Order Picking Services Case Study
Challenge
A major tool manufacturer in retail and direct to consumer distribution is challenged with:
High labor costs – high wages and benefits costs
Lack of flexibility – to respond to volatile demand
Low productivity – reducing facility throughput
Accuracy errors – resulting in reworks, returns, charge backs and low customer satisfaction
Solution
The operation transitions to Insource who provides flexible, full-time production labor, supervision and engineering, and:
- A quality guarantee to ensure orders are built accurately
- Six Sigma methods to address root cause of accuracy errors
- Engineering support to drive ongoing productivity gains
- Motivational employee pay plans that align with clients’ key objectives
Result
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- Cosmetics Value-Add Distribution
Insource helps client cut defects by 50% and reduce cost totaling 20% savings.
- Appliance Assembly
Insource increased quality levels to 99% and reduced overall throughput times from three days to a half day.
- Order Picking Services
Insource engineers a 48% accuracy improvement and a 57% productivity improvement.
- Distribution Services
Insource helps client cut defects by 73% in just over two months.