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jointly by trade magazine “ATZproduktion” and
consulting company “Growth Consulting Europe”
to the Bratislava plant for its lean and environmen-
tally-friendly production. The main production
facility in Wolfsburg also received an award. The
successes of the “Volkswagen Way” associated
with sustainably improving productivity and man-
agement processes were recognized by the
“Automotive Lean Production Award 2012” from
trade magazine “Automobil Produktion”. This year,
the Volkswagen group opened a training center for
optimizing production and management processes
at the main ŠKODA production facility in Mladá
Boleslav. Continuously qualifying employees is an
integral feature of the Volkswagen group’s pro-
duction strategy.
A new logistics concept for the Volkswagen
group, which is currently being implemented and
continually enhanced, is designed to make supplies
for production locations and the corresponding
material and information flows even more efficient.
The focus is not limited to the internal processes for
providing materials to the assembly lines, but also
includes the upstream transportation and logistics
processes between Volkswagen and its suppliers. It
is primarily here where the group’s different brands
and plants can leverage potential synergies. These
mainly result from smaller inventories, more stable
processes, higher-quality information and more
transparency.
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