People Power
UP UNTIL FIVE YEARS AGO, US CHEMICALS GIANT DUPONT HAD FOR 20 YEARS FOCUSED ITS RESOURCES ON EXECUTION AND SAFETY, WITH A RELATIVELY LOW INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS ALL CHANGED IN 2006 WITH THE ROLLOUT OF THE ORGANISATION’S OWN PRODUCTIVITY INITIATIVE, THE DUPONT PRODUCTION SYSTEM (DPS). SINCE THEN, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS PEOPLE AND THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF BEST PRACTICE ACROSS ITS GLOBAL OPERATIONS HAS BECOME DUPONT’S MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY. IN FACT, THE EXTRAORDINARY SPEED AND EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH THE CORPORATION IS ACHIEVING THIS, HAS BECOME A BENCHMARK FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. AT THE TRACC AFRICA MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE HELD IN JOHANNESBURG EARLIER THIS YEAR, DPS PROGRAM CHAMPION FOR DUPONT EMEA, THOMAS PFEIFFER, EXPLAINED HOW THEY MAKE IT HAPPEN. |
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