OREANDA-NEWS. December 26, 2011. In late December 2011, Sergey Obozov, Director for Implementation of Rosatom Production System (RPS), rendered a visit to Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Union. Sergey Obozov examined major facilities of the Union, visited facilities of Mine No. 8, which is currently under construction, and made himself acquainted with the process of RPS implementation at PIMCU.

Rosatom Production System is a joint project of State Corporation Rosatom and Japanese corporation Toyota aimed at enhancing performance, improving the quality of products, reducing costs and eventually at satisfying customer demands to the utmost level.

JSC PIMCU was included in the list of facilities implementing RPS in summer 2011. A group of Russian experts working on the project as well as representatives from Toyota visited the facility. A number of employees of the Union’s key divisions completed training courses within the frameworks of this project. Further on, under the guidance of consultants they set up four pilot projects, which are being rolled out at PIMCU.

During the final meeting, Sergey Obozov outlined that the projects of RPS were successfully developed at the facility. He also told the participants about key objectives for PIMCU concerning the implementation of Rosatom Production System in 2012.

The agenda of the visit also included an experience sharing workshop on the implementation of RPS projects at the facilities operated by ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. – JSC PIMCU, JSC Dalur, JSC Khiagda, and JSC RUSBURMASH.