A programme helping organisations across Wales deliver productivity improvements and reduce waste in conjunction with Toyota has seen a number of major companies report savings of £1 million each.
The Toyota Lean Clusters Programme offers world class assistance to businesses in Wales that want to make sustainable improvements in competitiveness.
It works to embed the principles of Toyota’s production philosophy, regarded as a benchmark for manufacturing efficiency best practice world-wide, to optimise business operations.
As a direct result of participation in the programme, Tata, Airflo and others have all recently reported savings of £1 million each, while Blackwood business Seda increased its production of cups by 200,000 a day.
Another company to have benefited is Port Talbot manufacturer British Rototherm Group. It has reported a 77% reduction in machinery breakdowns, a 50% reduction in defects, and a 300% increase in capacity.
The Toyota Lean Clusters Programme has now received a further £800,000 in funding from Welsh Government, to extend the initiative to 2029.
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