Factory of the Year 2022: Award for resilience in production and supply chain
The Siemens plant in Zug is the winner of this year's Factory of the Year Award in the Resilience category. In particular, the award recognizes resilient production and supply chain as well as the sustainable use of resources.
The Siemens Smart Infrastructure plant in Zug, Switzerland, has been named "Factory of the Year 2022" in the "Excellence in Supply Chain Resilience" category. The award recognizes the Siemens plant's supply chain resilience and preventive risk management, which proved outstanding when compared with other plants in Europe. The industry competition for Factory of the Year is organized by the international management consultancy Kearney and is considered one of the most prestigious in Europe.
Continuously striving for improvement
The factory in Zug succeeds in ensuring the delivery of its products to its customers even under the current difficult market conditions. This is thanks to preventive measures such as a "risk radar" for the early identification of global risks in the supply chain, a high level of data transparency across the entire value chain, and seamless collaboration with purchasing, logistics, development and sales.
A particular focus of production is also on resource efficiency and the continuous reduction of CO2 emissions. Both underline the production's clear focus on sustainability. Another quality feature of the plant is its cost management, which is based on lean manufacturing, automation and digitalization. Last but not least, Siemens' culture of innovation, continuous optimization of processes and procedures, and ongoing employee training would contribute to the high quality and adaptability of production at the Zug factory, according to the statement.
Award for Factory of the Year 2022 to be presented in March 2023
The Siemens plant in Zug employs around 350 people who work in shifts to manufacture modern products for building technology. Primarily, fire detectors as well as heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment for building automation are manufactured. The products are sold worldwide. They are elementary modules for building management and fire protection solutions in intelligent buildings.
The award ceremony will take place in March 2023 on the occasion of the "Factory of the Year" industry congress in Munich.
Source: Siemens Switzerland
