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AGCO Receives AME Excellence Award
USAgNet - 10/17/2017

AGCO's Jackson Operations, the Minnesota-based manufacturing center for AGCO Corporation, is the first agricultural manufacturer to receive the AME Excellence Award presented by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence. The Jackson facility manufactures complex, custom-configured Challenger and Massey Ferguson agricultural machines, including tractors and application equipment. The 2017 AME Excellence Award was presented Oct. 10 at the AME 2017 International Conference in Boston, Mass.

AGCO was chosen based upon the company's work converting the Jackson facility to a mixed model line and the quality, efficiency and productivity improvements that resulted in just over two years. Empowering employees, adopting new tools and integrating innovative technology using Glass, an assisted-reality, wearable headset device, are key factors leading to the success.

"AGCO is proud to be an innovator and thought leader in the production of agricultural equipment, and we're honored to be recognized as the first agricultural company to receive this award," says Peggy Gulick, AGCO's director of business process improvement. "The machines we manufacture are built to order, and rarely are two exactly alike. In fact, with our mixed model production approach, an employee may build an engine assembly in the morning and turn to an applicator later in the day."

AGCO is the only agricultural equipment manufacturer to use Glass technology in its manufacturing processes.


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