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AGCO’s Beauvais Tractor Manufacturing Facility wins France’s Factory of the Year Award 2016
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(Photo: Business Wire) The Factory of the Year Awards are organised by "L'Usine Nouvelle", the leading industrial magazine in The Beauvais facility is France's largest producer and exporter of farm machinery. Some 14,500 tractors leave the assembly lines each year, 85% of which are shipped to markets all over the world. The Factory of the Year award recognises the AGCO Beauvais facility's successful and wide-ranging reorganisation project. The plant has seen significant productivity gains through the implementation of Lean Manufacturing processes, 5S good housekeeping techniques and the Hoshin Kanri Continuous Improvement Strategy. In addition, the Jury highlighted the site's Quality Transformation Initiative and the clear commitment of Beauvais employees to the transformation process. AGCO's Beauvais facility is the centre for the design and manufacture of 75-400hp tractors for the Company's global Massey Ferguson brand. "It is a privilege and honour to win this coveted award," says "The award comes in addition to the prize won by the Beauvais site earlier this year as France's Best Foreign Exporter," he continues. "High-quality manufacturing is at the heart of the renowned reliability and dependability of Massey Ferguson equipment. This, coupled with our leading design and engineering, is ensuring that our famous ‘Triple Triangle' brand continues to move ahead. Massey Ferguson's market share increased again across the Commenting, Boussad Bouaouli, Vice-President Manufacturing AGCO Beauvais says: "The Beauvais Quality Transformation Initiative is part of AGCO's global objective to be N°1 in Perceived Quality and was considered an outstanding achievement by the Factory of the Year Award jury members. It illustrates every single employee's dedication to deliver ‘best in class quality' for each individual tractor on the production the line. We are thrilled to receive the title of Factory of the Year and congratulate all our employees in Beauvais. This award is truly the result of their commitment and hard work." Download pictures from http://assets.agcocorp.com (Photo: Business Wire) About
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