The Corona virus crisis has brough an unexpected management situation to the majority of production companies. Ho to deal with this new situation? This crisis is very different from all the other we have ever experienced. The proven methods from the past are simply not relevant anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, there are similarities and lessons learned, that could be used today. 4 experienced interim managers we have discussed and shared their experience and observations with our EIM Community.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″ width=”100%” custom_padding=”|2%||2%|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_team_member name=”Jan Przepi\u00f3ra” position=”Operations Management” image_url=”https:\/\/www.eim.com\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/Jan-Big-11-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.4.5″]
Industry: <\/b><\/p>\n Projects: <\/b><\/p>\n Industries: Projects:<\/b><\/p>\n Industry: <\/b><\/p>\n Projects:<\/b><\/p>\n Industry: <\/b><\/p>\n Projects:<\/b><\/p>\n Coronavirus and preparation for daily operation<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.5″ text_font_size=”16px”] People<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.5″ text_font_size=”16px”] Production and Technical area<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.5″ text_font_size=”16px”] Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.5″ 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team<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Threat of financial liquidity loss<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \u00a0Solution:<\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Adjusting plant costs to much smaller sales<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Consideration of change to reduced time contracts (big risk)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Determining minimal number of operators to run all processes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Signifficant downsizing in headcount (30 – 40%, direct, indirect)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Open communication in plant – redundancy agreement in 2 days<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Work organisation changes necessary after redundancy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Some layout changes in workshop, e.g. 1 person runs 2 machines<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Employee motivation revived – e.g. engaging them in the changes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Electricity saving routines, offal reduction, less rented forklifts…<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Comunication, communication, communication…<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.5″ header_2_text_color=”#002c3e”] Source of the crisis<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n Raw material price increase<\/p>\n New situation in the plant<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n Negative financial result<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \u00a0Specifics : <\/b><\/p>\n High dependency on manual labor<\/p>\n Solution :<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Hire more employees and work slower<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Source of the crisis<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Unexpected loss of 50% orders – for longer time<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Solution:<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0Definition of a immediate survival plan<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.5″ header_2_text_color=”#002c3e”] Source of the crisis<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n Unusual order distribution during the year with idle machine time up to 30%.<\/p>\n Solution :<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Full reorganization of the production process and rework of the factory layout<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Understand and acknowledge that you are in a crisis situation.<\/span><\/p>\n Declare “State of emergency” status<\/p>\n Set-up a crisis team with a clear leader<\/p>\n Define an action plan<\/p>\n Structure and document all anti-crisis activities<\/p>\n Develop and consider several scenarios<\/p>\n Set-up and monitor strictly KPI’s<\/p>\n Involve actively your suppliers, customers and employees<\/p>\n Communicate, communicate, communicate<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Quote Section” _builder_version=”4.4.6″ background_color=”#002c3e” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”#002c3e” background_color_gradient_end=”#E09900″ background_color_gradient_direction=”105deg” background_color_gradient_start_position=”52%” background_color_gradient_end_position=”0%” background_enable_image=”off” custom_margin=”||||false|false” 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Best practices from the crisis interim managers<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ prev_background_color=”#002c3e” _builder_version=”4.4.5″ background_enable_image=”off” top_divider_style=”slant”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.5″ width=”100%” custom_padding=”5%||||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.5″ text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#002c3e” text_font_size=”16px”]
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