Our customer, a mechanical engineering company with a large vertical range of manufacture and several locations, was faced with the challenge of optimizing the high procurement costs for cutting tools. Procurement was decentralized, which led to inefficient processes and higher costs.
The main aim was to reduce costs, bundle the requirements of all sites and improve production costs and machine running times. We were able to reduce overall costs by 8.3% and cut cycle times by 19%, while maintaining the same tool life.