Company Overview: $1.5B Aviation Operator & Repair Center
Process Improvement
Performance Issue
A manufacturing plant’s Month End Financial Close took an excessive man-hours, and continually ran over the corporate 5 day close deadline
Avg. 319 Hours TAT 6.5 Days
Improvement Approach
- Assessed current work flow & process
- Developed VSM & created improvement plan
- Conducted series of structured kaizens and QCPC-turn backs
- Began routine audits to continuously improve
Results
The next 3 successive MEC’s were completed with less man hours, under the 5 day deadline and wholly within newly implemented processes
Avg. 249 Hours TAT