Optimized Network and Capacity Planning to Realize Improvement for Manufacturer

Challenge

A private equity-owned manufacturer of absorbent products was facing significant production issues despite state-of-the-art equipment. The company needed to optimize asset performance across the four-plant network to meet customer demand on-time-in-full (OTIF).

Approach

The SSA & Company team conducted network optimization and capacity planning across four plants to achieve highest efficiency production runs on primary equipment. We reset minimum/maximum levels for raw materials and finished goods, reduced raw material levels and freed up working capital through constant supply replenishment from vendors, implemented a 12-month forecasting process involving a master scheduler and sales team, and consolidated orders to create longer, more efficient production runs.