

Case Study
Restructuring at a Builder of Luxury Yachts
Restructuring and optimization of production
Company Details
- The company (sales 2020/2021: 14 Mio. EUR, result: -5,4 Mio. EUR) is part of a German concern (sales 2020/2021: 122 Mio. EUR)
- Based in France; 200 staff, 4 product lines
Situation and Challenge
- Badly deficit-ridden, high staff fluctuation, low-level of professional training of staff
- Inefficient, no production planning, not process-oriented, no work preparation
- Lack of internal communication, very little integration with corporate parent
Objective and Tasks
- Increasing performance and production capacity
- Reduction of workhours per unit
- Integration into group/holding HYAG
Measures and Approach
- Introduction of group-wide system „TaktIK“, 15 minutes per day reserved for daily error detection sessions
- Shop floor management, execution of error list „LOP“ (list of open points)
- Setting up a blackboard showing KPIs for quality, hours, absences
Results and Achievements
- Daily exchange between R&D and Production
- Internal materials transport done by internal Logistics
- Tracking KPI „Hours Per Production Phase“
- Increase of output by more than 30 %
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