Restoring the competitiveness of a consumer good factory facing a growing competition from Asia and a risk of market turndown imposed by evolving regulations

The mission

Reduce the average unit production cost of an entire range of consumer goods over 3 years

• Deploy a structured Design-to-Cost methodology owned by Avencore
• Transform product offering and rethink industrial processes and methods​
• Mobilize teams to make the initiative a success

The approach

• Select competitiveness levers​ by leveraging Avencore industry expertise to propose best-in-class processes, tools and practices​
• Identify reduction cost opportunities​ through cross-disciplinary workshop and benchmarks of competitors’ products​
• Build implementation action plans​ with associated development road maps, return on investments criteria

The impacts

• 9% secured savings over 3 years​
• 200+ cost-cutting opportunities identified, recasting both product specifications and production processes
• 3-year deployment roadmap, including all necessary tests and prototyping
• Decision support to adapt the product range to the right need