Libra Europe Consulting work with client organisations from all sectors from blue chip to SME’s. The common bond between our clients is a desire to improve and for this to be achieved through engaging and empowering their employees and stakeholders.
Critical data sharing across supply Base
As part of a program delivering £63 million of improvements in availability and product waste. Libra worked with 230 suppliers and 300 J Sainsbury colleagues in designing and installing a critical KPI tool to manage forecasting information in order to raise product availability whilst reducing waste.○
9 Performance Improvement Projects across 12 years.
Libra has aided the growth of Samworth Brothers through a series performance improvement projects. These projects, targeted at individual group businesses at critical points in their development curves facilitating 12 years of unprecedented growth.
Category Profit Performance
Working with ASDA and the ready meals category captains Libra Europe developed a self sustaining system to manage product availability and waste.
Availability rose by 15% and waste reduced by 40% improving significantly category profitability.
Basic Lean Manufacturing Strategies
Using a pragmatic lean manufacturing approach Libra engaged with the manufacturing team at all levels. The implementation of key cultural changes allowed the delivery of 25% improvement in OEE, a reduction of 20% in Waste and 19% in downtime.
Food Range Introduction
Libra worked alongside the in house team to introduce “Food to Go” across the 350 UK Wilkinson stores. Libra designed and managed the implementation process including asset purchasing, staff training and range profit management.
Lean Supply Chain
Libra worked alongside the team at the Mack Multiples Division of Fresca Group. The project allowed the delivery of “Lean” management processes across the business significantly reducing headcount whilst improving quality.
The project addressed long standing cultural barriers in existence within the business, breaking down silo mentalities and fostering a collaborative working environment across business units
Front Line Management Academy
Development and delivery of a management academy for the Glenmorangie bottling plant to support the drive for industry leading quality, consistency and productivity.
Working alongside the local management team, operators and Glenmorangie exec, Libra have designed and developed a suite of line management training materials which will be delivered over the coming months. A train the trainer approach is being deployed, with local line management taking an active role in the development and deployment of training materials that will be rolled out across the business. These materials are being delivered in both a classroom and on-the-job environment where the theory will be put into practice.
The academy is being developed to match the industry leading facilities in Livingstone and will be supported through 2013 by the Libra team and appropriate systems and process developments to underpin the changes made.
CCG Authorisation & Organisational Design
Libra worked with the developing incoming Accountable Officer for the Fareham & Gosport and South East Hampshire CCG cluster to develop governance, business process and organisation structures. This work directly contributed to the submission for CCG authorisation by the 2 commissioning groups
Small Business Support Programmes
Working alongside state funded agencies, Libra have worked with around 20 SME & family owned business in Ireland developing product costing templates, training and support to managers.
Comprising workshops, site visits and remote support, Libra have helped businesses in the scheme to become more cost aware, drive lean programmes and provided mentoring support to business owners and leaders
Restructure BBC Future Media & Technology (FM&T)
Created a structure for FM&T that would support a pan-BBC technology portfolio aligning content and on-demand strategies. The scope included developing and delivering solutions to help the BBC drive Digital Britain, using technology to achieve its transformation and on-demand strategies and driving cost savings through centralisation of technology, its procurement and application to simplify business processes
Change Capability, OD Support
Working with directors and managers across Westminster City Council to integrate outcomes of the ‘Work Smart’ programme.
Change capability was developed through facilitation of collaborative working across disciplines, prioritisation of change, the provision of practical expertise and support to deal with behavioural change challenges and the coaching & mentoring of key staff.
Provision of Due Diligence Services
The Libra team have provided due diligence support to Endless LLP among other organisations in support of the purchasing process for food groups
Leadership Training
Created a bespoke residential training programme focused on motivating and leading teams to increased levels of performance and productivity. Central to the outputs were the ability to communicate their vision more effectively, appealing to the different motivations and preferences of individual members of their team and how to bind the team together in pursuit of the bank’s goals.
Product sales rose; chronic sickness and absenteeism fell; managers stopped asking for more resources and managers became local advocates for the change programme.
Business wide KPI reporting suite Warehousing, Distribution & Transport cost improvement
Libra worked alongside the European management team to install a complete KPI reporting suite which allowed direct comparison across all operations.
Libra worked with eight local management teams to address performance issues identified through the KPI suite.
Pick error elimination and productivity improvement.
Libra worked alongside management and staff at both the distribution and manufacturing centres to install a revised system that minimised picking errors and raised productivity across the chain.
Business Profit Improvement
Libra worked with the management team to identify the key profit opportunities across a complex multiuser warehouse and distribution operation.
We created the plan to address commercial, productivity and organisational issues in order to return this complex operation to acceptable performance
Business wide KPI reporting suite Warehousing, Distribution & Transport cost improvement
Libra worked with Marketing NPD Production and distribution teams to optimise. Case Fill, Pallet Fill, Load Density and Storage density eliminating over 1000 truck journeys.
UK wide contract Implementation.
Libra worked with the management team to design and implement the organisation structure and asset base necessary to enable implementation of a UK wide food distribution solution for the NHS.
Global Supply Chain Realignment
Libra worked with manager at WIBDECO and Geest to realign activities in ripening, purchasing, transport and shipping from the wet indies through to the retailers RDC’s.
This resulted in a cost saving equivalent to 9% of group turnover and established the business as the primary fairtrade banana supplier to J Sainsbury’s.