Production System

For many years, our company has been successfully operating in the context of global competition and continuous struggle for product improvements with structured and consistent development of EL 6 production system as a priority. It is based on the Lean System which relies on ferreting out and eliminating waste with the use of lean production methods.

  • Company Production System

- A set of values, tools and methods aimed at improving key performance indicators 

  • Goals

- Form a continuous improvement framework
- Identify and eliminate all types of waste
- Build a continuous improvement culture
- Ensure employee skill development
- Calculate the most effective operating cycle length from the raw material supply to shipping finished products
- Ensure inventory shrinkage
- Decrease labor intensity for both essential and auxiliary processes
- Reduce all types of equipment downtime
- Calculate optimal equipment maintenance costs
- Improve the zero-defect level
- Reduce injuries and prevent accidents, including through risk management actions
- Mitigate environmental impact

  • Mission

- Develop lean manufacturing culture and ensure continuous improvements of all business processes to render EL 6 more competitive

  • Values

- Staff involvement to address challenges together
- Dealing with problems through seeking out/identifying true root causes and managing risks
- Decision-making processes based on statistical/factual analysis along with big data processing techniques
- Highly standardized operations to ensure smooth processes and less process variance
- Comfortable ergonomic working environment that meets high HSE standards
- CSR-based business processes

  • The PS key blocks include subsystems affecting the following areas: 

- Employees (staff)
- Standards (for technology, repairs, quality, etc.)
- Creation of value (process flow) 

  • The Production System envisages 9 sustainable growth vectors, which contribute to enhancing the EL 6 production system through structured management of all key functions: 

- Strategy and goals
- Staff involvement
- Efficiency management
- Production balancing
- Equipment handling
- Procurement
- Cost improvement
- Work site arrangement
- Operating standards and operator actions