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Efficiency
Efficiency programs – Bible, White Bone and Winning Attitude – were fundamental to the good performance of Minerva Foods in 2017. Among its goals are the standardization of pro- cesses, increases in yield and productivity and a reduction in volatility in operational results. They also provide for greater employee engagement guarantees the best conditions for transforming challenges into achievements consistently and ef- fortlessly. In 2017, an evolution was made to the pillar supporting these programs: operate with excellence and at a low cost.
White Bone (Osso Branco) – Aimed at maxi- mizing deboning capacity, to ensure that the least amount of product possible is left on the bone, which increases the yield of each unit by making better use of the carcass.
Bible (Bíblia) – Aimed at standardizing processes at industrial complexes and capturing operational synergies. The Company identifies and registers best practices at its units, ensuring that they be- come standard in every unit. This results in more efficiency and productivity at all operations.
Winning Attitude (Atitude Campeã) – Seeks to use best practices found among different units to set an ambitious operating goal for the entire industrial complex. For example, if the Bible program finds that a São Paulo unit has the best deboning operation and identifies that the slaughtering method is more effective at the Rolim de Moura (TO) unit, each becomes standard. Once these standards an established, each unit seeks to perform based on the best standard for all tried and tested indicators. This is a type of annual competition, where ev- ery month employees at the best performing units in a given department and those with the most satisfactory results take part in a special luncheon, receive a trophy and compete in a drawing for products such as computers and TVs. At the end of the year, the unit that has the most points is the winner, and all 100% of its employees at that unit receive bonuses. The same benefit is given to the workers with the best performance by department.
In 2017, A Winning Attitude incorporated high investments in awards and bonuses in addition to providing Minerva a significant gain in efficiency
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