$60 Million Forging Co. (France)


Business Case
150 year old company in bankruptcy, losing business
Poor delivery, deferred maintenance, poor quality

Actions
Replaced family president with retired Toyota SVP
Supporting implementation of the Toyota Way

Results (2.5 years)
Nov. 04
30%
206
21,180
17
$128K
Metric
On-time delivery
Customer PPM
Internal PPM
Inventory days
Sales/employee
4th Quarter 05
92% (+207%)
115 (-44%)
10,789 (-49%)
13 (-24%)
$142K (+11%)


Summary
Retained existing & won new Japanese customers