Succesful projects
Grouped negotiation of electricity
- Launched in 2003 with 6 companies.
- 100 plants currently participating (53 in high voltage and 47 in low voltage).
- A volume of 105 GWh, representing a €20 Million turnover per year is negotiated.
- Advice and optimization of the electric supply contracting parameters, information on regulatory changes in the electric market, periodic control of invoices.
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
100%
Complexity
100%
Income generation
100%
Level of excellence
100,00%
Lean Experts Development Plan
- Launched in 2009 to improve the competences of the Lean coordinators coming from the participating plants.
- Four levels: Initiation, Junior, Senior and Expert.
- More than 420 Lean Managers from 47 companies trained.
- 270 "Learning by doing" sessions performed in plant.
- 370 Lean projects successfully developed and audited.
- Own programme with CEAGA’s copyright.
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
90%
Complexity
100%
Income generation
95%
Level of excellence
96,25%
Business Factory Auto & Mobility (BFA)
- Project started in 2016, promoted by the Galician Government, the Free Trade Zone Consortium of Vigo, Stellantis and CEAGA.
- Objective: to identify, accelerate and consolidate specialized automotive projects and transform them into viable and scalable innovative companies that attract and retain talent
- Support to entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.
- Two programmes: acceleration (for newly created companies) and consolidation (for more mature companies).
- More than 80 companies created, 119 million euros in turnover and 725 jobs generated.
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
95%
Complexity
100%
Income generation
80%
Level of excellence
93,75%
Project Manager Automoción (PMA)
- Programme developed by CEAGA and faculty almost entirely made of active professionals from the Sector.
- Execution of real product/process development projects proposed by companies of the Sector.
- The “Management and Development of New Products” programme was awarded with the “Excellence in Practice Award” from the prestigious organization European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
- In 2017, the Program was readjusted and renamed Automotive Project Manager (PMA).
- 170 innovation technicians from 51 companies trained.
- 38 cooperative innovation projects developed.
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
100%
Complexity
100%
Income generation
60%
Level of excellence
90,00%
Competitiveness observatory / Benchmanager Project
- 20 editions.
- 24 participating companies.
- Comparison of the current situation and the evolution of the company with the rest of the Cluster members, to identify improvement areas.
- Tool for monitoring the evolution of Sector competitiveness.
- Interest from international clusters.
- Complemented with visits to share good practices among participating companies
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
80%
Complexity
100%
Income generation
80%
Level of excellence
90,00%
CEAGA Project Office
- Project launched in 2021 with the support of the Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (Igape).
- Its objective is to help attract the necessary funding to start up the projects of the companies in the Sector.
- It provides three fundamental services: surveillance and radar of published calls for aid; technical support in the presentation of candidatures; support in the execution, implementation and justification of projects.
- Nearly 300 executives from 140 companies regularly receive the Office's newsletter with information on the latest aid.
- More than 200 individual meetings held with companies to learn about their projects.
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
100%
Complexity
90%
Income generation
50%
Level of excellence
85,00%
Automotive Pilot 4.0
- 45 SMEs participating, wich are representative of the entire Galician automotive value chain.
- Objective: to promote the transition of Galician automotive companies to the "Factory of the Future" through the investment in Industry 4.0 technologies and the dissemination of experiences and results among other companies in the Sector.
- More than 10 million euros of total investment, with an average investment of 225,000 euros per company.
- Investments cover a wide range of technologies: automation, machine to machine intercommunication, collaborative robotics, digitalization, sensor systems, Internet of Things, etc.
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
90%
Complexity
90%
Income generation
50%
Level of excellence
82,50%
Team Leader Lean Programme
- Project launched in 2015 to develop the Team Leader, key figure in the Lean deployment.
- Methodology focused on obtaining continuous improvement tools and developing personal skills for their application.
- The interaction with professionals from other companies and the visit to the car manufacturer contribute to reinforce motivation, global vision and sense of belonging of participants.
- At the end of the training programme, professionals will have the skills required for managing, getting involved and motivating their team.
- 22 groups in 20 editions. More than 249 professionals from 41 companies trained.
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
70%
Complexity
70%
Income generation
90%
Level of excellence
82,50%
People Network
- Relaunched in April 2024 to channel the plans of the personal area included in the new strategic plan.
- Working group made up of the heads of 30 CEAGA companies. Bimonthly meetings to share best practices.
- Communication channel integrated by 40 professionals of the Sector.
- Preparation of a report on the impact of absenteeism in the sector. Interlocution with the Xunta de Galicia for sectorial competitiveness in terms of people.
- Salary benchmarking with the participation of 29 companies.
- TalentRace project to attract STEM talent to the Sector.
- Holding of informative seminars with experts in HR matters with Adecco and Randstad.
Strategic alignment
100%
Impact
80%
Complexity
85%
Income generation
60%
Level of excellence
