3M Automotive - Germany

3M Automotive boosts value added velocity to Class A level

A low-cost investment in Lean Manufacturing methodologies has resulted in 3M Automotive Markets, Europe, increasing its Velocity - which measures value added time as a percentage of total time - from 3.3% to 56%. The result has been that the time to satisfy an order has reduced by an extraordinary 90%.

"3M Automotive used Oliver Wight to assist in implementing Sales and Operations Planning across all our European businesses. We needed this in order to continue to succeed in very tough European conditions. Oliver Wight did a very professional job in training and facilitating that successfully changed the way we manage our operations."

Henk Beukman
Supply Chain & Quality Manager
3M Automotive - Germany