Harness energy and rationalize organization

To provide the best possible service to customers, Vallourec has adopted a system of Total Quality Management (TQM).

• Responsive organization: companies specializing in specific areas which are kept as small as possible and enjoy a large degree of autonomy. This arrangement avoids the costs associated with a complex organization while offering the advantages of a large industrial group. An approach based on production lines encourages faster product flows, simplifies management structures and encourages the presence of senior staff in the plants.
  
  
• Process control: the use of techniques such as FMECA*, SPC*, TPM* and process audits, together with process control systems and built-in checks, etc. enables us to achieve full process control and maintain the highest levels of productivity and service to customers.
  
  
• Involvement of all: almost 1500 continuous improvment teams applying problem-solving methods throughout the company are a key source of innovation and continuous  improvment for the group.
  
  
• Rigorous organizational structures: the quality systems for each entity in the Group have been awarded ISO certification, together with additional accreditation specific to the sector concerned (ISO/TS 16949 for the automotive sector, API for oil and gas, ASME for the nuclear industry, etc.).
  
  

*AMDEC : Failure Modes, Effects and Critical Analysis;
  MSP : Statistical Process Control ;
  TPM : Total Productive Maintenance