13.6.2019 Mladá Boleslav. ŠKODA AUTO is calling on its employees to actively contribute ideas for improvements in the entire company: in 2018, the employees of ŠKODA AUTO have submitted more proposals than ever before.
About 60 percent of the total of nearly 30,000 ideas implemented by the automobile manufacturers successfully. Each of the measures save resources or cost, increase the safety in operation or the ergonomics in the workplace. The best proposals, the company is rewarded in the framework of idea management, ZEBRA now with cash prizes and raffled off four Times a year, vehicles are among the participants.
Bohdan Wojnar, ŠKODA AUTO Board member for Human Resources, says: “inventiveness and innovation is characterised by ŠKODA AUTO since the early days of the company. Our employees submit, in the framework of idea management specific suggestions for improvement, before the life of this Spirit. You contribute with your ideas to make processes more efficient, to produce more sustainable to save resources, to reduce costs or improve workplace safety. I would like to say thank you.“
Pavel Hlaváč, head of HR planning, adds: “The idea of management is anchored in the three Czech ŠKODA AUTO works in Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí, as a systematic process. At the heart of the improvement process, the staff is available. You help to make ŠKODA AUTO in all areas of the company even better, faster, safer, and more economical.“
In 2018, have a total of submitted 8.462 Employed nearly 30,000 ideas, of which ŠKODA AUTO has already implemented more than 60 percent want. The achieved savings amounted to a total of 209.6 million Czech crowns (about 8.14 million euros). The company will be rewarded with money bonuses in a total amount of 26.5 million Czech crowns (about 1.03 million Euro). An employee brought in a suggestion, through the implementation of ŠKODA AUTO, more than 18 million Czech crowns was able to save. The idea received for his proposal, a premium of 600,000 Czech crowns. In addition to the financial reward, ŠKODA is giving away among all participants, four Times a year vehicles. So, you can win the participation in exclusive Events, such as a trip to the ice hockey world championship.
How to archive records show, bring employees in ŠKODA AUTO already since 1918, suggestions for improvement, however, the car started mobile manufacturer in the year 1993 with a targeted idea management. The concrete proposals of the employees to show possibilities, as throughout the company to save costs or to how work safety and energy efficiency can be increased.
Today, the idea of management at ŠKODA AUTO the name ZEBRA. The individual letters of the word stand for the Czech terms Znalost (Knowledge), Elán (Elan), Bystrost (acumen), Rozum (mind) and Activities (activity). With the program ZEBRA ŠKODA AUTO encourages its employees to submit suggestions for improvement and coordinates the evaluation and implementation of ideas and the reward of the employees. Since the launch of ZEBRA in 2010, the number of proposals submitted increased from 11.620 to the new record value of 29.971 in 2018. Most of the submitted improvement proposals identified opportunities for material savings and optimisation of production processes. Ideas for process optimization, increase of work safety, health protection and working conditions, as well as to environmental protection is followed.
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