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The organization: opportunities!<br />
decomagazine: Mr Iraolagoitia, Microdeco is<br />
mainly involved in the automotive sector,<br />
which is well known for being a very demanding<br />
sector. How do you deal with this?<br />
José Iraolagoitia: Our customers are mainly “first<br />
level“ prime manufacturers (T1), we are the sole<br />
judges of our workpiece management which is our<br />
responsibility. As we deliver to production lines<br />
direct, we are responsible for just-in-time 1 . As a<br />
result, our organization needs to be perfect to cope<br />
with the latest production methods.<br />
dm: What are your specificities in terms of<br />
organization?<br />
José Iraolagoitia: Naturally, we are ISO 9001,<br />
14001 and TS16949 certified for the automotive<br />
industry. The company is sub-divided into «minicompanies»<br />
in charge of delivery times and quality.<br />
1<br />
Just-in-time involve delivering on time but also complying with the<br />
agreed quality, quantity and conditions.<br />
The responsibility of everyone is valued. In addition<br />
to our flexible and adaptable organization, our<br />
strong points are our technological expertise, our<br />
openness to dialogue with customers and a continuous<br />
investment strategy.<br />
dm: You supply to your customers’ assembly<br />
lines direct. Is this not a risk?<br />
José Iraolagoitia: We maintain an overcapacity in<br />
production so as to always be able to cope with any<br />
problems. We can not envisage a break in the supply<br />
chain. As our personnel is multi-skilled and mobile,<br />
we always have a capacity for reaction which adds<br />
flexibility and serves our customers’ needs.<br />
In times of crisis: opportunities!<br />
dm: How do you train your staff?<br />
José Iraolagoitia: We have a very clear training<br />
policy. Our employees go through different internal<br />
units, following a training program. We have implemented<br />
an entire system of experience sharing via<br />
operations meetings, systematic problem solving and<br />
the quality system.<br />
View of part of the production equipment at Microdeco, DECO machines can be seen at the rear on the left. In the foreground, the numerical multispindle<br />
workshop, Mr José Iraolagoitia, managing director at Microdeco (left) and Mr Isaac Acrich, director of <strong>Tornos</strong> Ibérica.<br />
04 / 08<br />
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