​Lean and Agile Kaizen Case Study in a toffee making company

Problem:  A multi-national chocolate-toffee making company wanted to reduce product price in order to overcome market competition and gain market share. They had short-listed 40 products for the price drop. Can this be accomplished quickly, without major changes to production process?

Due Diligence:  A due diligence audit and value stream mapping was done for the 40 products with regards 4Ms- Man (woman), Method, Material, Machine.

Solution: Lean and Agile Kaizen methodology were employed. Improvement strategies included- process excellence for procurement, vendor relationship management and operations management processes, testing, packaging and supply chain logistics processes. Alongside improvement, product differentiation features were built into the products.

Result Dashboard:

• An average of 15% price drop was achieved for all the forty products. The project was completed within allocated resources i.e. time-cost-budget, to the satisfaction of the organization.