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
