On April 20, Audi announced that it will gradually start the resumption of production at its European plant by the end of April.
Prior to April 17, Audi announced that it would gradually resume production at its European plant in the next few weeks. In mid-March, the Audi plant was temporarily closed due to tight supply chains caused by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic and declining market demand.
Audi said it will coordinate with the Volkswagen Group to ensure that suppliers and service providers worldwide and the Audi production network can restart normally.
In terms of the safety of the factory restart, Audi said that it will comply with the guidelines of the German Koch Institute for Disease Control and Prevention and the relevant regulations of various national health authorities. To this end, Audi has formulated a comprehensive set of measures to focus on ensuring the safety of employees.
Peter Kössler, a member of the Audi Production Management Committee, said that the factory restart will be regarded as a joint European-wide operation because the supply chain, production and logistics processes are Close connections within the group and with international partners. “The focus is on employees because they need a safe working environment. Therefore, the Audi expert team has consulted with the expert department and the working committee and adjusted the process to ensure the safety of employees. I would like to thank all Audi employees and us Global partners are flexible and work together at such a moment. “
Peter Mosch, chairman of the Labor-Management Committee, said that the first phase of the factory ’s resumption of production The top priority of the work is to do a good job of health protection measures for employees. The restart of the Audi plant will be accompanied by a set of measures to ensure the safety of employees.
These measures include maintaining social distance, clarifying hygiene requirements, improving shift system to avoid contact, and wearing masks or face masks in areas where the distance cannot reach 1.5 meters. Audi has also set up a physical barrier in key workplaces: in the pre-installed door production workshop, two employees are required to work face-to-face on the same production line at the same time. At this time, the employees themselves invented a transparent barrier made of plastic film. Protect.
The managers of Audi ’s production department and team, together with experts from occupational safety, health care, industrial engineering and trade unions, inspected and analyzed each workplace, And put forward suggestions for improvement. Only after being approved by all of the above personnel, the workplace can be regarded as “meeting the requirement to resume work”.
Audi also stated that the working group has also carefully studied the working environment: group spaces, factory gates, parking spaces, internal factory transportation, catering, and factory restaurants. Audi stated that it has developed for all areas of the factory Appropriate solutions. Employees will receive written notice of these measures in advance and receive comprehensive safety instructions from their immediate manager when they resume work.
Audi said that the above strict anti-epidemic measures also apply to its non-factory office premises. For example, in order to reduce the risk of new employee infections, employees who are not on the front line of production can work from home.
According to Audi’s original plan, the capacity of the Audi plant will gradually increase from the end of April. In the week of April 17, the capacity of an Audi engine plant has begun to gradually increase. For those who can only resume production at the factory German factory employees who will be able to resume work at a later stage will continue to apply the short-term work regulations during this period.