Task
- Reorganisation of the production division
- Introduction of an agile sprint process to support the project and research-based business area
- Increasing productivity and creating transparency across the production process
Industry/ Function / Environment
- Leading technology company in the development and mass production of premium lithium-ion battery cells
- Change Manager
- Björn Gresens
Situation
- Insufficient planning reliability due to constantly changing production plans
- Low productivity and increasing rejects
- High dissatisfaction among the production staff and fluctuation
- Low transparency regarding production progress
Measures
- Personnel reorganisation and introduction of team leader positions for individual production sections and management training
- Introduction of a decision-making body to allocate production capacities to the various business areas
- Introduction of an agile sprint process for production
- Introduction of a Kanban system for tracking production orders
- Optimisation of processes and clarification of interfaces
- Prioritisation and definition of production capacities for the individual business units
- Improving transparency and planning reliability through the sprint process
- Increasing productivity and reducing waste by optimising processes
- Improving internal communication
- Personal responsibility in the production teams
- Increased employee satisfaction and motivation in production
- Clarification of responsibilities and reduction of interface problems
- Leading technology company in the development and mass production of premium lithium-ion battery cells
- Customer portfolio: Automotive industry, aviation, maritime industry, medical technology, etc.
- Product portfolio: Research, development and production of prototypes of electrodes and premium lithium-ion battery cells