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6015B: EXEMPLARY
TEAMWORK IN GUINEA
IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER THREE 6015B EXCAVATORS TO OUR MINING
CUSTOMER NORDGOLD IN GUINEA BY THE END OF 2020, THE TEAMS IN
THE JA DELMAS NETWORK HAD TO DEMONSTRATE FAULTLESS COMMITMENT.
Customer satisfaction. In a nutshell, these were the key words that guided the delivery
of three 6015B excavators in Guinea. It was on May 1, 2020 – a symbolic date in itself
– that Nordgold placed the order which would draw upon the strenuous efforts of
teams within the JA Delmas Network. The purchase of two 6015B excavators for the
Lefa site in Guinea, and the rental of a third excavator for the same site took place Nordgold
ies. LEFA Mine
700 km
TOP QUALITY SUPPORT A JOINT EFFORT
Despite compulsory home-working and a travel Despite all these anticipatory measures, the
ban, the teams demonstrated their faultless complicated health situation in this period of COVID Conakry
commitment. First of all, with the implementation of resulted in a delay in Conakry with a congested
the “New Product Introduction” (NPI) process, by
Conakry in August, and the third in November.
by Caterpillar aims to design, develop and deliver
quality products to its customers. The aim is to take
stock of all the customer’s needs before the arrival
of the machines, in order to provide quality support. while the third unit was transported by Atiko Guinea.
The Mining Sales Team worked with the Mines The on-site assembly was the result of a real joint effort.
The teams from Nordgold Lefa, Manutention Africaine Mali
in order to track, validate and coordinate all and Atiko Guinée assembled the machines on site on time,
the steps with the various departments. despite the restrictions taken to limit the spread of the virus.
For example, technical changes were made to In the end, Nordgold expressed its satisfaction and
these machines in the port of Antwerp before thanked our teams for their competent management of
they were shipped to Conakry. The collaboration this project. Congratulations are due for this success,
with the Caterpillar teams and the JAD teams which was the result of close collaboration between
in Bordeaux and Dakar facilitated this work Nordgold, JA Delmas Bordeaux, the teams in Dakar,
and saved valuable time for the customer. Manutention Africaine Mali, Atiko Guinée and Caterpillar.
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