_____________________________________________________________________________________ Heartland
Automotive
Miot, Executive Vice President at Heartland, to learn more about how the company’ s approach to process and innovation keeps it one step ahead of the competition amidst current industry changes.
“ The automotive industry is currently in a transitional period where there’ s a lot of mandate to reduce CO 2 emissions, so vehicular design, from a technical standpoint, has had to evolve quite rapidly,” Ronan begins.“ Whilst we’ re not directly impacted, we need to support our customers by making sure that we can meet those requirements and remain flexible and fast to market. For instance, we have to cut down our development timing from four-to-five years to 24-28 months, which is a great change for everybody and will help us to be more competitive for our customers.”
One of Heartland’ s most defining qualities is its perpetual focus on improvement, whether that’ s through its production operations, internal processes, or service offerings. Supported by its parent company, Heartland is constantly investing in new technologies and automations to further support its client base, whilst being proudly ISO 14001-certified. Investing in technology goes in pair with the investment in the workforce. Monozukuri, craftmanship, is a key competitive differentiator that is developed and sustained by Heartland’ s team members. Such certifications and investments are just a few examples of Heartland’ s commitment to excellence and innovation – two qualities that permeate every facet of its operations.
“ When it comes to innovation, we do our own research; we benchmark others, meet with technology partners, and see where we can team up with them. Right now, we’ re investigating new tools and software, such as AI, to help us be faster and more
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