"Sukreml Iron Foundry" has begun to study the basics of lean production

2024: Start of primary training in the basics of lean production

The team of the Sukreml Iron Foundry has begun primary training in the basics of lean production. This was announced on January 25, 2024 by representatives of the Business Development Agency.

The project operator in the Kaluga Region is the Regional Competence Center (RCC), which operates on the basis of the Business Development Agency.

After the primary training, the team will go through the "Diagnostics and Planning" stage, where the reference area will be determined. After that, under the guidance of the production wizard, the current state of workflows will be digitized. Within 3 months, the company will then establish a project office of instructors-employees of the company for the subsequent implementation of changes and replication of successful experience.

2023: Participation in the National Project "Labor Productivity"

The Sukremlsky Iron Foundry enterprise (Lyudinovo, Kaluga Region) became the 91st enterprise in the Kaluga Region participating in the national project "Labor Productivity." This was announced on August 16, 2023 by the Business Development Agency.

The process of introducing lean technologies will be supervised by experts from the Regional Competence Center (RCC). The center operates on the basis of the Business Development Agency and is the operator of the national project in the Kaluga region.

As of 2023, Sukremlsky Iron Foundry is one of the leading domestic iron casting enterprises in Russia. The company produces, among other things: brake locomotive pads, socket-free cast-iron pipes, sewer hatches and rain traps of various types. The production capacity of the plant is 70 thousand tons of casting per year.

I am very glad that one of the oldest industrial enterprises in Russia has entered the national project. The company's management sees great potential in the use of lean technologies. Since the company produces important products for the country, it will be an honor for us to work on it, to help move to a higher level of productivity, "said Ivan Shirokov, head of the RCC.

Kaluga Region joined the national project "Labor Productivity," initiated at the federal level by the president, in Russia Vladimir Putin 2018. As of August 2023, 91 enterprises take part in it. region

The national project is supervised by the First Deputy Chairman. Governments of the Russian Federation Andrey Belousov To achieve the goal of annual productivity growth, a to the country set of business support measures has been developed and is being implemented, which includes financial incentives, employment support and expert assistance in optimizing processes.