Gigabit January 2019

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tration to date has been the fusing
together of two production plants into
today’s Monterrey plant, where work is
done in three different areas. “I took
care of the transfer of two business
areas and the coordination of the
whole team, a task that consisted of
building warehouses, hiring 1,000
people, implementing ERP (Enterprise
Resource Planning), redirecting the
entire supply chain and all the suppliers,
contacting internal clients and
investors, buying new equipment, etc.
We have 1,500 employees in the
factory, and we sell approximately
$220mn and over 20mn units per year.”
Javalera delves into the plant creation
process: “What we did was bring two
factories together into one – we had
a single type of product here, and then,
we brought over two more from two
different factories. Now, we have three
types of products in Monterrey:
residential circuit breakers, industrial
circuit breakers, and safety switches,”
Javalera analyzes. “This isn’t just
a manufacturing facility; it’s an Investigation
and Development center as we
design and launch new products here
as well. We have a group of researchers
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