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Clients

Road surfacing and grouting processer. Lean culture implementation. Trained four facilitators and 50% of workforce. Run Kaizen workshops in factory and administration. Six-sigma line capability study.	Aerospace fastener manufacturer Six-sigma machine output saved £190,000 p.a. plus £1.3m in cash.
Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH Lean culture implementation. Trained eight facilitators. Relayed our assembly lines. Integrated quality in lines. Saved €250,000 equivalent to 3% of budget.	Polystyrene moulding and packaging. Implemented SMED reduced changeover times by 33% and improved OEE by 46%.
South African composites manufacturer. Developed lean processes and improved customer interface via logistics.	Luxury vehicle leasing. Six-sigma improvement of component reliability and lean supply chain.
Large organisational change consultants. Supported change initiatives with lean culture implementations.	SME support consultants. Deliver lean and six-sigma process improvement initiatives for clients.
Locks and door furniture manufacturer USA. Implemented one-piece flow and SMED across six plants, reducing leadtimes from 16 weeks to 6 and increasing stock turns from 1.5 to 5, saving $20m cash.	Group of companies producing, furniture, plastic mouldings, automotive and aerospace. Numerous lean initiatives from paint plants to rubber mouldings and engineered components.
Automotive air conditioning producers. Implemented transactional lean processes in sales and administration.	Automotive trim. Re-laid out production to form product family cells. Reduced changeover time on 53 station rolling mill from 6 hours to 1.5 hours.
Fastener manufacturer. Implemented TPM on auto milling section, improving OEE from 51% to 75%.	Oil industry cable glands. Re-laid out 'box shop' cell using value stream mapping. Reduced WIP by 90%, floor area by 43% and increased productivity by 20%.

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Client Quotes

"c4c has given us the knowledge and confidence to move forward with our continuous improvement programme. Using an innovative, passionate style, underpinned with in-depth knowledge, helped to make the transformation miraculous!" John Holcroft - Managing Director, Instarmac Group Plc.

"We saw immediate benefits with the very first workshop showing dramatic improvements in productivity, WIP and floor area, with subsequent workshops adding to this benefit." Joachim Ley - Production Director, Recaro Aircraft Seating, Germany.

"c4c’s rigorous analytical approach to this problem was precisely what was required to ‘crack’ what had previously been an intractable problem. We were impressed with c4c’s knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma and the professional manner in which they conducted themselves." Graham Swan - Finance Director - Linread Northbridge, UK.

"c4c were chosen for their professionalism and experience for this difficult assignment to develop a corrective action plan for a key supplier. Requiring working at all levels in the organisation, c4c’s expertise in process improvement and change management was exemplary." Dr Mark Hiller - COO Recaro Aircraft Seating, Germany.

"Excellent! Helped us achieve our cost saving opportunities across the division." Derry Hanratty - Executive Director, McKechnie Plc.

"Hardworking and diligent. Helped us achieve our profit improvement plans in North America." Richard Corner - Director Special Operations Williams Plc.

Telephone: +44(0)1902 662377 / +44(0)7929 365001 | Email: david.cowburn @ c4c.ltd.uk
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