Challenge/Solution Case Studies

After EFI Group involvement, a major sugar refinery increased packaging output by approximately 10%, exceeding their original goal and allowed them to add a new customer.

The increase was achieved in a short time frame and did not require capital investments.

Equipment reliability has remained high and the client continues to implement items from EFI Group’s recommendation list.

EFI Group established a basis for immediate and future energy cost reduction actions for the client by linking specific processes to their respective utility costs, enabling utility costs to be treated as a controllable operational budget item versus a relatively uncontrollable fixed budget item.

After performing analysis on sales data and marketing projections, EFI Group coupled tube-making and printing equipment to simplify the overall manufacturing process. Additionally, EFI Group redesigned the layout, connecting the tube-making and printing operations.

The solution reduced space requirements for WIP and finished goods inventory, freeing space for additional screen-printing equipment to support the plant’s fastest growing and most profitable products.

EFI Group also analyzed production processes and sales and marketing data and recommended work process changes that would increase efficiency.

EFI Group proved that city meters were reading high, prompting the city to install a new meter to correct the problem. As a result, the client recovered over $700,000 in refunded fees from the city for past water bills.

Per EFI Group’s layouts, five new packaging lines, along with their associated sugar feed systems and support structures, were successfully built and installed. These lines continue to operate in a reliable manner at the specified production rates.