Boots Contract Manufacturing improves production health with CDC Factory

Steve Parr, BCM Factory general manager, describes the new software is its manufacturing operations management (MOM) system, and adds that BCM went live at its Nottingham plant in less than six weeks. "We chose CDC Factory after a thorough evaluation process of several products, which, we believe, revealed that CDC Factory was the only packaged solution," says Parr. . "We also liked how the CDC Factory team understood and focused on the importance of achieving real ROI and systematic cost reductions quickly," he adds. Installing the CDC Factory software was part of BCM's operational excellence program, which targets cost saving initiatives across the UK factory. Parr explains that a factory profit audit, conducted jointly by CDC Factory and the BCM factory team, identified areas they believed could generate those immediate cost savings. The team also calculated an estimated 6% efficiency improvement across its factory lines by concentrating on operating metrics, such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). "CDC Factory has gone live within the six week time line and we are now focused on delivering real savings on the plant floor quickly," says Parr. "After the audit, we realised that CDC Factory has been designed with shop floor workers in mind, and empowers them to take ownership of improvement opportunities."