Vuteq Canada considers itself one of the top Tier 1 automotive suppliers — and holds that position with an uncomfortable awareness that standing still is not an option. As a supplier to Toyota, Honda, GM, and CAMI, the pressure to improve quality and on-time delivery is constant and measurable. Their customers don't accept complacency.
For over two years, Vuteq has been using 10in6 across various applications in their facility — tracking quality performance, identifying improvement opportunities, and measuring the effectiveness of changes they make. The results have been recognised at the corporate level: two consecutive Kaizen awards, earned on the strength of data-driven improvement.
"The 10in6 system has been very beneficial to us in becoming a better supplier to our customers. We use the system to track and improve our quality as well as to ensure on-time delivery to our customers. It provides us with accurate and actionable information that our teams use to identify opportunities for improvement and to measure the effectiveness of those improvements. In fact, over the last two years, by utilising the 10in6 solution as a core element of reporting, we have been able to win two back-to-back corporate Kaizen awards based on the effectiveness of the improvements. We are very proud of our efforts and the 10in6 solution has proven itself to be a cost effective tool. We love the simplicity and flexibility it offers and the solution has consistently shown that it can adapt to our manufacturing environment."
— Ezio Andreola, Vice President, Vuteq Canada Inc.
Two things stand out in that statement. First: "accurate and actionable." That's the combination that makes improvement possible — data your team trusts, presented in a way they can do something about. Second: the system "can adapt to our manufacturing environment." Vuteq's environment is complex and demanding. The fact that 10in6 has remained a core reporting tool through two years of ongoing change reflects something more durable than a successful initial deployment.
Back-to-back Kaizen awards don't come from installing software. They come from a team that uses data to find problems, make changes, and measure whether those changes worked. 10in6 gave Vuteq the infrastructure to do that — consistently, across shifts, across lines, and across time.