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General Manager of YanFeng Visteon Electronics Joint Venture in Shanghai Wins
Visteon's Highest Form of Recognition
DEARBORN, Mich., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The general manager of Visteon
Corporation's automotive electronics joint venture in Shanghai, China, has
received the company's highest form of recognition -- a Summit Award -- for
exceptional accomplishments in 2003.
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Alfeu Doria, general manager, YanFeng Visteon Electronics, was one of six
individuals and teams recognized with Summit Awards by Visteon Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer Peter J. Pestillo and President and Chief Operating
Officer Michael F. Johnston.
Doria was honored for leading a modernization plan that improved product
quality, process flow, lean manufacturing processes, and material and product
control at the plant, which supplies electronics for audio systems and other
vehicle applications. Implemented in September 2003, the modernization helped
enhance product quality and expand Visteon's electronics business in China.
Doria was chosen from among 46 individuals and teams, representing eight
countries, who received quarterly awards for outstanding performance in 2003
under Visteon's Leading the Way Recognition program.
"Visteon is committed to establishing a collaborative, performance-driven
culture in which we recognize and celebrate the success of individuals and teams
achieving breakthrough performance," Pestillo said. "I am very proud of
Visteon's first Summit Award winners. It was no easy task selecting just six
winners, as each of the nominees demonstrated exemplary performance."
Johnston said the achievements ofthe Summit Award winners represent the "best
of the best" of Visteon's accomplishments in 2003. "Alfeu Doria and all of our
Summit Award winners demonstrate the energy, perseverance and ability to execute
that will be hallmarks of Visteon's future success," he noted.
Doria, a 21-year veteran of the auto industry, joined YanFeng Visteon
Electronics in January 2002, after serving as a manager at Visteon's Arbor Plant
in Sao Paulo, Brazil. When Doria joined YanFeng Visteon Electronics, the plant
produced mainly audio amplifiers and had a small customer base. Doria led
Visteon staff engineers in a detailed review of the plant's operating practices
to improve the facility's layout, production efficiency and product quality.
"We needed to modernize to be able to compete with other Tier 1 suppliers and
win new business," Doria said.
After benchmarking the best automotive electronics assembly practices inside and
outside of Visteon, the YanFeng Visteon Electronics team installed electrostatic
discharge protection to ensure high product quality, implemented an all-new
manufacturing process flow, and improved lean manufacturing practices throughout
the plant. Spending less than $1 million on new equipment, Doria helped boost
employee pride and convince YanFeng Electronics employees that the plant could
compete with the best plants in the world.
As a result of Doria's efforts, YanFeng Visteon Electronics has significantly
improved its product quality and expanded its customer base to include
DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford, Jaguar, Mazda, Shanghai General Motors and Suzuki.
YanFeng Visteon Electronics received a Gold Excellence Supply Award from Ford in
2003.
YanFeng Visteon Electronics was formed in 1994. It is 70 percent owned by
Visteon and 30 percent by Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation, an auto
manufacturer based in China. The plant has about 500 employees.
Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier that delivers
consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and
through multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket. Visteon has
approximately 72,000 employees and a global delivery system of more than 200
technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25 countries.
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