Stick closer to demand. “When you start producing a new model, demand is extremely high, everyone wants the brand new fashionable car. After this production peak, usually, demand slows down, so production is lower than when the car was launched. Instead of sending employees on short-time working, they can simply get back the extra hours they worked during the rush. It’s actually like a bank account but instead of saving money, you save hours. This system allows us to stick closer to the demand, with a constant average income over the next six years” explained Christine Germain, in charge of communication at Audi.
they worked during the rush. It’s actually like a bank account but instead of saving money, you save hours. This system allows us to stick closer to the demand, with a constant average income over the next six years” explained Christine Germain, in charge of communication at Audi.
A first in Belgium. While this new form of flexibility already exists in Audi factories in Germany and in Hungary, the Forest site is the first to use it in Belgium. “Implementing the working time account was hard, bu
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