16.5.2019. It is a unique Initiative in the Volkswagen group when it comes to the use of employees with activity limitations in the production: The demography project enables DISTRIBUTION at the Wolfsburg location, around 300 employees with activity limitations, their skills and knowledge in vehicle production process.
Around 70 jobs have been created since the spring of 2018 in the Cockpit pre-Assembly of the hall 35. There, 1,200 of instruments are daily sheets are also manufactured for the Volkswagen models Tiguan and Touran as well as SEAT Tarraco – a win-win for the employees and for the brand Volkswagen.
The project STRONGLY stands for the five pillars of stabilization, Training, structure, respect and core value creation. This is based on the operating agreement, the “demographics project”, which was adopted in the spring of 2018. It was created in hall 35, a range that takes into account the special needs of employees with activity limitations in the organisation of work and the promotion of health.
Around four million euros, Volkswagen wants to invest in the redesign of jobs and support the employees through the use of modern production technologies and intensive supervision by a cohesive Team of Masters, human resources Department, works Council and occupational assistant
A STRONG part of the production strategy, TRANSFORM is.TOGETHER for the Volkswagen brand, aimed at a global productivity increase of 30 percent by 2025. This is of course not without a “team of the future”, which is also a field of action of the TRANSFORM strategy.TOGETHER forms. “Our employees are the most Important thing we have,” said Volkswagen Board member for Production Dr. Andreas Tostmann. “Therefore, it is of particular importance to us that we provide in the conditions of production that allow us, our employees and appreciative use. So, we respect the performance of our team and make an important contribution to the achievement of corporate objectives.“
Bernd Osterloh, the Chairman of the General and Group works Council, says: “With the demographics of the project, we will show concretely how we get at VW of employment and the economy under a has. Because we at VW, not a colleague, and no colleague in the lurch, just because he or she can’t keep the high Tempo in the metered production. I wish that the hall 35 is a model for similar projects at other sites or even here in Wolfsburg.“
The importance of the project for the staff of power plant Manager Dr. Stefan Loth, significantly: “Some employees are hit by the hard blows of fate. Just at this point decides whether we are at Volkswagen as a team. We have to build at the site in Wolfsburg, the claim of the best cars in the world. We will only achieve this if everyone is vouching for the other.“
Dr. Sebastian Schmickartz, head of the demography project and the Cockpit pre-Assembly hall, 35, is proud of the results of the project: “The employees that come to us in the hall 35, will get the opportunity to use their skills in various jobs for the company. We also offer the employees a holistic care concept, which enables you to boost your performance and your personal well-being during their working hours and to stabilize. This combination of Offers and support that is so far unique in the case of Volkswagen.We thus create important conditions for the Integration of our employees in the creation of value .“
Wolfsburg were able to be integrated by the demographics of a project already 158 employees in the value chain fixed and 18 employees will be re-integrated in their original Department. In the future, Volkswagen plans of this model to other production areas and sites extend.
In hall 35 at the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg employees are finished with activity limitations the cockpit and explain to representatives of the company and the works Council, the ergonomic benefits of the tools. (Photo: Volkswagen AG)
