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Behind the Scenes
Bucher Municipal

Part 1: Advancing Development & Performance

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Impact of the transformation

The Lean transformation at Bucher Municipal delivered significant improvements, both operationally and culturally:

• +42% increase in productivity
• -35% reduction in quality errors
• -30% reduction in stock scrap

Beyond the numbers, the transformation also had a deep cultural impact. The organization saw clear improvements in on-time delivery and greater process discipline on the shop floor. Cross-functional collaboration and knowledge transfer were significantly strengthened, enabling teams to work more cohesively and share best practices. Employees became more engaged, showing a stronger sense of ownership over performance outcomes. Finally, the successful rollout of Lean routines across multiple assembly lines helped embed a continuous improvement mindset throughout operations.

Building for the long term

Bucher Municipal is now focused on scaling and sustaining the gains. The next phase of the journey is to embed continuous improvement as part of daily work — not as a separate initiative, but as a shared way of thinking, acting, and evolving.

“We want our employees to recognize what adds value — for internal and external customers. To keep improving, sustaining those improvements, and always looking for the next step.” – Andrew Connor, Operations Director

By reinforcing standardization, autonomy, and a problem-solving culture, the company is building a system for long-term operational excellence — powered by people.