DORC
Masterplan new production facility
Background
- Innovative high-tech manufacturer of ophthalmic equipment and instruments
- Exports to approximately eighty countries worldwide
- Strong growth expectations
Goal
- Develop a masterplan with suitable facilities for future growth
- Factory layout designed for future expansion, including a cleanroom
- Optimised logistics and material flows
- High-tech appearance matching the company’s products
- Implementation of Lean manufacturing principles
- Development of a Lean Production System
Results
- Masterplan for the coming years
- Modern and flexible factory layout
- Partial new construction for multiple departments
- Integrated design for logistics and production
- Efficient pull-based material flows with high delivery reliability
- Implementation of a Lean Production System
- Standardised working methods
- First Time Right performance increased to 95%
- Approximately 40% improvement in labour efficiency within one year
- Lean building blocks developed according to the company’s ‘DORC DNA’ and core values