Case Study: Royal Dutch Gazelle reduces downtime by 35% with Workerbase

Royal Dutch Gazelle reduces downtime by 35% with Workerbase

Royal Dutch Gazelle, a leading Dutch bicycle manufacturer, faced a challenge with unrecorded and unexplained downtime on its assembly belt, which hindered production and lacked transparency. The company approached vendor Workerbase to implement a digital solution to track and analyze the root causes of these stoppages.

Workerbase implemented a Digital Andon system connected to the assembly belt, which prompted operators to record stoppage reasons and alerted support staff via smartwatches. This solution provided centralized data analytics, enabling Gazelle to identify trends and take preventive action. As a result, Gazelle reduced production downtime by 35% and increased its output by an extra 3,500 bikes per year, with the Workerbase platform amortizing its cost in less than three months.

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