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To raise its competitive strength Aero drive benefit from the EU grants.

LEAN Centre AERO

Name of project: LEAN Centre AERO
Registration number of project: 5.2 SS02/261
Start of project: 19.6.2010
End of project: 30.9.2011
Duration (months): 14

Description of the project:

The aim of the project was to build the necessary infrastructure for both general and specific training for the company employees, and also support for realization of lean production projects. The project was executed by reconstructing the building of former vocational school on the company’s premises, and purchasing the equipment and industrial engineering expertise.

The aim of the project was to establish:

A specialized workplace for training, retraining, and certification of blue-collar and white-collar professions necessary for realization of new projects. LEAN Centre with capacity of 11 places, which will provide for next steps of development and introduction of industrial engineering methods into production and administration in AV, and will help successful realization of LEAN projects in AV. Replacement of existing training facilities with the capacity of 80 places, which replaced insufficient facilities not meeting the customers‘ requirements and requirements of aviation standards. Element of a developing organization.

Target group:

The target group is all company employees included in development and training activities. Each employee, regardless their function and position, will pass through the LEAN centre within the period of two years.

AERO Increases Competitiveness in the Dynamically Developing Global Aerospace Cooperation Production Field

Project name: AERO Increases Competitiveness in the Dynamically Developing Global Aerospace Cooperation Production Field
Project registration number: CZ.1.04/1.1.04/39.00311
Forecasted date of project completion: 23.4.2011
Project start-up date: 24.5.2010
Duration (months): 12

Project description:

The Project of AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. focuses on provision of specific education to the organization´s key employees. The project includes educational activities which are specific for this company. The current economic recession forces companies including Aero to partially reduce expenses which are not necessary for maintaining minimum operation of the company. As education does not affect the production and profit directly, its expenses are reduced, amongst other savings. Thanks to this project, which shall provide financing of important topics, the saved finances can be invested in other areas of education which are linked to the profit much less.

Project Goal:

The main goal of the project is to increase or maintain the expertise of employees. As an output, employees shall be trained and certified in specialized areas tailored to the company needs. This corresponds with the needs of the entire company in a situation of maintaining the existing production cooperations with aerospace producers, successful start-up of new projects, meeting the requirements of the Czech and international aerospace and technological standards and potential danger caused by retirement of the current specialists.

Target Group:

About 185 persons from various departments with different qualification and in different positions shall participate in the project. The project shall include side by side activities for operation of cranes, platforms, welders, as well as for inspectors, manufacturing and design engineers. The age structure varies as well as the professional qualifications, but in all cases they are the key positions in the area given.

Aero is improving in lean production

Project name: Aero is improving in lean production
Project registration number: CZ.1.04/1.1.02/35.00333
Supposed date of project realization finalization: 17.01.2012
Project realization initiation date: 18.01.2010
Time of continuation in month: 24,0

Aero Vodochody undertook exacting restructuralization in recent years. Its success though is beeing complicated by present economic situation and Aero have to find other ways how to maintain its position on the market and become effective and dynamic enterprise. Thus lean production strategy was proclaimed last year and lean production fundamentals and principles are being absorbed into common company function. Lean production principles are focused on waste reduction in all aspects of company production. In present time most of the global companies from different industries work on these aspects. Example of lean principles successful implementation is Toyota. Lean production fundamentals lead to effectivity and productivity escalation, waste minimalization and possible manufacturing extensions with low additional costs.

Lean production principles can not work without certain corporate culture and decent employees education in this area. In long term horizon most of the employees education is needed and is vital to set up such a human resources management system that would support this kind of education and lean production principles application. In education alone a very strong fact is needed. In the frame of lean production employees become corporate strategy together-creators, that strongly enforce their competences and competitiveness in the labour market.

In the frame of the project, four cycles of six seminars will be held. These seminars are focused on lean production and its applications in practise. Seminars theme goes back to common education that can be used out of the company. Seminars content will be defined at the beginning of the project in cooperation with lean production proffesionals and with regard on employees desired effect. Several employees from different departments will participate at the seminars to be able to spread their gained knowledge among other employees. New methodology will be also created to goal permanent tenable HR development in lean production area and which will be implemented to the existing HR management system.