The factory & shop-floor workforce — 37,271 employees by cluster: capacity utilization, right-first-time and skilling, and the capacity already paid for but sitting idle.
The workforce runs at 84% capacity utilization vs a 93% target — 9 points of already-paid capacity sitting idle, worth ~SEK 785 M of throughput with zero new lines. The idle capacity is concentrated where the Americas footprint consolidation and the Vertevo separation transfers are still in motion; closing it converts straight to margin.
3 of 3 headline metrics improving vs prior · still off target: Factory Uptime / OEE (weighted) 84.0% vs 90.0%
Americas factories & logistics runs lowest at 82% utilization with 180 open reqs and 85% skilled — the thinnest bench and the biggest idle slice.
~9 points of idle, already-paid capacity across 37,271 employees — running it adds ~SEK 785 M of throughput with no new lines.
The workforce is a largely fixed cost whether or not the lines run full. At 84% capacity utilization vs a 93% target, several points of already-paid capacity sit idle — the single biggest operational lever after pricing, and it's concentrated where the Americas footprint consolidation and the Vertevo separation transfers are still in motion. Headcount is down −3.8% to 37,271 under the ~BSEK 2 rightsizing — the European cost base coming down.
Capacity utilization, right-first-time and skilling by cluster — the watch clusters match the separation & footprint map.
| Cluster | Employees | Capacity util | Right-first-time | MTTR | Skilled | Open reqs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMEA factories & engineering | 16,000 | 84% | 96% | 5.8h | 88% | 220 |
| Americas factories & logistics | 6,800 | 82% | 95% | 6.4h | 85% | 180 |
| China & Northeast Asia plants | 5,600 | 86% | 97% | 5.2h | 87% | 90 |
| Automotive (SKF Vertevo) — transferring to stand-alone | 4,000 | 83% | 95% | 6h | 82% | 60 |
| India & Southeast Asia plants | 3,900 | 88% | 96% | 5.6h | 84% | 120 |
| Corporate, R&D & technology | 971 | 85% | 98% | — | 92% | 40 |
Running the idle capacity adds throughput with zero new lines.
~9 points of idle, already-paid capacity across 37,271 employees. Closing it — better line balancing, less rework, and faster skilling onto WCM-automated lines — converts straight to margin. Pair with right-first-time (96%→99%): every avoided rework lot is pure profit.
Same clusters carrying the footprint consolidation & separation transfers.
Not a coincidence: Americas factories & logistics and Automotive (SKF Vertevo) — transferring to stand-alone run lowest — the same clusters carrying the Americas footprint consolidation and the Vertevo separation transfers. Accelerating skilling and line balancing lifts utilization and right-first-time together.