AME Visits PACCAR Australia

On August 24 2017, 22 AME Members and Colleagues attended an exclusive Workplace Insights Tour at PACCAR Australia in Bayswater North, Victoria.   The visit to the Kenworth plant focused on Safety, Quality, and Employee Engagement systems.   

Bart Hoemann, Operations Director and Andrew Hadjikakou, Managing Director, welcomed the guests and provided a detailed overview of PACCAR and Kenworth Operations.  Attendees then broke up into smaller groups and visited the Kenworth Factory, Kenworth Warehouse and PACCAR Parts Warehouse.  

Feedback from the event was excellent.

"Thoroughly enjoyable visit! Big trucks are every boys dream so to get close and see them was amazing. Very impressed with the Facility overall. Very good handle of all aspects of the business, and very impressive people 100% engaged at its core. Well done."

"Fantastic site, fantastic business, fantastic story. It all starts from the top and a credit to everyone who works at PACCAR."

"I was imporessed with the true meaning of customer first & the shop floor focus whilst problem solving."

"What impressed me most was the quality product and passion from all that worked there."