Machines don’t make the difference. People do. The Alcoa Business System (ABS) is designed to give Alcoa’s people the opportunity to be the best – to achieve world standard practices, processes, technologies, and customer collaborations as a way of life.
ABS is an integrated set of systems and tools empowering Alcoans with a common language and the unencumbered transfer of knowledge across businesses and geographies. It provides the means to eliminate waste, reduce inventories, cut costs, and accelerate response times.
In manufacturing, ABS encourages a “pull” system – producing for use, not for inventory. In addition to its powerful efficiencies, the system enables Alcoa teams to produce exactly what the customer wants, when it’s wanted, at maximum quality, minimum waste and cost.
In functions ranging from procurement to accounts payable to ensuring a safe workplace, ABS is helping us to sharpen the focus and raise the standards of everything we do.
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Dana Thomas and John Greiner,
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
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