MTU MAINTENANCE was founded in Hannover in 1979 as a subsidiary of Germany’s leading engine manufacturer, MTU Aero Engines. Over the years, the company has evolved into the world’s largest independent provider of commercial engine maintenance services. MTU Maintenance’s comprehensive range of services includes engine leasing, 24-hour AOG service, Total Engine Car and personnel training. MALORG Consulting carried out production logistics and inventory planning for the company.
Success stories
Production logistics and warehouse planning
31. May 2022, Reading time: 1 min 56 second
The task
- Bottlenecks in logistics and order processing due to growth
- Consulting and planning with regard to logistics processes
- Goal: Design processes more effectively to realize shorter lead times and minimize process costs
- Consideration of lean management requirements to ensure process reliability and lean workflows
- Logistics planning as a basis for decision-making for the Board of Management to determine the future logistics strategy
The procedure
- Visual representation of the current situation on the basis of the ACTUAL survey
- Analysis of potentials
- Definition of target scenario in future workshops incl. derivation of target concept
- Implementation of the warehouse planning by MALORG Consulting
The result
- Provision of goods in an optimized environment according to the pull principle
- Realization flowline concept
- Development of staging carts to reduce process times