Business Chief Europe Magazine November 2018 | Page 177

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able work on and execute an efficiency improvement strategy .”
Also , creating mixed and interfunctional teams that go from “ success stories ” to “ success stories ” and celebrating the collective successes , is essential in the process of creating a unique company and a common culture .
In fact , celebrating collective successes generates an acceleration of team work , while celebrating individual successes generates bad competition and frustration . This saw Ghesquières implement a number of Kaizen ( improvement ) activities on the
shop floor with all of the different teams in order to foster collaboration and tackle challenges together in order to grow and succeed together . “ This level of collaboration ensures that we as an organisation win together ,” he says . “ Our most important asset and key to our success is our PEOPLE . The employees , each and every one of them , create true value and we need each of them to adopt and be involved in the change process ”
As a testament to the success of this methodology and collaborative approach , during the first quarter of 2018 , the Industrial Engineering team was recognised twice by ChemChina
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