I want to produce more, at lower cost

Cost, Quality and Productivity Improvement

We look for where time, material, capacity or quality is lost, and design practical interventions that improve production without unnecessary investment.

Production hall with machines and a robot being commissioned
Why it is not simple

Losses hide between departments.

In production everything depends on everything else: the product design, the process, the moulds, the planning, the quality requirements, the people. A high scrap rate may start in the mould; a slow line may be waiting for material; a new machine may move the bottleneck somewhere else.

That is why we look at the whole production, technically and as a business, before proposing anything. Often the best intervention is a change in organisation or in a fixture, not a new investment.

What we take on

  • Analysis of the production process
  • Bottlenecks
  • Cycle times
  • Scrap and rejects
  • Productivity
  • Material flow
  • Quality
  • Automation opportunities
  • Organisation of production
  • Data for decisions
  • Evaluation of equipment
  • Improvement proposals

What we are not

A Lean, Six Sigma or ISO consultancy. efce looks at your production the way an industrial engineer who has run a factory does: technically and as a business.

How we work

A systematic approach, applied hands-on.

  1. Assessment on the floor

    The current state, measured where possible: flows, times, rejects, stoppages.

  2. Where the losses are

    The few causes that account for most of the loss, and what each costs.

  3. Interventions

    Practical changes, from organisation and fixtures to automation, with cost and expected benefit, shaped to the company's size and people.

  4. Implementation

    On site, alongside your people, until the change works in daily production.

  5. Measurement

    The result is measured, and adjusted where needed.

Success in manufacturing comes from careful planning, relentless improvement and a steady focus on quality.
Nikos Efentakis
Nikos Efentakis
Founder · former CEO, DASYC SA
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You see a problem in production but not exactly where it is?

Describe what you see: costs, delays, rejects, a line that never reaches its capacity. A first visit is usually enough to tell where to look.

Complimentary first site visit & analysis Custom proposal, regardless of project scale Strict confidentiality & NDA protection