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Manufacturing Case Studies

Railway Systems Lean Manufacturing

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Passenger Train Refurbishment Acceleration

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Passenger Train Manufacturing Governance

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Rail Sleeper Manufacturing Acceleration

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INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

ORBIZ provides technical and project management expertise to embed Lean principles into developing greenfield and brownfield manufacturing facilities to ensure optimal flow, process control, and logistics.

Support is provided throughout the project lifecycle, including facility design, plant and equipment specifications, sourcing options, and system definition, ensuring operational excellence.

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DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE

ORBIZ collaborates with product and manufacturing process design teams to provide technical and project management expertise to simplify and optimise product design.

We fuse design requirements with manufacturing methods to challenge and balance product specification with production process efficiency to minimise cost through operational excellence.

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

ORBIZ designs and develops production management systems inspired by industry-leading manufacturers to plan, coordinate, and control the end-to-end manufacturing process from raw materials to finished products.

Best practice principles and tools are deployed to create a fully synchronised Lean system that delivers world-class safety, quality, delivery, and cost outcomes.

ASSET MANAGEMENT

ORBIZ provides technical expertise to implement Lean maintenance principles that transform asset performance by maximising reliability, availability, and run rates to create a competitive advantage.

Our team specialises in developing asset management plans with a zero-breakdown mindset to optimise asset efficiency and reduce the total cost of ownership.

COST OPTIMISATION

ORBIZ facilitates value stream analysis to identify, quantify, and validate cost optimisation opportunities by streamlining end-to-end manufacturing processes.

Our team specialises in waste identification through value engineering and process analysis to develop actionable plans to achieve the lowest manufacturing cost with support from study to implementation to deliver sustainable outcomes.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY:

ORBIZ provide expert hands-on support to our front-line leaders, helping to set up production systems and coach the behaviours necessary to get the best real world outcomes.

Adam Williams, EGM - Rolling Stock, KiwiRail

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY:

The systems introduced by ORBIZ have increased transparency, performance and accountability across the project.

Stephen Kakavas, EGM Rail & Transit Systems, Downer

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY:

ORBIZ are quickly able to interpret the client needs and build a flexible plan to deliver on expectations without fuss.

Andy Ibbitson, General Manager Strategy and Business Improvement, BGC Contracting

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY:

The standout achievement was aligning a multi-disciplined team into a single coherent common language and common method for identifying, reporting and actioning issues and opportunities.

Brett Summers, Delivery Operations Director, Level Crossing Removal Project

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY:

ORBIZ helped the workforce to not only understand the process of lifting the performance of the mine to its full potential, but also how to continue running the mine in a way to maintain this standard.

Andrew Millar, General Manager, Mungari Operation, Evolution Mining

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY:

The successful implementation of LEAN principles and the roll-out of associated projects has driven significant cost savings and efficiency improvements that have benefited the business.

Simon Young, Operations Improvement Manager, PanAust

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