Million Dollar Quotes

Here are just a few things our clients have had to say about their experience with the IMPAC® productivity system.

PLOMA, a.s.

Our goal was to reduce payroll and other operational costs through productivity increase in production and maintenance areas simultaneously with increase of sales.

  • Savings
  • Change of the behavior of supervisors and production manager-focusing on immediate corrective actions based on daily variance and regular follow up.
  • Improvement of internal communication within the whole company
  • Improvement of meeting effectiveness with clear action plans s outcome
  • Follow up, evaluation and systematic reduction of downtimes

Implemented tools and managerial training sessions show that our cooperation with IMPAC bring us coveted results. Therefore I would recommend IMPAC implementation program to any company looking for improvements and higher profits.

Martin CernyChief Executive OfficerPLOMA, a.s.

South Pacific

ViscoseIMPAC ACCESS utilized various diagnostic techniques and information from the initial Analysis of our company to tailor a series of workshops specifically designed to address our weaknesses and to develop our personnel.

The workshops were conducted for all levels of management. This laid the foundation for a common management approach throughout the organization.

With a multi-cultural management team of Indonesians, Indians, Austrians, and others learning together in the ACCESS Workshops, a strong sense of teamwork is developed based on mutual respect and a common purpose of collective success. We have a vision of our future and are confident of our ability realize that vision.

Mr. Craig BarkerPresident DirectorSouth Pacific Viscose

Kimberly Clark Gmbh

The installation areas involved are Sales, Marketing and Logistics. The new systems installed allow a better planning and controlling of the variances. Managers as well as Team Leaders are getting more control of the areas and start to take corrective actions. The introduction of such elements as variance reports, management reports and review meeting in all areas support the managers to improve performance.

We are benefiting to a large extent from the installation of the forecast process as well as from the new budget process and the resulting detailed customer plans for each customer and product group. Common focus is set on the profitability and costs, ensuring that spendings will be allocated to their utmost potential.

 During the project IMPAC also accompanied us in the effective restructuring of the organization, which we implemented with excellent results.

Rolf BrackGeneral ManagerKimberly Clark Gmbh

Laboratoires FujiFilm S.A.

We are approaching the end of our first Project, and I am pleased to express my complete satisfaction concerning the achieved results in three of our major sites. IMPAC has brought us success, thanks to the implementation of a simple yet efficient management operating system, complemented by individual training for managers and supervisors.

The excellent cooperation between the IMPAC team and our management has generated a true dynamics for change in our company. Our personnel is now focused on reducing operating costs in their day-to-day activities. Processing coherent and appropriate management tools, we have finally accomplished a dream which has been ours for the past 20 years: our managers’ behavior has evolved considerably, and we have now the tools to identify variances and to take corrective action in real time and on a continuous basis.

Claude DavelayChairman of the boardLaboratoires FujiFilm S.A.

Hayakawa Electronics

I would like to take this opportunity to express my satisfaction with the results that we have achieved through this project.

Many things have changed in our organization with the help of IMPAC:

  • The Goals Roll Down Process helped us to establish our company goals and expectations, and this gave all level of management the direction
  • Setting up of the Departmental Key performance Indicators gave us a tool to objectively monitor departmental performance
  • The new Material Control System has helped us reduce our material constraint problem.
  • The Sales Skills program has enhanced the skills of the sales force to enable them to bring in more new business for Hayakawa.

Our coordinator has been trained and he is equipped with the knowledge and experience gained during the project.

The ACCESS Communication Workshops have been an integral part of the project. I found the training to be simple and effective in getting our people to see their roles and responsibilities in the new systems. I can clearly see the behavior change in my people.

The financial benefits generated during the program will provide us with a 5:1 ROI. More significantly, we got back 100% of our investment in week 33 of the project. The behavior changes in our people, clarity of the company’s objectives, objective performance measurements, and more pro-active management are the major output of these changes.

Junji TetsuoPresident Hayakawa Electronics Philippines, Corp.Hayakawa Electronics

McDonald’s Italia

As result of this co-operation we have increased productivity in the restaurants overall by 21%, at the same time increasing sales and achieving 1,5 million euro in annualized savings, that were clearly identified in our P&L reports.

These results have been brought about mainly through implementing better behaviour on the floor and improving our planning and communication practice. By extensive system development, training through the Access workshops and support by the project team, we carefully cleared problems from the way of achieving our final goals. The achieved behavioural change and improved communication resulting from the project will enable McDonald’s Italy to continuously improve its organization.

Mario FedericoChief of OperationsMcDonald’s Italia

NESTLE

Summarizing the results and my opinion of the work carried out the following can be said:

  • realized savings are on yearly base what we had expected.
  • the factory management achieved a better cost awareness.
  • the operation is restructured in a more rational way.
  • your way of working has been systematic and result-oriented.
  • the work carried out by your peoples has been of high quality.

Your people and our factory management have proved that potential savings are possible to realize. With the programmes installed as well as the spirit of the factory management I am confident that what has been achieved, will be permanent or even improve.

Cato NaesfeldtA/s Nestle NorgeNESTLE

Panasonic

The program is total approach which encompassing area development, base development, and access training. It is diversified enough to cover the main production elements of man, machine, material and method as well as an in-depth insight in terms of product, process and system.

The Access management training has been closely tied to the new systems installed. The training has made supervisors and managers more measurement oriented, proactive and sensitive in dealing with their daily jobs and established better communication among departments.

K. IdenoManaging Director, Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries Singapore Pte. Ltd.Panasonic

The Tai Ping Insurance Co., Ltd.

The Management Training together with the installed systems are showing positive effects. This is especially important to my company; a service industry.

During the phase of the implementation, we have reduced the outstanding amounts from 49% to 19%. The improvement of 30% is definitely impressive in the normal period; but is exceptional during this current economic melt-down period. We are now gearing ourselves towards achieving the industrial standard which is at 13%.

Tyrone T.Y, TungPresidentThe Tai Ping Insurance Co., Ltd.

Dätwyler Cables (China)

As a result of the work during this period with the management team as well the supervisors on the floor and installing new management systems we have, together with the IMPAC team, managed to get up productivity of our machines by roughly 20%, decrease changeover time of Jacketing line by roughly 30%, and create behavior of our Management to act proactively and take better control of the organization.

Dr. Xiao Ping PuGeneral Manager, Dätwyler Cables & Systems ShanghaiDätwyler Cables (China)