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Creation of a 4th assembly line for steam
generators at Pont Evêque, France
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FUNDAMENTALS
A close partnership with major suppliers
For some very commonplace products or for those with a high
added value, Groupe SEB has chosen to use the services of carefully selected
sub-contractors. In 2012, sourcing represented 27% of the products sold.
With its 15 main suppliers, who account for approximately 65% of our
purchases of finished products, the Group has developed methods
comparable with those used internally to guarantee a high level of quality
for products, processes, schedules and logistics. The presence of an industrial
team based in Hong Kong, Seb Asia, which manages purchases from
Asian suppliers and logistics, as well as specific product projects, is also a
major asset in terms of managing the purchase of finished products in Asia.
S u s t a i n a b l e D e v e l o p m e n t
74% of the production
at the Rumilly factory
are exported
In France,
the Quality Improvement Plan has
enabled us to reduce the return
rate for products by a third
iS-Sur-tille cutS itS energy
conSumption
"The best energy is that which hasn’t been used or has been
recovered." With this maxim in mind, the French team
at Is-sur-Tille (Burgundy) has been working on a heat
recovery project. This initiative involves the safe transfer
of calories emitted by the industrial activity at the site,
in particular through repetitive tests on ovens and other
test products, to an adjacent building fitted with 5 electrical
heaters. Since then, none of these heaters has been
needed and the electricity consumption for heating the
building has been divided by 22! This principle is currently
being rolled out to other parts of the factory.