38 production Greater flexibility with new agreement During the summer, <strong>Scania</strong> reached a new agreement with the Swedish Metal Workers’ Union as part of the company’s efforts to boost flexibility at its production units in Sweden. The agreement regulates flexible working hours and flexible staffing and is an important element of <strong>Scania</strong>’s ability to respond to rapid changes in demand. It also increases <strong>Scania</strong>’s chances of retaining core competency at its Swedish production units in the long term. Under the new agreement, most flexible staffing will consist of personnel from staffing companies. The share of total production employees consisting of flexible staffing will not exceed 30 percent. Close collaboration with sub-contractors Of <strong>Scania</strong>’s total production costs, about 70 percent consist of purchased materials and components. Most of <strong>Scania</strong>’s sub-contractors have had a long-term relationship with the company. This allows for close cooperation, where a supplier’s production is increasingly integrated into <strong>Scania</strong>’s production network. This has clear benefits for <strong>Scania</strong>’s customers by means of higher product quality and reliability. For example, such cooperation includes training in the <strong>Scania</strong> Production System (SPS), help with improving the efficiency of production equipment and logistics as well as environmental work. <strong>Scania</strong> is also expanding its cooperation with bodybuilding companies that supply and assemble special equipment on vehicles. Integrating bodybuilding companies more closely into the chain leads to substantial time savings for the customer from the order date until a vehicle goes into operation and also broadens <strong>Scania</strong>’s business. Increase in capacity While ensuring the flexibility to meet short-term fluctuations, <strong>Scania</strong> has decided to raise its annual technical production capacity, with the aim of reaching 120,000 vehicles from about 100,000 at present. Investments to achieve a 120,000 vehicle capacity will total about SEK 1.5 billion during a three-year period. This increase is a step on the way towards reaching a technical production capacity of 150,000 vehicles by the next peak in the economic cycle. This can be achieved with limited investments at the existing production units due to the gains in efficiency that are continually being achieved by working according to the <strong>Scania</strong> Production System (SPS). The largest investments in new capacity will occur at engine and cab production units in both Europe and Latin America. New regional product centre <strong>Scania</strong>’s strategy is to strengthen its position in key emerging markets by establishing regional product centres for assembling, bodyworking and fitting out locally-adapted vehicles. <strong>Scania</strong> is thus moving the factory gate closer to the customer, resulting in shorter delivery times and a major improvement in customer support. The task of opening a new facility in India has begun. Global healthy attendance % 100 75 50 25 Antal producerade fordon per anställd Number of vehicles produced per employee Medarbetare – frisknärvaro globalt ENG Vehicles Employees Vehicles produced per employee 78,300 80,400 84,000 Production Sales and services units operations 6.8 67,700 7.2 96.3 96.3 97.2 97.5 55,600 6.6 6.6 31,800 3.0 46,400 3.5 4.8 3.8 35,800 12,000 13,100 11,600 11,800 11,800 9,500 10,300 11,700 Number of employees*, <strong>2011</strong> Södertälje 10,640 São Paulo 3,527 Oskarshamn 1,690 Zwolle 1,460 Słupsk 706 Angers 590 Luleå 585 Tucumán 568 0 10 11 10 11 90 95 00 07 08 09 10 11 Global healthy attendance among employees at <strong>Scania</strong>’s production units remained at the same level as in 2010. In <strong>2011</strong>, productivity reached its highest-ever level. This was a result of <strong>Scania</strong>’s day-to-day efforts to achieve continuous improvements, thereby also eliminating waste of time and materials as well as environ - mental waste. Vehicle production reached its highest-ever level, with 84,000 units produced during the year. * Refers to the total number of employees at <strong>Scania</strong>’s production sites. <strong>Report</strong> of the directors <strong>Scania</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
production 39 <strong>Scania</strong>’s global production network <strong>Scania</strong> has a global production network into which all units around the world are integrated. This provides high flexibility and cost-effective production. Most components and parts, working methods, quality standards and environmental standards are the same at all production units. södertälje TRUCKS BUSES AND COACHES Luleå FRAMES REAR AXLE HOUSINGS AXLES GEARBOXES ENGINES oskarshamn cabs sŁupsk BUSES AND COACHES BODYWORK zwolle st. petersburg TRUCKS ASSEMBLY angers TRUCKS ASSEMBLY Meppel COMPONENT PAINTING Dubai Busan taipei kuala lumpur Tucumán sÃo paulo johannesburg GEARBOX COMPO- NENTS TRUCKS BUSES AND COACHES AXLES GEARBOXES ENGINES cabs PRODUcTION ■ REGIONAL PRODUCT CENTRE <strong>Report</strong> of the directors <strong>Scania</strong> <strong>2011</strong>