Success Stories
From the food industry to construction companies, an action-oriented approach fits every business. With results-based improvement, your improvement goals become truly achievable. Please take a look at our success stories!
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Clients and consultants on Cierpa Software
Cierpa Software makes continuous improvement attainable for every organization. One customer might focus on accident-free production, while another focuses on reducing changeover times or streamlining the production process. Our customers talk about the impressive results they have achieved with Cierpa Software.
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Everyone can start using Cierpa Software quickly
“Cierpa Software is really user-friendly, and after a short briefing, anyone at any level can use it.” Read the full interview
Cierpa Software offers what consultants need
"Cierpa listens to the market and to us, the consultants. That’s why Cierpa Software delivers what we really need." Read the full interview
Cierpa Kaizen convinces with insight in advance
"It's an absolute advantage of Cierpa Kaizen to see beforehand what a process will bring you. That will garner confidence, both within the management and on the work floor. Because only when people see the added value of a process, can you start taking the next steps.” Read the full interview
Anyone can work easily with Cierpa Software
"Cierpa Software is, above all, easy to use. From implementation to everyday use. In daily use, from work floor to management team: everybody can work with it easily.”
Problems become instantly clear with Cierpa Kaizen
"We focus strongly on knowledge on the work floor. Management may think they know a lot of things, but the people who work the process daily know precisely where the problems are. And that becomes more instantly clear with Cierpa Kaizen." Read the full interview
Cierpa OEE is an excellent tool to realize and monitor improvements!
"Where we used to focus on easy and consistent data retrieval, we are now looking for trends. We’re looking for the same malfunctions, production breaks, and quality loss. Can we detect and prevent waste? That’s where we improved with Cierpa OEE." Read the full interview
Cierpa Kaizen shows you the added value of your improvement proposals beforehand
“When there’s no insight into the added value of your improvement proposals, it’s difficult to really follow up on ideas. Cierpa Kaizen changes that.” Look at the video testimonial
Cierpa Competence guarantees the knowledge level
“Cierpa Competence makes the same training available for our employees in a low-threshold and verifiable way. As HR, we can accurately monitor the existing skills level on the work floor.” Read the full interview
Cierpa OEE is an excellent tool to realize and monitor improvements!
“Efficiency is important to us: how many fries can we get from one potato? The percentage has to be as high as possible. And if we lose time because of low machine availability or loss of quality because of a challenging harvest, we focus our improvement on that with Cierpa OEE.” Read the full interview
Cierpa Kaizen makes daily starts and daily management more effective
“In our daily starts or with daily management, Cierpa Kaizen offers many advantages. We can document problems clearly and really solve them." Read the full interview
Ending label errors with Cierpa Quality
"With Cierpa Quality, we have eliminated label errors completely. Our pallets are labeled, and each label contains a code. The forklift driver had to input the code manually. So mistakes were made on occasion, with significant consequences! Now, the label is ready in Cierpa Quality. The operator prints the label, the warehouse scans it – and the problem is eliminated."
The Kaizen app makes work easier for people on the work floor.
“The Kaizen app really makes work easier for people on the work floor. No more leaving the hall first, washing hands, typing on the computer; just take your mobile phone, take a picture, and upload it. Paper action lists and single Excel lists are a thing of the past." Read the full interview
Broaden your improvement process with Cierpa Software
"The Cierpa Suite is unique because it allows you to grow step-by-step in your improvement process. The five improvement modules can be used separately but also in conjunction. For example, you start with a module to measure a production line. Then, you can continue with a module to set up and execute an improvement action while another module secures the result. This way, you can extend your improvement process step-by-step." Read the full interview
A new way of working succeeds with Cierpa Kaizen
“Cierpa Kaizen is very easy to use. But people have to let go of their way of working, and that takes some switching. No more emailing each other, but recording everything in Kaizen. But it goes very well because people see the usefulness and importance of it. Ideas from the work floor are now visibly picked up and solved. Everyone can follow the status of an improvement action and see that their action gets results. And that motivates. This leads to a chain reaction; more ideas are submitted, and that is exactly what we want.” Read the full interview
Cierpa Suite is like a single system where you can find everything
“For a user or an operator especially, the Cierpa Suite feels like one system. Using the links, you can easily switch from one to the other without logging in again or working in a different system. From OEE, you can make a logbook entry in Kaizen. From OEE, you can go to Competence to locate your documentation. The software is essentially one big factory environment where you can find everything.” Read the full interview
65-70% of waste eliminated with Cierpa Kaizen
“Large instances of waste are spilling and leaking points on the line, hundreds of them. We turned them into improvement activities in Cierpa Kaizen. Three years later, we eliminated 65-70% of that waste." Read the full interview
Thanks to Cierpa Suite we were able to bring our production back from China
“We had 4 production lines for a certain type of product, 1 of which was in China with an external supplier and 3 with us in Middelburg. We have been able to improve and accelerate the process in Middelburg to such an extent that we have been able to bring our entire production from China back to the Netherlands. Without investing in extra equipment or extra people. We were able to beat China on cost and quality. A very long process, on which many people worked, and it is great that we have made it such a success.”
50% time saving on foil changes with Cierpa Kaizen
“We work with 28 packaging lines and 1300 foil changes per week. And the number of orders keeps growing. Two years ago, the foil changes were one of the most significant instances of waste. With Cierpa Kaizen, we could reduce the average foil change from eight to four minutes – that’s a 50% time gain!” Read the full interview
10% reduction in malfunctions through targeted maintenance, according to Cierpa Kaizen
“The percentage of malfunctions on the line was relatively high. Cierpa Kaizen led to two solutions: preventive maintenance by our technical service employees and autonomous maintenance on the line. This led to a 10% reduction in malfunctions!” Read the full interview
Cierpa Kaizen is a relief after Excel
“Cierpa Kaizen is quite a relief compared to the drama of submitting improvement proposals in Excel. For many people, submitting an improvement proposal becomes a lot easier. And it motivates them to see that their proposals are actually implemented.” Read the full interview
Cierpa Kaizen gets people involved
"Cierpa Kaizen is an ideal system. People can see that the problems they encounter are actually addressed. That motivates them and gets people involved." Read the full interview
With Cierpa Kaizen, we had our first calendar year without any work-related accidents
“By continuously improving our safety awareness and the proper activity management in Kaizen, we just had our first year without any work-related accidents. " Read the full interview
Big improvement steps with Cierpa OEE!
"Cierpa's OEE software not only helps us take big improvement steps but also calculate how much we can manufacture and how to plan it." Read the full interview
Cierpa Kaizen really works!
"We were constantly improving. There was no shortage of ideas: from high to low, everyone always had ideas about how things could be done differently. We had meetings and interesting conversations. We always started enthusiastically, using Excel to record everything - and after a while, things halted again. Implementing and securing was not our strong point. I went looking for a system that worked, a system that offered an overview and the trigger to continue. I came across Cierpa Kaizen and saw the possibilities.” Read the full interview
With Cierpa Kaizen’s results, I got everyone on board
“It was at first a little difficult to get everyone on board. Another system, don't we already have everything in place? Then, I just started with a demo. We started a new improvement process, and I started keeping track of the Cierpa Kaizen just for myself. It produced all sorts of insights. Visually, but also financially. Suddenly, I could show results. And then I got people on board. The management was immediately convinced when I could show what savings were within reach.” Read the full interview
We used to look at subpar results; now, we focus on waste
"Our focus has shifted. In the past, we focused on subpar results; now we look at waste." Read the full interview
Cierpa Kaizen clearly shows you who needs to do what and when
“Cierpa Kaizen shows you the updates, step by step. You can see all the activities going on. You no longer have to follow up on activities yourself; the software will do that for you: it shows who needs to do what and when. That is exactly what we needed to keep going." Read the full interview
With Cierpa Kaizen, we solved 60% of our improvement actions in six months!
“We started with 100 improvement actions, mostly in Production. In seven months, we have already solved 60% of them! We have also eliminated an enormous amount of waste that way, saving us both time and money. In addition, the work floor has a lot more peace and structure because the process runs smoother. The results motivate all of us.” Read the full interview
With OEE software, the outcome becomes more and more specific
"People often have a gut feeling where things go wrong during production. But a gut feeling alone isn’t enough to start improving. OEE software will give you an increasingly specific outcome." Read the full interview
Safer working thanks to the Cierpa Kaizen app
“Thanks to the Cierpa Kaizen app, we get much more reporting on dangerous situations. It's so easy to take your mobile, take a picture of that nail lying on the floor, and add a line; it's almost like sending an app message." Read the interview
Perfect traceability with Cierpa Quality
"Traceability in Cierpa Quality is quite comprehensive as well. You can monitor the quality process from A to Z, and with a simple click, you can show the customer the results. The customer wants to see the audits from up to six months ago? No problem.”
Less consulting and more efficient working thanks to Cierpa Kaizen
“We previously had weekly complaints meetings with different ways of reporting. Now, we have a consultation once every two weeks. I start Cierpa Kaizen, and we run through all the actions in the do phase. People also receive an email every Monday with an overview of the open actions. It just works because everyone knows what to do. Instead of doing a 90-minute consultation, we are now done in half an hour; everything has been addressed, also because everyone has done their actions." Read the full interview
Improving manufacturing processes and company processes with Cierpa Kaizen
“Previously, we used action and shortfall lists from various meetings with different Excel and Word documents. With Cierpa Kaizen, you get a centralized overview. So you can improve not only your production processes but also your business processes. You don’t have to focus on immediate solutions alone because there is space for preventive actions as well.” Read the full interview
Cierpa OEE offers much more insight than those hard copies packed with data
“Cierpa OEE offers a lot of insight into our savings potential, malfunctions, and downtime. It also provides terrific possibilities for analysis. We used to have hard copies packed with data. But you can't analyze on paper. So we kept those files for five years and then threw them out. Now, we have all the improvement analyses we need at the push of a button. This makes specific improvements attainable. For example, we have halved the changeover times of some of our lines. That's some serious cost saving!" Read the full interview
I trained my colleagues in Cierpa OEE
“We started with Cierpa OEE in Oss. Cierpa trained me as a trainer there. I know the software, have the overall picture, and provide management with all necessary information. But we also need eyes and hands on the work floor and other plants. We don't want to depend on external consultants; we prefer lower costs and knowledge within the organization. That is why I started to train our own ambassadors. This train-the-trainer approach keeps us independent and keeps cost down." Read the full interview
We choose Cierpa OEE again
“We were looking for good OEE software. Not only did 3 out of 5 decision-makers already have positive experiences with Cierpa's software at other employers, but the overall picture was also right: ease of use, manageable costs – and simply a good story.”
We use Cierpa OEE at three locations, together and separately.
“Our different branches are separate entities in practice. So when you log in, you can see three separate locations with everyone's own branches. However, each location has the same software set-up and the same parameters inside the reports. That makes comparing or combining location reports into a comprehensive overall management report easy.” Read the full interview
Thanks to Cierpa OEE, things can be done differently
"Things that “could not be done differently” for years can be done differently after all." Read the full interview
Cierpa OEE gives insight into your changeover time
“OEE gave us insight. Now, we can clearly see how much production time is actually lost on a production line changeover. In the old days, we saw a 40% stagnation on the lines. Now we see that half of it is caused by changeover. Retooling cost us twice the amount of time we thought it did. It turned out to be our biggest source of waste.” Read the full interview
With Cierpa OEE, you discover the real cause of your loss
"With Cierpa OEE, we discovered that the biggest losses on our line were caused by a planning issue, not by technical issues like we always thought. That was an important step towards the solution.” Read the full interview
With Cierpa OEE we know where the losses are
“Cierpa OEE measures the input of the line. A real-time sensor tracks whether the dough balls pass at the correct speed. If so, the process is in production. If not, there is a short break in production, a changeover, or downtime somewhere along the line. In that case, the operator receives a notification and has to explain the standstill. The advantage of OEE is that it provides insight into the biggest instances of waste, so we know where to look and which dials to turn. That saves a lot of time. Before we started using OEE measurements, we had no insight into the location of our losses, but we do now.” Read the full interview
With Cierpa OEE we focus on loss deployment
“We use improvement teams in all areas within the organization. We use the CIERPA OEE data to focus on loss deployment. The Pareto analysis shows us the most significant instances of loss of the previous month, and we then form a Kaizen team. A team leader, an operator, a technician, a staff member: we go to the root of the problem and involve all necessary parties to solve it. “ Read the full interview
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