Project of Defi XXI

Adaptation of Production and Quality Methods to People in the Situation of Professional Integration through the Economy

Subject of the project


In order to optimise integration as far as employability is concerned we perform the following activities:

Creation of product cards including all necessary steps of production about the item.

Reorganisation of workshops to improve production flow.

A Well-organised and detailed training programme.

Organisation of stocks.

Motivation and context

Inducement of project launch.

External

Suggestion of AMPAfrance to join EQUAL project

Internal

Desire of our company to restructure educational devices and to improve the organisation of premises. Desire to obtain a ISO 9000 quality certificate.

Context


Social context

Being involved in a quality move since 1998, DEFI XXI firstly stressed its attention to the quality of integration. We have divided our integration approach into 9 steps with tools that corresponded. THis approach corresponds to the method of progress and encourages employees under integration to achieve their personnal, social and professional targets. Consequently, at present we would like to stress our attention to an other aspect the quality of company’, that is a subject of this project.

Political context

Integration Company that wishes to be recognised as a participant of the labour market.

Human context

Desire of performers to create educational devices that will help people employed under integration conditions to work autonomously and to be aware of their value.

Function of products

MAIN OBJECTIVES:

To set up a procedure for the making of product card’s making and a training programme with active participation of people under integration within the framework of the rights and duties of users. In order to encourage autonomy and responsibility of people employed under an integration contract, a product card should:

be a pedagogical device.
be clear and colourful with photos, sketches or final products for better understanding.
contain detailed quality criteria. A product should be separated into its components with indication of supplier’s references.
contain a description of production steps and time required for fabrication. Security and hygienic orders should be indicated for each machine to be used.
explain the organisation of the work place if possible.
Training programme on welding should contain:

security regulations.
detailed sketches or photos of each exercise.
clear cards so as to allow almost autonomous training and work.

COMPLEMENTARY OBJECTIVES:

reorganisation of workshops:

reorganisation of workshops for better circulation of people and products’ flow.
improvement of workplace ergonomics of place of work (for perfect running).
organisation of stocks:

To organise stocks of raw materials and finished products. Raw materials’ flow at the one side and finished products’ flow at the other.
Fabricate shelves to arrange the stock during.
To specify a reference for each product or material and to display its photo (or real product) in order to avoid all mistakes and to save time.

Means and personnel evolved

A Technical committee that consists of:

A quality manager of supplier, AMPAfrance
A manager of metalwork and welding workshop, Defi XXI
A manager of various industries workshop, Defi XXI
Defi XXI director
A member of the border of directors of Association of Integration Through Adapted Work of Mauges that administrates Defi XXI
Two professors from IUT Cholet - Angers
Two students that are taking degree of conception and management of industrial projects.

PROJECT OPERATORS:
Two students that are taking degree of conception and management of industrial projects.
Two workshop’s managers from Defi XXI
Four workshop’s instructors
Defi XXI director
People employed by Defi XXI under insertion contracts

PUBLIC:

Excluded people with authorisation of National Employment Agency with following characteristics (statistics of 2002)


External problems (1):
Absence of education 58 %
Addiction 7 %
Illiteracy 11 %
Mental disability 9 %
Social isolation 45 %
Physical disability 13 %
Justice 4 %
Housing 20 %
Lack of mobility 24 %
Health (except addiction) 45 %
Psychic problems 35 %
Excessive debt 20 %
Behaviour disorder 27 %

Problems to find a job


Unemployed for more than 3 years 60 %
Unemployed for 2 to 3 years 24 %
Unemployed for 1 to 2 years 16 %

Categories


Men 25 %
Women 75 %

Age


Under 25 years old From 26 to 29 years old From 30 to 39 years old From 40 to 49 years old More than 50 years old
Men 30 % 21 % 16 % 23 % 10 %
Women 20 % 10 % 28 % 28 % 14 %

One person may have several problems, 3 problems per person on the average.