Ford Otosan
Made-to-measure training for the automotive industry.
When Turkey’s largest automotive manufacturer, Ford Otosan, sought to upskill their procurement team, CIPS developed Tailored Skills Training courses to meet their specific needs.
About Ford Otosan
Ford Otosan is an automotive manufacturer in which Ford Motor Company and Turkish industrial conglomerate Koç Holding have equal stakes. The company manufactures four out of every five Ford Transit vans sold in Europe and is Turkey’s export leader.
The company operates five facilities throughout the country, staffed by over 10,000 employees. The Kocaeli plant, with its own port on the coast of the Sea of Marmara, is the main global production centre for the Ford Transit. Ford Otosan has seen significant investment in recent years which has fuelled their impressive growth – in 2015, production rose 37% to over 330,000 units.
CIPS Tailored Skills Training
Why did Ford Otosan choose CIPS Tailored Skills Training?
In today’s turbulent political and economic landscape, the automotive sector, with its complex, global supply chains, is facing vast amounts of change. This has put greater pressure than ever on procurement teams to help reduce costs and meet new challenges, such as compliance with relevant legislation and adopting new technologies.
Ford Otosan realised their procurement team wasn’t being developed in line with their engineering function, despite playing an instrumental role in the company’s growth. There is also increasing recognition that procurement people are vital in providing customers with high quality products, on time, and at the best price.
CIPS delivered Tailored Skills Training to key Ford Otosan staff, and participants from other Koç group companies, in subjects including Contract Law, Finance and Supplier Management.
The benefits
Savings
Process efficiencies will save the company money
Supply assurance
The team has reduced risks by introducing improved processes
Skills
Upskilling the workforce has improved competency across the division
Interactive
Participants also gained valuable insights from each other
Tailored
Courses were timed to fit the customer’s schedule in a convenient location
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