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Greeting Reebok Senior Management at Interloop Industrial Park

Reebok Senior Management Team comprising Alan the Interloop Industrial Park and briefed them about the
Chamberlin, Vice President Brand Operations Business company and its business operations. Navid Fazil took the
Unit Training; Emily Gardella, Apparel Director Global delegates around Interloop Spinning, Product
Operations & Barbara Ebersberger, Vice President Product Development, Yarn Dyeing, Research & Innovation Center,
Marketing Training Apparel, visited Interloop Industrial Park Knit-to-Pack Production Operations, Sports Complex, etc.
on 7 March, 2018. Navid Fazil, COO along with The guests showed keen interest in the socks
Muhammad Bilal, GM Marketing; Muhammad Shahzad, manufacturing process, Lean practices, seamless
GM Merchandising and Yaser Riaz, Head of Research & performance wear project and the new sports complex and
Innovation Interloop Limited, welcomed the delegates at appreciated Interloop’s commitment towards sustainability.

Barbara Ebersberger briefing Interloop team about operations Yaser Riaz, HoD R & I showing socks produced at R & I Center to
at Reebok Alan Chamberlin, Emily Gardella & Barbara Ebersberger

The Culture Talk by Pete Gritton

Pete Grittion, Sr. Consultant at American Links principles & practices, one voice & system and customer
International, Adjunct Professor at University of Kentucky, satisfaction.
USA & former VP Human Resource at Toyota North
America, having decades of experience, visited Interloop He articulated about the culture prevailing in Toyota as the
again to share his learning about what an organizational “Toyota Way”. Toyota Way has two major components that
culture should be and why it is important? The concept shape up the culture 1) continuous improvement & 2)
was to give cultural awareness to Interloop’s E1 - E3 respect for people. He reiterated that all Toyota team
executives through sessions conducted at Plants 1, 2 & 3. members, at every level, are expected to use these
components in their daily work and interactions to shape
Pete talked about the basics of organizational culture and up the strong organizational culture.
what makes it strong. He specifically emphasized on the
definition of true Lean culture and why it is important in The participation of attendees was engaging and they had
organizations which are adapting to Lean Manufacturing. enough inquiries to keep Pete busy during Q/A sessions.
The crux of true Lean culture lies in revamping systematic Some Department Heads also attended the cultural talks.
problem solving, to improve the work done by employees Overall, the sessions went well and served the purpose of
towards achieving company’s goals & targets. Pete creating awareness and highlighting the importance of
explained that true lean culture deals with standard organizational culture.

Pete Gritton talking about the best practices of organizational culture Saba Ashraf commenting about the female hostel facility

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