneck as the new normal?
Three methods that provide immediate relief!

Many manufacturing companies currently report the same situation: demand is strong, staff is scarce, and there’s hardly time in daily operations to analyze structural bottlenecks – let alone resolve them.
The result: teams are maxed out, delivery deadlines are at risk, downtimes increase – and the exception becomes the rule.

OEE, Cycle Time, Setup Time:
Which KPIs truly drive performance – and which just distract?

Why so many KPIs deliver so little

In many manufacturing environments, a wide range of key performance indicators (KPIs) are tracked: OEE, cycle time, setup time, scrap rate, downtime, stoppages – the list goes on. nd yet, one key question often remains unanswered.

Why Companies Need Both Approaches

IPIC International, as a company of REFA: Suisse, has positioned itself for years as one of the leading experts in providing practical, methodologically sound consulting in process management, industrial engineering, and work design.