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ASHEVILLE PLANT OVERVIEW

18Nov08

Allison MosesVice President & General Manager



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Volvo Construction Equipment

~ 67 acres

~ 400,000 square feet of space

2 production buildings plus office

space

Final Paint Bldg

Foreign Trade Zone

~ 250 employees

Core Competencies:

Weld, Paint, Assembly

In the last 2 years, we have created ~70 new jobs and invested

~21MUSD in new production equipment/processes.



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ASHEVILLE PLANT SUPPORTS

VOLVO CORE VALUES

Safety EnvironmentQuality

ISO 9001-2000

OHSAS18001

ISO 14001



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L110F

WHEEL LOADER MODELSAssembly & Paint

L60F

L70FL90F

L120F



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WHEEL LOADER ASSEMBLY LINE



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EXCAVATOR FABRICATION



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EXCAVATOR ASSEMBLY LINE



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OFFICIAL LAUNCH NOVEMBER 9, 2007



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Currentlyproducing all

ASH WL F-modelcabs

Cab ProductionFabrication, Paint, Assembly

Project start upfor EXC c-seriescabs 2008, fullproduction 2009



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Site Changes in ‘07

WarehouseFabrication

Assy Conveyor Pit

Long Shoals Entrance



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The Asheville Plant’s Vision, Mission,Values, and Strategies are aligned with

Volvo CE as well as supporting leanprinciples



ASHEVILLE PLANT ROADMAP 2009 Achieve Level



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ASHEVILLE PLANT ROADMAPTO OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

OPERATIONALDEVELOPMENT [OD]Lea n / Six Sigma

2004

Shingo ApplicationGap Analysis

2005

5S / VISUAL FACTORY

2001

JURAN PROBLEM SOLVINGUSING QUALITY TOOLS

2001

INTRODUCTION TO LEAN

2002

2010

2006

2007 – StateSilver Shingo

Award

Focus onOperationalExc ellence

5S + 1Kaizens

Value StreamMapping

Lean / SS Tools

Policy Deployment

20072008/09

The journey continues

3 VPS principles SHINGO PRIZENational Rec ognition

VPS Assessment Sc ore >/ = 3NationalShingo SilverMedallion

VISON:VISON: ““ A PLANTWITH A FUTUREA PLANTWITH A FUTURE””

2008 Revision to incorporate VPS Principles



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LINE BALANCE / LEVEL LOADSTANDARDIZED WORK

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VISON:VISON: A PLANT WITH A FUTUREA PLANT WITH A FUTURE

Employee Knowledge, OD Teams, CommonGoals, Policy Deployment, Cross-training

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5S + 1, Standard Work, TPM / AutonomousMaintenance, Supplier Delivery

Asheville Plant Mission: Using Operational Excellence Model to increase productivity while decreasing throughput and cycle time; eliminate non-value addedactivities; meet operational key performance indicators; exceed customer quality expectations, create a strong culture of employee satisfaction and participation.

Value streammapping, Kaizens,

problem solving, lean

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