At Sava, we began to gather and list proposals for improvements already back in 1954.
Rubber Manufacturing
Until today over 13,200 proposals for improvements were listed. Considering the proposals originating from the continual improvements process, which has been in progress for several years now, the number of proposals exceeds 16,500. Approximately 700 proposals per year have been given recently, considering the continual improvements process the average number of listed proposals in last four years amounts to about 1,100 per year (data for Rubber Manufacturing, Sava Medical in Storitve and Sava d.d.).
It should be pointed out that most proposals bring about progress and have a favourable impact on the situation in several areas at one time.
How to encourage the innovation spirit? The majority of proposals are directly connected with the work of associates - the authors of useful proposals. These proposals address the elimination of deficiencies, improvements in working conditions, decrease in costs, better utilisation of machinery and devices, simpler and faster maintenance, etc.
Since 1996, we have been organising special campaigns to encourage innovations and make people think about improvements and changes in their working environment. In 1996, we a campaign called LET’S OPEN THE DOOR TO NEW IDEAS was launched. The 1997 campaign 1,000 IDEAS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW met with the widest public response and resulted in 1,087 new ideas.
OUR PROPOSALS 2009 was the 2009 campaign title in the Rubber Manufacturing division of the Sava Group, in the companies:
- Savatech, d. o. o.,
- Sava-GTI, d. o. o.,
- Sava-Schäfer, d. o. o.,
- as well as for the employees of the company Sava Medical in Storitve d.o.o.
The campaign, which encourages employees to make proposals for improvements, was the 15th in succession and was held from April to November 2010. The focus was on the topics called by the individual organizational units in a specified period of time.
Tourism In 2009, a standard for gathering and evaluating proposals in Tourism of the Sava Group was formed and introduced. A comparison between 2008 and 2009 shows an increase in submitted proposals from 0.02 proposal/employee to 0.2 proposal/employee, representing a 10-fold enhancement.
From 15 January to 15 February a campaign called ‘The invention of a simple wheel has led to the construction of a space ship. What might be the result of your idea?’
The goal in 2010 has been set at one proposal per employee.
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