

Case Study
Production Ramp-Up at Supplier Battery Systems
Battery Assembly in the Automotive Supplier Industry
Company Details
- Tier 1 | automotive supply industry
- Sales p.a. > €5b
- Employees > 75,000
- Global footprint
Situation and Challenge
- Opening of a new site for the production of high-performance battery systems
- Commissioning of production equipment and delivery of first products to OEM customer in sight
- The automated production/assembly line installed by the equipment manufacturer is delivering defective products and is not on the required volume ramp-up curve
- A potential legal dispute with the equipment manufacturer is on the horizon
- OEM customer goes to escalation mode
Objective and Task
- Recording of all problems and processing according to priorities
- Finding a pragmatic and solution-oriented way of dealing with the plant manufacturer
- Solving all problems (especially quality and quantity) within a defined period of time
Results and Achievements
- All problems recorded and systematically dealt with
- Legal dispute with the plant manufacturer avoided
- Outputs are back on the required start-up curve
- Scrap significantly reduced and in further reduction
- OEM confidence restored
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