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The factory of John Deere in Getafe (Madrid) wins the prize to the 'Better European Factory'
30/11/2011
30 November 2011
The factory of John Deere in Getafe has won in the edition of this year of the industrial competition 'Better European factory'. The factory situated, in the place of Getafe, to so only 12 kilometres of Madrid, received the prize for being the better place managed and more productive of Europe. Getafe Produces axes, gears and transmissions for agricultural machinery and of construction for the factories of John Deere all over the world. The jury recognised the success in the fast transformation of the factory of Getafe in a plant of production of components highly skilled. The competition awards the industrial operations of excellence and realises annually by the German economic magazine WirtschaftsWoche, in collaboration with the European Schools of Management Insead (France), IESE (Spain), Rotterdam School of Management (Holland) and West Ham (Germany). Between the candidates finalists found also centres of production of companies like Siemens and Airbus.
Aerial photo of the factory of John Deere in Getafe (Madrid).
In addition to the recognition of the operative excellence of Getafe, the jury has stood out the economically positive message of the competition: in spite of the current economic situation in the European countries like Spain, this industry keeps competitive to scale global. The key is in centring in his strong points: the intelligent organisation, strong orientation to the market, products of high technology and a strong collaboration between the direction and employees.
