Deproliferation

Deproliferation is like getting a hair cut.
You have to do it from time to time.

Each product range tends to proliferate. Sales commits to special customer demands, new products are introduced without eliminating the predecessors, engineering changes lead to new releases and so on. You have to challenge the performance of each product line form time to time. Do they meet the expectations? Does anybody look at all to underperforming products? Always remember: Sales will ask for more, sales will indicate what is missing. Sales will never come up with proposals to drop a product line or to eliminate product. CIM Aachen will carry out the necessary analysis to indentify complexity drivers on the product level.

Even if you take the product range for granted there is much to be done to cut complexity, as the product structure influences nearly all dimensions of your company. A smart product structure will help to reduce the number of bill of materials as well as process plans, it will help to cut complexity on the plant level and will help to reduce inventory both in terms of raw material and finished parts.

That is why it is so important to start to cut complexity on all levels involved in product generation. The initiative has to start in sales, product development and engineering.

Our service include:

• Deproliferation of product range
• Smart product structure
• Classification schemes
• Standardization
• Value Analysis