The Asset Care Excellence (ACE) Programme
ACE is a fully measured programme designed to take food & beverage manufacturers to world class standards across multiple business levels.
Focused actions that deliver long-term gains
Typical Return On Investment: 5 to 1
Typical OEE gain: 5 to 10 points
What do we mean by Asset Care Excellence?
Asset Care Excellence (ACE) is a culture transition programme, aligning your entire factory around a single, proactive approach to asset care, so every department pulls in the same direction, and you stop running from one breakdown to the next.
The Asset Care Excellence (ACE) programme is built to elevate you beyond the operational risks that erode profitability in food factories:
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Downtime that derails production targets
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Rising costs from inconsistent asset care
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Reactive versus pro-active business culture
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Capability gaps that drag on performance
Unplanned downtime costs can average £5,000 per hour, but the greater cost is in missed OTIF targets, margin leakage, and reputation damage with key customers. Asset Care Excellence (ACE) helps Operations Directors safeguard output, protect margins, and ensure commitments to customers are met.
The Asset Care Excellence (ACE) Framework
Asset Care Excellence (ACE) integrates engineering discipline, leadership governance and frontline capability into one aligned asset care system.
Each domain works interdependently - when one strengthens, the whole system improves.
Reliability transformation
Criticality-led asset strategy, preventative and predictive maintenance, engineering design-out and continuous process improvement.
Leadership + Governance
Clear standards, defined accountability, KPI ownership and visible commitment from leadership at every level.
Empowerment & Capability
Training, role clarity and operator-led asset care supported by practical tools, structured development and shared ownership.
Asset Care and Performance
ACE helps safeguard output, protect margins, and ensure commitments to customers are met.
Positive impact across your business
Asset Care Excellence (ACE) improves asset performance by aligning the whole factory around a shared approach to asset care.
The programme influences five key areas of the business - from engineering and operations to technical compliance, people development and continuous improvement. When these areas work together, factories move away from reactive firefighting and towards stable, predictable and high-performing operations.
5-Step Transformation Method
Asset Care Excellence (ACE) is delivered through a structured five-step journey, guiding organisations from assessment and proof through to fully embedded, high-performing asset care systems.
Case studies
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Is this the kind of change you’re seeking?
Asset Care Excellence (ACE) is designed for organisations that want:
Long-term operational stability
Confidence that improvements will endure
Alignment between leadership intent and site reality
Evidence, not anecdotes
If that sounds familiar, the next step is a conversation.
The Lubrication Excellence programme has very much enhanced our Huntingdon site, and given us a 10 to 1 return on investment. It has helped to reduce downtime, engage our people, change the culture from a time-based approach to a condition-based approach, increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and increase profit. It links directly into the Manufacturing Excellence Programme to form an essential part of our Asset Care strategy.
Jonathan Reed, Managing Director: Hilton Foods UK & Ireland
The Lubrication Excellence programme has very much enhanced our Huntingdon site, and given us a 10 to 1 return on investment. It has helped to reduce downtime, engage our people, change the culture from a time-based approach to a condition-based approach, increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and increase profit. It links directly into the Manufacturing Excellence Programme to form an essential part of our Asset Care strategy.
Jonathan Reed, Managing Director: Hilton Foods UK & Ireland
The Lubrication Excellence programme has very much enhanced our Huntingdon site, and given us a 10 to 1 return on investment. It has helped to reduce downtime, engage our people, change the culture from a time-based approach to a condition-based approach, increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and increase profit. It links directly into the Manufacturing Excellence Programme to form an essential part of our Asset Care strategy.
Jonathan Reed, Managing Director: Hilton Foods UK & Ireland
The Lubrication Excellence programme has very much enhanced our Huntingdon site, and given us a 10 to 1 return on investment. It has helped to reduce downtime, engage our people, change the culture from a time-based approach to a condition-based approach, increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and increase profit. It links directly into the Manufacturing Excellence Programme to form an essential part of our Asset Care strategy.
Jonathan Reed, Managing Director: Hilton Foods UK & Ireland
The Lubrication Excellence programme has very much enhanced our Huntingdon site, and given us a 10 to 1 return on investment. It has helped to reduce downtime, engage our people, change the culture from a time-based approach to a condition-based approach, increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and increase profit. It links directly into the Manufacturing Excellence Programme to form an essential part of our Asset Care strategy.
Jonathan Reed, Managing Director: Hilton Foods UK & Ireland
THE ASSET CARE EXCELLENCE (ACE) PROGRAMME
ACE is a fully measured programme designed to take food & beverage manufacturers to world class standards across multiple business levels.