ManufacturingEdward Vinson

One-Week Intensive Efficiency Assessment

One-week intensive assessment rapidly identifying labour efficiency opportunities in manufacturing.

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Key Result

20% efficiency gains identified

Working with Edward Vinson

1 week

Three consultants mapped, measured, and assessed Edward Vinson's entire fruit production operation

Quantified

Tangible time and monetary savings calculated from improving the production process

6-week plan

Personalised capability development plan created for the organisation

Edward Vinson have been growing fruit in the South East of England for over 150 years, focusing on breeding and selling premium varieties of plants and berries.

The Challenge

EV wanted to improve the management of labour throughout the fruit growing enterprise with a series of defined workstreams and workshops.

Key Issues Identified

  • Need to improve management of labour throughout the enterprise
  • Current management teams' governance, processes and capability level required assessment
  • Fruit growing production process needed review from start to finish

Our Approach

We spent the first couple days observing the picking operations on the various farms (Go, Look, See). We process-mapped the main picking procedure and added any ideas for opportunities.

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Go, Look, See observation of picking operations on various farms

2

Process-mapping of main picking procedure

3

Timings capture to quantify time and labour cost savings

4

Changes grouped into workstreams

5

LEAN processes identification for leadership and field team leaders

"Libra integrated themselves well within our team and reported findings concisely at the end of the one week assessment period. We are now moving to the next stage which will involve coaching and training throughout all levels of our management team."

Rick Cook

Managing Director

Key Benefits

  • Complete production operation assessment in just one week
  • Accurately calculated tangible time and monetary savings
  • Capability Development Plan to upskill management team in LEAN practices
  • Data-backed changes empowering the team to improve efficiency

Project Details

Client
Edward Vinson
Industry
Manufacturing
Key Outcome
20% efficiency gains identified

The Results

Measurable outcomes that demonstrate the impact of our partnership

1 week

Three consultants mapped, measured, and assessed Edward Vinson's entire fruit production operation

Quantified

Tangible time and monetary savings calculated from improving the production process

6-week plan

Personalised capability development plan created for the organisation

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