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Manufacturing · Automotive OEM Supplier
Labor Standards That Turned Delivery Risk Into $213K in Savings
As a precision parts supplier to major automotive OEMs, the client couldn't afford quality escapes or missed deliveries — but with no labor standards and no daily review cadence, both were becoming routine.
Client: Precision Parts Supplier (Automotive OEM) · name withheld
$213K
Annualized savings delivered
95%+
On-time delivery within 90 days
Situation
- No labor standards existed for any part number, across the primary site or its 160+ additional locations.
- Quality escapes and delivery risk were putting key OEM relationships under pressure.
- Workload planning was inconsistent across locations, with no shared scheduling tools or operating reports.
- No daily review cadence or corrective action system existed to catch problems before they reached the customer.
Approach
- Established labor standards for every part number across all locations.
- Installed daily workload plans, scheduling tools, and operating reports.
- Implemented a daily review meeting cadence backed by a formal corrective action system.
- Brought overtime under control through improved scheduling discipline.
Results
- $213K in annualized savings delivered.
- On-time delivery performance recovered to 95%+ within 90 days.
- Significant overtime reduction achieved through scheduling discipline alone.
- Labor standards and daily operating cadence sustained by the internal team after engagement close.
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