Project management for new-process and Ramp-up of Modell 3 seating production for TESLA in Alabama USA incl. SOP responsibility
Fehrer Automotive
Start-up seating production for TESLA in Alabama USA
Industry:
Seating and Interieur
Turnover:
150 Mio.
Employee:
500 personals
Headquarter:
Gadsden Alabama
Situation:
Quality- and process responsibility of new product line for new customer TESLA model 3, in old US plant
Employment: 02/2017 bis 03/2018
Reporting line: General Management
Area of Responsibility (Budget / personal):
- Project management for new machinery and SOP
- Quality, Cost and timing
- Customer management on upper management level
- SOP responsibility
Responsibility:
- Redesigning the old plant structure and Setup of production process
- Production responsibility in start-up phase
- Reestablishing Customer satisfaction
- Maintain cost and time schedule
- Customer release and SOP managed on time
Tasks:
- Restructuring old US-Management
- Simplification of manufacturing and management processes
- Coordination a new team
- Customer integration on all managing levels
- Transparency to General Management and to customer
- “Go to GEMBA” and direct lead of production
- Introduction the “Save Launch Concept”.
Success Story:
- Regain customer satisfaction
- New customer project TESLA model 3
- Customer release on time
- SOP schedule met
- Project costs close to be met
- Establishing a new quality laboratory
Specific Challenges:
- Changing customer requirements
- Project schedule often changed by customer and supplier
- Employees fluctuation in white and blue collar
- Technical design problems from the customer