THE CCM: TALENT DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

July - August 2019

The Centro de Competitividad de Monterrey (ccm) develops the talent of those of us who have worked as advisors or presidents, and of the executives who take one of the development programs for entrepreneurs. and executives who take one of the development programs for entrepreneurs. It also helps to develop SMEs through specific consulting through specific consulting and intervention programs that transform them. intervention programs that transform them. Cultivates talent in the industrial community through the numerous events it organizes, where it takes advantage of benchmarking and then deepen in areas that they wish to develop. As its slogan says: ccm is your organization's gps. gps of your organization, it takes you from where you are today to where you are today to where you are today. you are today to the one you want to reach, with a more advanced more advanced development.

In the industrial community of Nuevo León, we are fortunate to have the ccm as a professional and development-focused institution. Its recognition over the years is based on solid results that are being developed in the people it supports, as well as in the companies it helps in their transformation process. companies it assists in their transformation process.

I would like to focus on the issue of supplier development for the suppliers of the tractor companies, as suppliers play an important role in the suppliers play an important role in the supply chain supply chain in order to be globally competitive, so as to establish a shoulder-to-shoulder competition with other global companies. companies.

Our SMEs or suppliers of tractor companies are evolving with their continuous improvement processes in an evident way. However, However, when they rely on external assistance for this improvement process -as is the case of the ccm-, the speed of evolution and the achievement of results are and results are achieved to a greater extent.

The ccm establishes diagnoses in which the situation of a company is determined, in order to have a basis for comparison and to detect the gaps on which improvement must be focused. gaps where improvement needs to be focused. The ccm has the Nuevo León Competitiveness Award, which serves as an improvement tool for companies. companies.

THE CCM IS THE GPS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION, IT TAKES YOU FROM THE SITUATION WHERE YOU YOU ARE IN TODAY TO THE ONE YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE, WITH A MORE ADVANCED ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.

Tools such as Kaizen are vital, since they involve personnel from different areas of the company in a short period of time and with important results. This type of event substantially increases the energy level of the organization. the energy level of the organization. It is the most It is the most efficient way to work with high delivery and in collaborative teams. The results obtained are given in a better work environment. in a better work environment. Solid results include more efficient inventory levels including more efficient inventory levels during operation during the operation, increases in delivery indicators, substantial improvements in quality and, as a consequence, a better competitive edge that and, as a consequence, improved competitiveness that ensures benefits for all. that ensures benefits for all.

It is essential for each company to have at least one resource a resource directed to the continuous improvement process and who becomes an internal guide: someone who is the point of contact with the ccm for the continuity of the improvement processes when he/she is not available. the point of contact with the ccm for the continuity of the improvement process when he/she is not present or when internal improvement activities have concluded. This person should be trained, and should be a member of the ccm's management team. This person should be trained, This person, along with a few additional employees, should be trained This person, along with some additional employees, should be trained so that they have the basic tools necessary to become the critical mass that will fundamentally change the culture of the company.

Finally, I would like to highlight the fundamental role of the ccm in the adoption and leadership of new technologies or trend-setting initiatives, such as in the adoption and leadership of new technologies or trend-setting initiatives, such as industry 4.0. such as industry 4.0. The ccm -in alliance with McKinsey- installed the Advanced Manufacturing and Training Center, which in its first stage has a digital "portable" model line with which, in an experiential format, it builds lean & digital capabilities for top management, middle management and shop for top management, middle management and shop floor associates. floor associates. This makes it possible to serve the national the national transformation industry on a massive scale, democratizing the creation of competences, improving productivity and productivity and contribute to the competitive development of our our community.

In these times of political crises, both national and international, which create more challenging economic environments, it is even more important to challenging economic environments, it is all the more important to be to be well prepared and increasingly competitive. The ccm is an organization on which we must rely. let us take advantage of it.

JOSE FRANCISCO GOMEZ

Vice President of Operations Carrier Mexico