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Machines don’t make the difference. People do.
The Alcoa Business System (ABS) is designed
to give Alcoa’s people the opportunity to be
the best – to achieve world standard practices,
processes, technologies, and customer
collaborations as a way of life.
A
BS is an integrated set of systems and tools empowering
Alcoans with a common language and the unencumbered
transfer of knowledge across businesses and geographies.
It provides the means to eliminate waste, reduce inventories,
cut costs, and accelerate response times.
In manufacturing, ABS encourages a “pull” system – producing
for use, not for inventory. In addition to its powerful efficiencies,
the system enables Alcoa teams to produce exactly what
the customer wants, when it’s wanted, at maximum quality,
minimum waste and cost.
In functions ranging from procurement to accounts payable
to ensuring a safe workplace, ABS is helping us to sharpen the
focus and raise the standards of everything we do.
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