World renowned lean management consultancy The Kaizen Institute has awarded Iveco with a first prize Excellence Award in
the System of Continuous Improvement category. The award recognizes the Madrid, Spain commercial
vehicles manufacturing site which produces heavy on-road and off-road trucks.
LONDON, Nov. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Iveco, the
commercial vehicles brand of CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI), has been recognized by The Kaizen Institute. Regarded as the
original lean management consultancy, Kaizen has awarded Iveco's truck manufacturing site in Madrid,
Spain with a first prize Excellence Award in the System of Continuous Improvement category.
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This award acknowledges the plant's application of and the results achieved within the World Class Manufacturing (WCM)
methodology, which is conducted by CNH Industrial throughout its global manufacturing facilities. WCM is one of the global
manufacturing industry's highest standards for the integrated management of manufacturing plants and processes. It is a
pillar-structured system based on continuous improvement, designed to eliminate waste and loss from the production process by
identifying objectives such as zero injuries, zero defects, zero breakdowns and zero waste.
The results that determined the site's win include two consecutive years without accidents; a 100% customer service level in
delivering orders on time; the active involvement of all employees in providing constructive feedback and a 7% annual savings in
operational costs.
The Madrid site is exclusively dedicated to producing the new generation Iveco Stralis in
both diesel and alternative power versions and the Iveco Trakker for the quarry and construction industry. The site employs more
than 2,500 people of which 21% are female, making it the highest female employment percentage in Spain's automotive sector. Some 90% of the facility's production is exported internationally to Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.
Founded in 1985 by Masaaki Imai, The Kaizen Institute applies its trademark lean methodology
across virtually all business sectors in all parts of the globe to create processes that highlight problems, whilst
simultaneously training and empowering teams to solve them.
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CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) is a global leader in the capital goods sector
with established industrial experience, a wide range of products and a worldwide presence. Each of the individual brands
belonging to the Company is a major international force in its specific industrial sector: Case IH, New Holland Agriculture and
Steyr for tractors and agricultural machinery; Case and New Holland Construction for earth moving equipment; Iveco for commercial
vehicles; Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus for buses and coaches; Iveco Astra for quarry and construction vehicles; Magirus for
firefighting vehicles; Iveco Defence Vehicles for defence and civil protection; and FPT Industrial for engines and
transmissions. More information can be found on the corporate website: www.cnhindustrial.com
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