february2015
LEAP2015AwardsCeremony
Presentationof trophies
at theGroup’s sites
TheLEAPceremonyof theFebruary3, 2015was theocca-
sionchosen topresent thefirst Awards to thebest plants
in the Group. Unsurprisingly, the Saint-Ouen-L’Aumône
(LISI AEROSPACE Fasteners BG in France) plant, pilot site
for thisproject, was compensatedwithaSilver Award. At
thissite,allLEAPtoolsweredeployedat levelsreachingan
‘efficient’ threshold for themostpart.
The Bronze awards were presented to the Cejc plants
in the Czech Republic (LISI AUTOMOTIVE / Safety
Mechanical ComponentsBG), Fuenlabrada, inSpain, (LISI
AUTOMOTIVE Threaded Fasteners BG), Izmir, in Turkey
(LISI AEROSPACEThreadedFastenersBG) andHérouville-
Saint-Clair, in France (LISI MEDICAL Orthopaedics). This
firstsetofawardsshows that theprogramnow involvesall
divisionsandallgeographical zones.
This ceremonywas also an opportunity topresent LEAP
Awards to the pilots of five plants throughout theworld,
whoseperformancehasbeenoutstanding:
• BEIJING (China/LISI AUTOMOTIVE Clipped Solutions
BG) managed to retain the assembly of a part which
the client wanted to shift to Europe, while increasing
deliveryvolumewithnoquality issues.
• CASABLANCA (Morocco / LISI AEROSPACE Extrusion &
Forming BG) considerably reduced waste in the paint
section.
• MELISEY (France / LISI AUTOMOTIVEMechanical Safety
ComponentsBG)succeeded in increasing itsproduction
avoidingacapitalexpenditureexceeding€1million.
• HEROUVILLE SAINT-CLAIR (France / LISI MEDICAL
Orthopaedics) increased productivity, bringing €90 K
of outsourcing back in-house and avoiding a €650 K
capitalexpenditure.
• CITYOF INDUSTRY (USA/LISIAEROSPACEFastenersBG)
considerablyminimizedchangeovercosts.
All these projects have demonstrated that the combina-
tion of LEAP tools can address very diverse problems,
proposing solutions whose results, in the main, exceed
expectations.
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