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TO WATCH : ‘ SIEMENS — MANIFIESTO INTERNACIONAL ’ 335 tration to date has been the fusing together of two production plants into today ’ s Monterrey plant , where work is done in three different areas . “ I took care of the transfer of two business areas and the coordination of the whole team , a task that consisted of building warehouses , hiring 1,000 people , implementing ERP ( Enterprise Resource Planning ), redirecting the entire supply chain and all the suppliers , contacting internal clients and investors , buying new equipment , etc . We have 1,500 employees in the factory , and we sell approximately
$ 220mn and over 20mn units per year .”
Javalera delves into the plant creation process : “ What we did was bring two factories together into one – we had a single type of product here , and then , we brought over two more from two different factories . Now , we have three types of products in Monterrey : residential circuit breakers , industrial circuit breakers , and safety switches ,” Javalera analyzes . “ This isn ’ t just a manufacturing facility ; it ’ s an Investigation and Development center as we design and launch new products here as well . We have a group of researchers
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