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Learning from the best! – Lean & Digitalisation.
For the 19th time, the consulting firm Agamus Consult from Munich and the business magazine AUTOMOBIL PRODUKTION awarded the prestigious "Automotive Lean Production Award".
The awards were presented in the following categories: „OEM“, „Supplier“, „Digital Use Case: Line of Defense“, „Digital Use Case OEM: Smart Safety“, "Special Award: Rapid Transformation and "Digital Use Case Supplier: Enhancing Quality in Semiconductor Manufacturing".
The awards were presented on the 25th and 26th of November 2025 during the annual Automotive Lean Production Congress at the previous year's winner Volkswagen Poznań in Poland. The congress again included an exclusive plant tour, expert presentations, roundtables – and lots of best practices.
The "Automotive Lean Production – Award & Study" initiative has been in existence since 2006. So far, almost 1,400 surveys from 19 nations have been included in the benchmark studies. In the past, a total of 98 plants have received one of the prestigious awards.
In 2025, for the first time, six plants were awarded with one of the sought-after awards.
The winners of the prestigious Lean Awards 2025 have been announced. The following plants prevailed in the international competition (click on the logo for the jury's statement):
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