Annual Report Gorenje Group 2009

Production and quality
Home Appliances Division
In 2009 the majority (73.8 percent) of production activities in the Home Appliances Division were
carried out within the framework of the parent company in Slovenia (Velenje), and the remainder in the
Czech Republic and Serbia.
The greatest challenge in production was adjusting costs to the considerably smaller production output.
In the middle of the year, we intensified our comprehensive review of costs within the scope of the SAP
system, which enabled better focusing of activities on areas with potentially higher savings.
The best results were achieved in reducing the costs of material (introduction of components from
China and Turkey) and labour (increased productivity, optimised number of employees). Examples of
good practice were promptly transferred from factories in Velenje to other plants.
The Gorenje Group operates according to the established international standard quality management
system ISO 9001, ISO 17025, which regulates the operation of all processes directed towards the
needs, requirements and expectations of customers. The efficiency of the system is verified by internal
and external evaluations conducted by the TUV certification authority.
PRODUCTION VOLUME OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Slovenia 2,076,400 2,699,647 3,016,916 3,167,252 2,998,196
Czech Republic 334,443 419,894 413,875 434,766 388,090
Serbia 402,821 385,499 445,626 52,972 -
Total 2,813,664 3,505,040 3,876,417 3,654,990 3,386,286
Source: Gorenje Group data
Cooling Programme
The manufacture of refrigerators, freezers and cooling equipment is carried out at the production
location in Velenje within the framework of the parent company, and at a production location in Valjevo,
Serbia (Gorenje aparati za domacinstvo, d.o.o.). In 2009, the main activities in this programme were
focused on launching the production of new appliances (Simplicity line) and increasing the energy
efficiency of eight existing types of appliances to A++. In the middle of the year, the Company ordered
a new assembly line on which it will be possible to manufacture appliances with a panel structure up to
a width of 900 mm.
Cooking Programme
The manufacture of cooking appliances is carried out within the framework of the parent company in
Velenje and at a production location at Mariánské Údolí in the Czech Republic (Mora Moravia s.r.o.). In
2009 we launched a new generation of NG3 cooking appliances, and then immediately began to
upgrade them within the scope of the NGVA3 Piroliza project. This is an oven equipped with a selfcleaning
function. We began to manufacture a new generation of G5 induction hobs, and successfully
conducted the trial manufacture of gas cookers on glass-ceramic plates within the scope of the GOG
project.
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Annual Report Gorenje Group 2009