Industrial Machinery: Specialty Equipment – SIOP-Led Transformation to Improve On-Time Delivery and Execution Discipline

A global specialty machinery manufacturer was facing persistent on-time delivery challenges at one of its largest manufacturing sites. Capacity constraints and reactive expediting were driving growing past-due backlog and execution volatility.
our impact

+25%

improvement in on-time deliveries (<4 months)

23-day

reduction in weighted average past-due age

The story

Despite strong demand, the site lacked a structured planning and execution rhythm. Decisions were driven by firefighting rather than trade-off clarity across demand, supply, and inventory. Ayna partnered with the supply-chain leadership team to reset the operating cadence—shifting the site from reactive expediting to planner-led, weekly execution.

The transformation focused on establishing discipline first, then enabling it with fit-for-purpose tools. Within months, delivery performance improved materially, and execution stability replaced ad hoc prioritization.

Our Approach
  • Established a structured SIOP cadence to balance demand, supply, and inventory
  • Shifted the site from reactive expediting to weekly, planner-led execution
  • Deployed parts analytics to improve inventory visibility and clear-to-build decisions
  • Introduction of schedule adherence tracking and past-due burndown routines
  • Built and embedded planning, prioritization, and tracking tools within the supply-chain team
the result

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