MIMCO MONTOI FOLLOW-UP AUDIT

MIMCO - Montoi, Mexico (Follow-up) Audit - Page 1. MATTEL INDEPENDENT MONITORING COUNCIL FOR GLOBAL MANUFACTURING PRINCIPLES FOLLOW-UP AUDIT REPORT FOR MONTOI, S.A. DE C.V. Address: Avenida Fidel Velazquez 509 Santa Catarina N.L. Monterrey, Mexico November 7, 2000 Copyright © 2000 by MIMCO MIMCO C/o Zicklin School of Business Baruch College - CUNY 17 Lexington Avenue New York, N.Y. 10010 Revised November 14, 2000 MIMCO - Montoi, Mexico (Follow-up) Audit - Page 2. INTRODUCTION This report is based on the results of a follow-up audit of the Montoi plant that was conducted by the MIMCO team on November 7, 2000. The first audit of the plant 1was conducted in August 1999. During the first audit, the Montoi plant was found to be in general overall compliance with GMP. However, a number of deficiencies were found and MIMCO also made a number of recommendations which if implemented would improve conditions at the facility. We are pleased to report that Montoi plant management has taken the necessary action to respond to our concerns and, in many cases their improvements have enhanced the working conditions and employee safety beyond our original recommendations. The current report provides the details of our findings: a.) to verify the changes made as a result of the recommendations in the MIMCO audit report, following the audit team visit of August 2-6, 1999; and, b.) to ...