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Faurecia digital transformation (A)

By Carlos Cordon, Marco Amici, Yanik Cantieni and Amit Kumar Singh

16 pages

May 2019

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Reference: IMD-7-2076

The case is based on a dynamic real-life story. In this case we have examined how Faurecia decorative division has used digital tools and technology, both hardware and software, to first modernize its interior division in Abrera (Spain) plant in 2015 which eventually transformed the plant into a profitable unit while before it was losing 3 M€ every year from 2003.

Learning Objective

• How to use digital tools in automotive manufacturing plant
• Best innovative practices for transforming automotive plant into profitable unit using digitalization

Keywords

Operations, Digitalization, Automotive

Settings

Spain
Faurecia, Automotive
2003-2016

Type

Field Research

Available Languages

English, Spanish

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