USG cost-cutting pays off as profits rise
By Myles McCormick
Published: Friday, 05 February 2016
The manufacturer of gypsum-based construction materials has implemented a Lean Six Sigma efficiency strategy, which boosted performance in 2015, notably in Q4.
US-based supplier of gypsum products, USG
Corp., lauded the success of measures implemented to reduce
costs as it increased its adjusted EBITDA* to $609m in 2015,
the highest level since 2006.
The company has been implementing a "Lean Six Sigma"
efficiency programme, which allowed it to reduce its selling,
general and...