Jada Management Systems LLC

Jada Management Systems LLC

Client

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    Maytag

    Case Study

    Maytag inventory turns nearly double

    • The Challenge

      •Extreme material related line downtime
      •High airfreight bills due to expedites
      •Pressure to reduce production costs

    • The Solution

      •Optimize inventory turns
      •Synchronize support ops to Takt Time through improved communication
      •Pull systems instead of inventory buffers

    • The Results

      •Reduced material related downtime from 260 hours to 12.5
      •Cut air freight from $500 MM to $160 MM
      •From Fall of ’01 to July ’03, turns improved from 26 to just shy of 50