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Sustainable Manufacturing
Process
In order to ensure that our
manufacturing operations are always
following the best practices of the
industry, we have developed a
sustainable manufacturing process
which includes the programmes
on achieving a high performance
production chain, and also
established a green manufacturing
practice across the manufacturing
facilities of all our three product lines.
High Performance
Production Chain
Two key principles – “produce for
quality” and “produce for efficiency”
are the main drivers for our
manufacturing process improvement.
In FY2016, our production output per
worker increased by 7.9% year over
year. We have been implementing
the low cost automation and lean
manufacturing management to
maximise our resources efficiency
and improve our productivity without
compromising the quality of our
products, while aiming to reduce
the potential environmental impacts
throughout the manufacturing process.
Production Output per Worker
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
Unit per worker
FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Lean Manufacturing
In order to further improve our
production efficiency and flexibility,
our manufacturing team has been
implementing our lean manufacturing
principles. The idea of lean
manufacturing is to add value at each
production stage while reducing the
handling time in each process and
increasing the flexibility for production.
It shortens the through-put time and
minimises the idle time during the
process.
Environmental
Protection
VTech has developed a high performance production
chain to maximise our resources efficiency and
improve the productivity while maintaining a green
manufacturing and logistic practice. We also have
policies in place to ensure that our operations are
compliant with all the relevant environmental, legal
and statutory requirements.
VTech has developed a high
performance production chain to
maximise our resources efficiency
and improve the productivity while
maintaining a green manufacturing
and logistic practice.
As an environmentally conscious
company, VTech strives to operate
its manufacturing processes and
facilities in a manner that minimises
the impacts to the environment,
and ensure that our operations
are compliant with all the relevant
environmental, legal and statutory
requirements. By implementing the
high performance production chain,
we have improved our resources
efficiency and productivity while
maintaining our green manufacturing
practice. Through the adoption of the
green logistic management approach,
and choosing the most eco-friendly
transportation mode for delivering our
incoming materials from suppliers and
outgoing products to our customers,
we have also further reduced our GHG
emissions.