EY : Alliance with P & G role model for operational excellence
EY : Alliance with P & G role model for operational excellence
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Unlock the potential of your business and elevate performance with EY ’ s smart factory
A successful alliance between Ernst & Young ( EY ) and Procter & Gamble ( P & G ) which - achieves operational excellence in manufacturing - is now used in 400 smart factories resulting in savings of $ 15b .
The 10-year partnership between consultants EY and household product brand P & G - best known for Pampers , Gillette and Ariel - focuses on improving the end-to-end supply chain with an Integrated Work System ( IWS ). This smart factory model is now helping other global manufacturers and SMEs optimise their business .
“ We ’ ve taken an industry leader in performance , coupled it with an industry leader in operations consulting and transformation and together we ’ re offering organisations the ability to deliver transformational results ,” said Craig Lyjak , EY Global Smart Factory Leader .
“ It ’ s great that we can go into a site and have significant capacity improvement in a short period of time ,” said Lyjak who pointed out EY has now renewed the contract with P & G .
What is IWS ?
P & G ’ s IWS empowers every employee through a vertical line-centric model that establishes clear ownership and
accountability . Lean manufacturing focuses on :
• A drive to zero losses
• 100 per cent employee ownership
What is a smart factory ?
Cyber-physical systems monitor the physical processes , provide analysis and automate controls and decision-making to improve manufacturing efficiency .
By boosting overall equipment effectiveness ( OEE ), the smart factory helps manufacturers increase revenue and defer capital investment .
Uplift in performance
“ When you combine IWS and EY ’ s smart factory this can quickly accelerate and sustain performance ,” said Lyjak .
“ From a timeline perspective there is generally a performance change in about eight to 12 weeks and within four to six months , you will have broad acceptance that it ’ s not just a blip but will continue .”
Lyjak pointed out that it is not just solving one problem but taking it step-by-step to solve the next and continue that uplift .
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