OEM cost-down letters, PPM targets, JIT delivery windows: automotive suppliers live under permanent pressure. Lean manufacturing is how you answer it — OEE up, changeovers down, PPM divided — with results contracted and measured monthly.
The automotive supply chain is lean's birthplace — and still its toughest exam. Annual cost-downs imposed by OEMs, PPM targets in double digits, EDI call-offs that change weekly, IATF audits: suppliers who don't improve faster than their price erosion disappear. Our lean deployments target exactly that equation: OEE on constrained lines (the cheapest capacity you can buy), SMED on changeovers (the flexibility JIT demands), SPC and poka-yoke on quality (major PPM reductions on reference cases). Mission example: a Tier-2 stamping and assembly supplier significantly raised OEE and cut changeovers — absorbing its customer's cost-down without margin loss.
SPC, poka-yoke, layered process audits: quality systems that satisfy IATF auditors and — more importantly — stop defects at the source.
SMED cuts changeover times substantially: the flexibility that EDI call-off volatility demands, without inventory buffers.
OEE gains and scrap reduction typically recover a meaningful share of cost per part annually — the counter-move to OEM price pressure.
Our lean manufacturing services, adapted to automotive supplier constraints.
Reveal waste across your part flows, dock to dock.
Track and cost the 8 wastes of your shops.
The organizational foundation of every performing plant.
Waste + variability together — PPM and capability.
Your teams autonomous after the mission.
From pilot to scale: Kanban, SMED, TPM.
Consultants who have run automotive-cadence plants — and contract their results like a supplier contracts PPM.
Tire manufacturing (a reference we know from the inside), stamping, injection, assembly: high-cadence, high-mix plants are our background.
Our workshops strengthen your IATF 16949 compliance — SPC, capability, traceability — rather than working around it.
Significant gains on OEE, changeover times and PPM: contracted upfront, measured monthly, reported in your customer-facing formats.
4 simple steps, from first call to measured results.
A free 30-minute call to understand your operations and challenges.
2 to 5 days at your facility: observation, measurements, team interviews.
Prioritized levers, estimated gains in €, contractualized KPIs.
Workshops with your teams, monthly measurement, skills transfer.
A free 30-minute call to identify your highest-value levers — OEE, changeovers, PPM.
