Green Manufacturing
VTech has continuously worked
with different government bodies
to minimise the environmental
impact of our production facilities.
Our TEL products manufacturing
site was awarded the “Hong
Kong – Guangdong Clean
Production Partners” under the
scheme jointly launched by the
Hong Kong Productivity Council
and the Guangdong Provincial
Government in 2012. It was also
recognised as the “Clean Production
Enterprise in Guangdong Province”
by the Guangdong Provincial
Government and “Dongguan
Environmentally Friendly Enterprise”
by the Dongguan, Guangdong
Province Environmental Protection
Bureau in China. In addition, the
manufacturing sites of our TEL
products and CMS are certified
with the ISO 14001 standard
for environmental management,
demonstrating that we are committed
to continuous improvement on
environmental protection.
We have also incorporated the
3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)
principle into our manufacturing
process, and established energy
and resources management system
to better utilise the resources in
our manufacturing process, aiming
to reduce the energy and water
consumption, minimise the waste
production and improve the reuse rate
of resources.
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to eliminate approximately 80% of
wastes before a product or process
had actually commenced.
Low Cost Automation in VTech
Our automation team has introduced a wide range of Low Cost Automation projects at different production stages.
Low Cost Automation
VTech has dedicated its efforts to
incorporate Low Cost Automation into
the production chain. By introducing
our in-house-developed simple,
mechanical, and electrical devices in
the manufacturing process, we have
significantly improved our productivity
and efficiency. Low Cost Automation
also requires minimal training for the
operators, and greatly reduces the
demand on workers with repetitive and
simple motions in the assembly lines.
In order to ensure a smooth
manufacturing flow to meet
our production needs while our
production equipments and resources
are utilised in an efficient manner, all
our new product models have to go
through the Production Preparation
Process (3Ps) to plan ahead on
how they could be most efficiently
produced in the manufacturing
processes. Our studies suggested
that the 3Ps programme helped us
High Performance Production Chain
