Optimized Plant Operations to Reduce Total Cycle Time by 35% for PE-Owned Pharmaceutical Packaging Company

Challenge

A private-equity owned pharmaceutical packaging company recently purchased production technology but lacked the understanding of how to run to meet business plans.

The company needed help assessing the viability of its production plan and improving plant operations to drive profitability.

Approach

  • Conducted operational due diligence to assess organizational issues and understand feasibility of stated production targets
  • Established a transformation management office to operationalize manufacturing lines, identify and mitigate risks, and implement management control and reporting processes and structures
  • Designed and implemented SIOP process across production floor
  • Identified opportunities to further improve plant operations and profits

Results

I.

Designed and implemented pre-mix, pre-batch, pre-kitting processes to support production, reducing total cycle time by 35%

II.

Optimized pilot line and oversaw successful rollout to production

III.

Increased first pass yield by 27%

IV.

Improved quality through realignment of quality assurance organization and processes

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