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20% FactoryProductivity Increase

Continental Stairs

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The wins for Continental Stairs

20%
Factory productivity increase (year 1)
Year-on-year
Compounding gains
Floor-led
Staff manage their own times

Continental Stairs saw an immediate 20% productivity lift in their first year — by handing their floor staff the reporting tools to manage their own times and bring jobs in on budget.

A culture of transparency

Continental Stairs gave factory staff the reporting tools to manage their own times and bring jobs in on budget — creating a culture of transparency and efficiency from the floor up.

20% lift in year one

That visibility delivered an immediate 20% increase in factory productivity within their first year of implementation.

Compounding year-on-year

As management has used Empower's reporting features more comprehensively over the years, they have continued to see incremental increases in total workshop performance.

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20–40%
Productivity increase

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