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of its operation to reduce variable
and fixed costs, while also steering
cement price negotiations.
• Category: Managers’ Leadership
– Winning Country: India; Initia-
tive: Implemented WAVE (Women
Adding Value & Excellence) to cre-
ate a more inclusive workplace. A
variety of programmes contributed
to India achieving a higher ma-
turity index and a greater sense
of belonging amongst female
employees.
Special Sub-categories
• Category: Energy Consumption
– Winning Country: United Arab
Emirates; Initiative: Comparing
poorly against competitors, the Fu-
jairahcement plant implementeda
powermastery plan and is on track
for a 5% reduction in energy costs.
• Category: Inventories reduction
– Winning Country: Serbia; Initia-
tive: Aiming to reduce inventory
levels by 20%, Serbia achieved a
31% reduction by tuning all mate-
rial stocks to meet realistic sales
forecasts.
The South African entries for the
global final phase of the competi-
tion included: Lafarge Lichtenburg
H&S Team; Team Leader: Conrad van
der Westhuizen; Initiative: Electronic
Visible Felt Leadership (VFL) System
enhances impact on safety; Category:
Health and Safety; Lafarge Readymix
Projects;
Team leader: DaveMiles; Initiative:
Electronic Proof of Delivery (EPOD)
saves time and cost; Category: Cash
flows and EBITDA; Lafarge Moregrove
Quarry;
Team Leader: Peter Willemse; Ini-
tiative: Innovative finesmanagement
gives better returns; Category: Capital
Allocation; Lafarge Aggregates Con-
tinuous Process Improvement;
Team leader: Peter Deering; Initia-
tive: Introduction of best operating
practices enhances production and
cuts costs; Category: Managers’
Leadership.
Special sub-categories
• Lafarge Ninians Quarry
• Team Leader: Stewart Chislett;
Initiative: Proactive maintenance
reduces energy costs; Category:
Energy Consumption
• Lafarge Blue Rock Quarry
• Team leader: Andre van Heerden;
Initiative: Unique Light Duty Ve-
hicle loading scheme gives quicker
stock turnover; Category: Invento-
ries reduction
Communications Manager of Lafarge
South Africa, Chantál Stewart, who
was responsible for rolling out and
managing the Lafarge Awards in
South Africa says: “The success of the
global winners was shared and cel-
ebrated internationally and locally.
The awards are a valuable source of
inspiration for new local initiatives
and benchmarking our own projects
against the rest of the Lafarge world.”
Lafarge places innovation at the
heart of its priorities, working for
sustainable construction and archi-
tectural creativity to help build better
cities around the world: more beauti-
ful cities that are better connected,
have more housing and are more
compact and durable. These Global
Awards honour and recognise the in-
novation of its employees who work
so hard to meet the high standards
set by Lafarge
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