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Representative illustration: A PE firm needed fast operational and financial gains from a metal display-rack maker assembled through acquisitions.

Case Study · Private Equity

A PE firm needed fast operational and financial gains from a metal display-rack maker assembled through acquisitions.

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1Challenge

Disparate systems from the acquisitions hid the business's true capacity. Asset use, throughput, setup time and scrap all needed work.

2Approach

  • Found hidden capacity and built a financial roadmap for which plants to consolidate and which to improve
  • Ran a weekly critical-path review with 200+ action items, loading profiles and a safety-stock plan
  • Installed a closed-loop MOS on four fronts in 12–15 weeks, with changeover teams at each site

3Results

~$36M

Value created

$6M

Annualized cost savings

16%

Productivity improvement

22%

Scrap reduction

Five plants became four, lifting EBITDA without disrupting major customers.

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