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Once a leading industry in Germany, shoe manufacturers have been shifting their production to low-wage countries for more than 50 years.

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Yet some companies continue to rely on Made in Germany—especially when it comes to premium footwear and top-tier quality. This is where MTM comes into play:
With our methodology, we create full transparency and measurable efficiency gains by precisely optimizing the interaction between humans and machines.

Focus areas include:
✅ Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
✅ Bottleneck analysis
✅ Line balancing & takt leveling
✅ Method optimization & training

All of this is clearly visualized using the Takt module of the leading software solution TiCon. The result: higher efficiency, full transparency, and sustainable value creation—right here in Germany!

Bottleneck Optimization and Line Balancing with TiCon Takt

Initial Situation

  • Work systems with semi-automated, rigidly linked rotary indexing tables and upstream/downstream manual workstations

  • Bottleneck in the injection molding area

  • High equipment downtime due to organizational and operator-related factors

  • Required increase in output

  • Need for output-optimized workforce deployment

Solution

  • OEE analysis (individual and overall)

  • MTM-UAS® and value-added analyses

  • Process and bottleneck analysis

  • As-is line balancing using TiCon

  • Process optimization and redesign of manual workstations

  • Target line balancing with TiCon

  • Measures to improve OEE

Results

  • Employee productivity increased by 45%

  • Training time reduced by 50% thanks to the new division of labor

  • ROI achieved within 6 months

Are you interested in how your company can benefit from MTM?
Contact: ralf.jaehnke@mtm.org