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6x TotalProduction Growth

Makaira Boats

At a glance

The wins for Makaira Boats

6x
Total production growth
Lower
Non-value-added labour
Live
Workshop displays

Workshop displays paired with Empower let Makaira reshape their production line and cut non-value-added labour — driving a six-fold lift in total production.

From a workshop to a production line

Makaira Boats invested in large workshop displays so every team could see, in real time, what the floor was working on and where time was going. Empower fed those displays.

Cutting the unseen waste

Most workshops bleed time to chase-ups, hand-offs, and rework — labour that doesn't add value but eats hours. Makaira systematically cut it.

Six times the output

The compounding effect of better data, sharper procedures, and a transparent floor lifted Makaira's total production to six times what it had been — without an equivalent expansion of overhead.

Zero Risk Software

Our Productivity Guarantee

You see gains like Makaira Boats's in your first year — or we provide unlimited support, free of charge, until you do.

20–40%
Productivity increase

Faster jobs, greater workshop output — with the same overheads.

$5–$15k
Saved per month

Stop losing money to manual tracking and hidden inefficiencies.

7 days
To go live

Get Empower working on your floor in under a week.

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