PHILIPS LIGHTING
Neil Adams - Head of Operations Strategy and Manufacturing platforms based on an understanding of the total cost across a range of products versus peak design costs . This includes the total cost of ownership across the full value-chain . Plus changes to decision rights , KPI ’ s , and the governance model to make this happen .” Not content with merely keeping up with the latest consumer and technological trends , Philips Lighting has shown through its sophisticated manufacturing strategy that delivering cost effective , locally relevant products can be achieved , while also leveraging economies of scale .
The latest in manufacturing technologies Looking to the integration of advanced manufacturing technologies , including additive manufacturing as part of the manufacturing , and product design process , Adams explained : “ It can be used to make the whole luminaire as well as to enable late stage configuration ; it can also be used to reduce obsolescence risk on low volume and non-common components .
“ Additive also reduces costs in a number of areas : material costs are lower as a result of our ability to reduce the number of components ; conversion costs are also lower , as it also knocks out 70 percent of the direct labour involved in producing a product .
“ Overhead costs are lower because we have fewer people planning components , which is a big part of luminaire production ;
52 December 2015