We wouldn’t have been able to get there without T&T Suiko. The whole organisation has been on an incredible journey and T&T Suiko has been at the vanguard of that.
Mark Chesworth, Managing Director, Vivergo Fuels
Client’s requirements
Vivergo Fuels, is one of Europe’s biggest bioethanol producers and the UK’s largest single-source supplier of animal-feed. Founded in 2007, the plant is an ambitious and groundbreaking joint venture between AB Sugar, BP and DuPont.
The 25-acre plant started production in December 2012. Affected by a number of design and commissioning issues, in year 1 it made a significant loss. Struggling to achieve design speed; led to lower than expected output volumes.
With a dynamic new MD freshly on board T&T Suiko were appointed to help meet a single minded objective – for the plant to achieve design capacity within 12 months.
Our contribution
T&T Suiko were swift to provide an in-depth situation-analysis and solutions-based approach, through the deployment of tried and tested methodologies in 4 primary areas of the business:
- Governance 2. Financial Control 3. CI & Problem Solving 4. Vivergo Way / Business planning
- T&T Suiko Why™ – the compelling business reason to change – profitable growth, control costs, generate extra profits, maximise cash
- T&T Suiko What™ – the practices (tools/ behaviours) – developed in a structured way through 5 Suiko Levels
- T&T Suiko How™ – (the enablers/ accelerate/ sustain change) – structured framework, tools/ behaviours to make-it-happen
A series of work-streams were developed to drive the plan with the appropriate team leaders.
Utilising simple, binary visual measures such as the traffic-light system across the business ensured 100% clarity on actions and outcomes.
Making the difference
Our disciplined approach, focused heavily on optimising skills and expertise within the organisation, creating a clear environment for positive growth.
Huge ‘visible’ performance inroads were achieved in a very short space of time. Within 7 months, the action teams reported significant results with major improvements gained in operational output:
- Operational output volumes doubled
- CIP action team reported £2m cost avoidance outcome /reduced steam costs of £100k per month
- Dryer availability increased by 15% in 4 months
- Financial-control framework in place – reduced month-end processing time by 25%
- 80% of workforce trained in 5-Step Problem Solving
- Company-wide bi-weekly governance meetings
- Vivergo Way /management system
- Increased staff morale
- Design capacity performance targets met within 12 months, in line with overall client objective
- T&T Suiko’s partnership with Vivergo was recognised by the Management Consultancies Association (MCA), and the project was awarded the prestigious ‘Performance Improvement in the Private Sector’ award in 2015
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