Insight

Overview Project Scope Response Results Achieved

Tier 1 supplier is unable to meet customer demand due to labor turnover and unplanned machine downtime.​ Project Scope: Improve machine uptime​ Reduce quality rejects​ Provide labor for past due maintenance​ Response: Acknowledged client challenges and recognized need for OpEx​ Initiated partnership for supply chain optimization​ Deployed 45 workers within 5 days​ Implemented Time Tracker and KPI tracking process​ Implemented material and storage improvements​ Provided emergency support to keep machines running​ Results: 100% productivity actual versus required ​ ​50% reduction in weekly downtime (From 3.5 to 1.7)​ Improved customer delivery ​ ​Stabilized workforce while customer hired direct​

OEM supplier was behind on customer shipments due to a quality inspection bottleneck and wasteful material movement. ​ Project Scope: Eliminate the constraint of quality inspection​ Improve material movement efficiency ​ Identify voice of the customer specific metrics​ Parts inspected, Defects, First Pass Yield ​ Response: Provided on-site leader to provide support for customer team​ Set up daily stand-up meetings with customer team​ Results: 98% First Pass Yield ​ ​48% increase on parts inspected​ ​77% reduction in defects ​ ​Improved on-time delivery​ ​Daily KPI scorecard implemented​

After a private equity company purchased a facility, they wanted to quickly expand production capability and add a third shift.​   Project Scope: Fulfill staffing needs after other firms were unsuccessful​ Human Resources support​ Management support​ Premier Staffing Response​: Dynamic outreach through multiple channels​ Rapid Retention Recruiting process​ Routine customer feedback sessions and improvements​ Results: 39 positions filled within one week ​ ​91% retention rate​ ​

Distribution customer needed to set up new center in two weeks and realized the need for experienced materials and warehousing experts.​   Project Scope: Warehouse layout optimization​ Efficient process design​ Warehouse Management System (WMS) integration​ Cornerstone/Premier Response​: Assigned two seasoned project leaders, one with Six Sigma Belt credentials and one with track record for optimizing operational efficiency​ Defined efficient put-away and pick process ​Populated part location data into WMS to manage thousands of SKUs​ Results: 100 trailers unloaded and put away the first week ​ 8,500 lines picked per day, compared to 7,000 target​ Shipments began ahead of schedule​ Management freed to begin second project phase

Major OEM supplier was experiencing high turnover and machine downtime that resulted in a failure to meet customer demand.​   Project Scope: Fill in gaps in technical and general labor staffing ​ Improve productivity ​ Identify voice of the customer specific metrics (OEE, Downtime, Parts Produced)​ Improve machine uptime through predictive maintenance​ Response: Deployed 25 general labor workers within 5 days​ Deployed 10 Robot and Maintenance Technicians within 5 days​ Labor deployed for 3 major OEMs​ Results: 22% OEE improvement​ 50% reduction in weekly downtime​ 46% increase in weekly production output​ ​Daily KPI scorecard implemented​ ​Improved customer satisfaction​

A prominent OEM was at risk of the assembly line grinding to a halt due to a severe staffing shortage.   Project Scope: Immediate emergency staffing Plan to transition contractors to direct-to-hire program Warehouse Management System (WMS) integration Response: Rapid response to fill critical positions immediately Provided transition strategy for direct-to-hire Established continuous improvement process to capture lessons learned and to optimize recruiting methods Results: 20 skilled positions filled within 3 days​​ 28 additional skilled positions filled within 5 days​ 100% of positions replaced with direct hire within 90 days​ 90% retention rate of filled positions​