Automotive Shutdowns: Leave Nothing to Chance this Winter

In the automotive industry, winter shutdowns are a pivotal time for facility upgrades, maintenance, and optimizing production workflows. But they also bring added complexity, compared to summer months, since cold weather increases safety and operational risk.

Despite the challenges, operations and facilities specialists still must navigate open-to-close and close-to-open transitions seamlessly to remain on schedule. Any unplanned setbacks could significantly impact the bottom line and open the door for competitors to take advantage.

As a leading facility services partner in the automotive industry, SBM leaves nothing to chance during winter shutdowns, exceeding efficiency plans from start-to-finish.

Exceeding Winter Shutdown Plans with SBM

Preparation Requirements: The quality of preparation before winter shutdowns can make or break their success. At SBM, we prioritize this from the beginning with a combination of services that eliminate room for error. This includes pre-shutdown inspections and taking inventory of every requirement critical to operational excellence. From there, we accurately present key findings and fast-track next steps geared for impact.

Operational Efficiency: Every automaker faces unique challenges and has different shutdown objectives that demand custom strategies. By conducting thorough assessments and leveraging client insights, we optimize performance indicators to deliver on operational priorities. Whether it’s enhancing safety and quality, instituting cost savings, or driving efficiency, SBM shutdown services consistently exceed expectation.

Process Optimization: Nothing ensures winter shutdown goals are met on time and on budget more than proven processes. From coordinating cleaning and maintenance to implementing safety enhancements and managing vendor relationships, our streamlined workflows achieve the highest standard in the least amount of time. The benefit for clients is never having to worry about wasting time or money on tasks that aren’t optimized.

Rapid Delivery: Delivering on schedule during shutdowns is crucial to getting operations up and running again. SBM associates know this better than anyone and have been trained in agile service delivery to avoid potential disruptions. They also execute best practices for documenting progress, providing status updates, and expediting time-sensitive requests. The results can be seen across more than 80 automotive sites currently on track this winter.

Winter Shutdown Excellence from Start-to-Finish

Winter automotive shutdowns are critical to improving operations for production to proceed as planned. Any disruption or delay, however, allows competitors to take advantage and impacts the bottom line. To ensure optimized shutdown plans are delivered on schedule, comprehensive services that leave nothing to chance remains the most effective approach for automakers.

At SBM, we’ve perfected exact processes geared for excellence and industry-leading results from start-to-finish. Plus, getting started is simple. Just click here to fill out our form, and one of our specialists will be in touch with you shortly.