LEHI, Utah, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Purple Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRPL) ("Purple"), the leader in comfort innovation and the creator of the renowned Purple® Mattress, has experienced high demand and growth while achieving measurable improvements in their maintenance and production processes. The improvements have garnered Purple the 2020 Operational Excellence and Manufacturing Innovation award given by L2L.
Purple hired L2L to deploy their Lean Execution System (LES) platform that could scale with Purple's growth and allow both leadership and the workforce to have a real-time pulse on plant floor operations.
Purple started using the LES platform to manage maintenance, and then expanded its use to the production process. The platform was implemented in weeks instead of months due to the increasing demand for Purple's proprietary comfort products, including mattresses, pillows, and seat cushions.
The 22-month improvement metrics from Purple's use of L2L's technology includes:
- 52% reduction in equipment failures
- 45% reduction in equipment downtime
- 1400% increase in completed preventive maintenance events
- 42% increase in on-time completion of preventive maintenance events
"The system has given our employees the tools to see the highest impact opportunities for improvement and a way to visually see the impact of actions taken to address them," said Andrew Clarke, Purple's VP of Engineering & Manufacturing.
As Purple addressed how to scale manufacturing operations, the organization sought to change their process. Instead of implementing homegrown processes, Purple's leadership team chose to leverage industry best practices so their production facilities would be as innovative as their products. The company was growing fast, and they needed their plant floor to match that speed.
"Purple is a fantastic example of what smart, effective manufacturing will look like in the future," said Keith Barr, CEO of L2L. "This is an example of a 21st century approach to manufacturing that will push the industry forward and, ultimately, make it more competitive."
To learn more about Purple's operational success, read the full case study here on L2L.com.
About Purple
Purple is a digitally-native vertical brand with a mission to help people feel and live better through innovative comfort solutions. We design and manufacture a variety of innovative, premium, branded comfort products, including mattresses, pillows, cushions, frames, sheets and more. Our products are the result of over 25 years of innovation and investment in proprietary and patented comfort technologies and the development of our own manufacturing processes. Our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer® gel technology underpins many of our comfort products and provides a range of benefits that differentiate our offerings from other competitors' products. We market and sell our products through our direct-to-consumer online channels, traditional retail partners, third-party online retailers and our owned retail showrooms. For more information on Purple, visit purple.com.
About Leading2Lean (L2L)
Founded in 2010, L2L provides a Lean Execution System software platform for manufacturers. It has integrated and easy-to-use lean tools that allow operators and managers to use real-time data to reveal and solve root cause problems that cause metric misses, all while creating a sustainable plant floor culture of continuous improvement. For more information, visit http://www.L2L.com.
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