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The context
The challenge
Global effort
Scaling up
Impact
Optimization
Workers from Spirit AeroSystems joined Vyaire’s team to boost production. All they needed next were parts. But the devices comprise hundreds of components from dozens of suppliers worldwide.
1. The context
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Rising to the challenge
Managing the ventilator supply chain during the pandemic
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2. The challenge
During the pandemic, suppliers struggled with extraordinary demand from the medical-device industry and elsewhere.
3. Global effort
Around the clock, Vyaire and McKinsey teams worked directly with suppliers to clear bottlenecks and avoid delays.
4. Optimization
In one case, teams traveled to a supplier, mapped their entire process flow, and installed IoT sensors to measure and improve efficiency…all in a single day.
5. Scaling up
The supply-chain efforts paid off. Typical production rates were 5 to 7 units a day. At its peak, Vyaire’s most productive line hit 600 units a day.
6. The results
Start over
Ultimately, Vyaire was able to ramp production from approximately 500 in 12 weeks to 19,000 in the same period of time (~38X as much).
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