Client: Nampak
Industry: Packing
Responsibilities
The Organization
Nampak (National Amalgamated Packaging) is a South African company based in Johannesburg, South Africa that specializes in the manufacturing and design of packaging. Nampak is the largest diversified packaging company in Africa. The company produces packaging in glass, paper, metals, and plastic.
Problem
The goal of the Culture development project was to become the packaging leader in Africa, to achieve World Benchmarked Performance, and have the company be known as “The place to be” Employer of Choice for employees.
Responsibilities
Solution
The Grid Culture Transformation took 5 years over several stages. 800 people in three factories participated: the Managing Director and 18 Senior Managers, 130 Managers and Supervisors, and 650 factory workers.
Responsibilities
Results
Nampak was named Business of the Year in 2011. They were the first African Company to achieve the Oliver Wight Class (A) award. They also won numerous international awards for products and services. They established a strong risk control program, instituted integrated business planning, had customers signing supply agreements, and achieved excellent financial returns. As they set out, they became “The place to be”, the Employer of Choice. Executive Director Robin Moore said that “The Grid approach has been the glue that binds them all together.”
Other results include the following “Before and After” indicators:
- Sites: from 20 down to 4
- Cost of Sales: from $1,230 to $1,100
- Operating Costs: from $414 to $388
- Fixed Assets: from $216 to $85
- Net Working Capital: from $190 to $103
- Headcount: from 1,354 to 792
- Directors: from 53 to 7
- Sales Cost per Ton: from 78,777 to 62,700
- Tons per Employee: from 11.0 to 21.6
- Operating Cost per Ton: from $28,161 to $22,700
