Project Navigator
Driving Operational Excellence for a Global Conglomerate.
Overview: The Navico Group, formerly Navico, is a global leader in marine and mobile electronics, operating 18 leading brands across these industries. Navico engaged OpsClinic to enhance operational efficiency and unlock new opportunities for growth. Operating leading brands like Lowrance, Simrad, and B&G, Navico has been at the forefront of innovation in recreational and commercial marine markets. As a company born from mergers and acquisitions, Navico successfully integrated seven brands into three and six factories into one, all while building a unified technology platform. Navico’s ambitious pace of launching one new product every 20 days underscores its commitment to innovation and year-over-year revenue growth.
Key Challenges:
Operational Excellence: Unlike many firms that seek help during crises, Navico approached OpsClinic proactively to identify improvement opportunities.
Logistics Optimization: Focused on enhancing the North American logistics footprint, including a factory in Ensenada, Mexico.
Strategic Resource Allocation: Sought guidance on where to invest resources to maximize operational efficiencies.
Key Solutions:
Conducted a comprehensive operational assessment of Navico’s structure, addressing stakeholder interdependencies across the supply chain.
Evaluated critical areas, including business fit, customer service performance, logistics provider effectiveness, organizational culture, management competency, and cost competitiveness of U.S. logistics operations.
Leveraged robust operational benchmarking frameworks and quantitative methods to ensure a thorough evaluation.
Key Achievements:
Delivered a detailed improvement-recommendation roadmap, aligning resources with strategic goals.
Identified the Sales & Operations Planning function as a key area for improvement, leading to impactful changes.
Provided actionable deliverables, including:
Organizational assessment.
Evaluation of customer-facing performance.
Risk assessment with immediate mitigation proposals.
Analysis of logistics footprint efficiency.
Results: OpsClinic’s intervention enabled Navico Group to streamline and improve its operations and optimize resource allocation, resulting in enhanced operational efficiencies and better alignment with strategic objectives. The project reinforced Navico Group’s position as an industry innovator and set the foundation for continued growth and success.
Project Navigator exemplifies OpsClinic’s ability to partner with industry leaders in identifying and executing strategic operational improvements. By delivering actionable insights and practical solutions, we empower our clients to achieve long-term success in dynamic, competitive markets.