Business Excellence Sample Clauses

Business Excellence. Council’s goal is to develop a high performing organisation that has a strong culture of ‘working together doing the right things the best way’. Council wants to be recognised by the community as a leading local government authority and as a 'best employer'. Council are doing this by pursuing the philosophy within the Australian Business Excellence Framework. Business Excellence is how Council ensures that Council continually measures and improves our organisational results to the community. It is about:  having clear direction and knowing how everyone all contributes to the big picturehaving a focus on our customers  implementing best practice  doing our best every single day. The Business Excellence philosophy underpins how Council goes about its work. It is all about doing the right things – the best way. This EA supports the principles of Business Excellence by building a fair, balanced and co-operative relationship between Council, its employees and other stakeholders.
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Business Excellence. 5.2.1 Port Xxxxxxxx Council is committed to applying the Business Excellence Framework to its operations.
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Business Excellence. ‘WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A SAFE, WORLD CLASS, COMPETITIVE BUSINESS, THROUGH A FOCUS ON OUR CUSTOMERS’ NEEDS’ Our commitment is to: Continuous production improvement We are committed to achieving significant improvement in plant productivity whilst also achieving continuous improvement in safety performance and quality. This improvement will be achieved by: • Achieve worlds best practice in can/component making, warehouse & engineering • Methods of operation being standardised to deliver consistent quality production • Quality and machine performance information documented on log sheets or downtime sheets and communicated openly at shift handover & ensure quality handover of key production information • participating positively in process improvement activities including new technology • Match worlds best practice in change overs • Supporting the improvement process by communicating goals and targets, and by providing timely feedback on progress. • Implementing changes which enable the business to grow • Participation and commitment to safety initiatives • Deliver a continuous running operation • Achieve a reduction in spoilage and materials to worlds best practice standards • Working at optimum crew levels • support the introduction of new equipment, new processes and the introduction of new information technology systems • Other initiatives as discussed at Consultative Committee meeting Our Customers We are committed to being focused around the needs of our customers, ensuring the business remains efficient and flexible that is able to: ▪ Grow customer base ▪ meet the market in terms of pricing, quality & delivery performance ensuring the cost of manufacture remains competitive ▪ proactively managing production changes & being flexible to meet the varying needs of our customers ▪ meet customer delivery needs including urgent dispatch of product when required Our Team It is essential for our long term survival, and success that we work together & strive for constant improvement. This means everybody working together by actively contributing, sharing ideas, skills and information, identifying problems, determining solutions and taking action to meet all our challenges and achieve our goals. We do this by: • working together, flexibly, both within and across shifts/ work areas. • being accountable for managing a cost effective business • constantly seeking & being accountable for improvements in safety, quality, efficiency, housekeeping and the work environ...
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Business Excellence. 5.2.1 Port Xxxxxxxx Council is committed to applying the Australian Business Excellence Framework to its operations.
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Business Excellence. Our goal is to develop a high performing organisation that has a strong culture of ‘working together doing the right things the best way’. We want to be recognised by our community as a leading local government authority and as a 'best employer'. We are doing this by pursuing the philosophy within the Australian Business Excellence Framework. Business Excellence is how we ensure that we continually measure and improve our organisational results to the community. It is about: • having clear direction and knowing how we all contribute to the big picture; • having a focus on our customers; • implementing best practice; • doing our best every single day. The Business Excellence philosophy underpins how we go about our work. It is all about doing the right things – the best way. This EA supports the principles of Business Excellence by building a fair balanced and co-operative relationship between Council, its employees and other stakeholders.
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Business Excellence. The Province wishes to engage the Contractor on an annual basis to participate in a business planning process whereby the Province will discuss with the Contractor its business challenges and opportunities and provide the Contractor with an opportunity to develop proposals to address the challenges and opportunities in a creative and cost effective manner. The Contractor has agreed to participate in this process in a positive and constructive manner. The first meeting will be held no less then 6 months and no more then 12 months after the Handover Date. It is anticipated that these annual sessions will be held off-site for a minimum of one and one-half days and that they will be attended by the key executives and key managers from both the Province and the Contractor. Each party will bear their own costs of attending the sessions and any costs of facilities and facilitation will be split between the parties. As a consequence of these meetings it is expected that the Contractor will develop proposals related to these discussions for the Province's consideration. Should the Province accept any such proposal, it may request a change order for the Contractor to do the work or, it may instead choose to issue a tender to which the Contractor will be permitted to respond
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  • BUSINESS ETHICS EXPECTATION 13.1 During the course of pursuing contracts with Owner and while performing contract work in accordance with this Agreement, Architect/Engineer agrees to maintain business ethics standards aimed at avoiding any impropriety or conflict of interest which could be construed to have an adverse impact on the Owner’s best interests.

  • Business Continuity Planning Supplier shall prepare and maintain at no additional cost to Buyer a Business Continuity Plan (“BCP”). Upon written request of Buyer, Supplier shall provide a copy of Supplier’s BCP. The BCP shall be designed to ensure that Supplier can continue to provide the goods and/or services in accordance with this Order in the event of a disaster or other BCP-triggering event (as such events are defined in the applicable BCP). Supplier’s BCP shall, at a minimum, provide for: (a) the retention and retrieval of data and files; (b) obtaining resources necessary for recovery, (c) appropriate continuity plans to maintain adequate levels of staffing required to provide the goods and services during a disruptive event; (d) procedures to activate an immediate, orderly response to emergency situations; (e) procedures to address potential disruptions to Supplier’s supply chain; (f) a defined escalation process for notification of Buyer, within two (2) business days, in the event of a BCP-triggering event; and (g) training for key Supplier Personnel who are responsible for monitoring and maintaining Supplier’s continuity plans and records. Supplier shall maintain the BCP and test it at least annually or whenever there are material changes in Supplier’s operations, risks or business practices. Upon Xxxxx’s written and reasonable request, Supplier shall provide Buyer an executive summary of test results and a report of corrective actions (including the timing for implementation) to be taken to remedy any deficiencies identified by such testing. Upon Xxxxx’s request and with reasonable advance notice and conducted in such a manner as not to unduly interfere with Supplier’s operations, Supplier shall give Buyer and its designated agents access to Supplier’s designated representative(s) with detailed functional knowledge of Supplier’s BCP and relevant subject matter.

  • New Employee Orientations The County shall provide the Union written notice of County-wide new employee orientations, whether in person or online, at least ten (10) business days prior to the orientation. The notice shall include time, date, and location of the orientation. Representatives of the Union shall be permitted to meet with the new employees for up to thirty (30) minutes during a portion of the orientation for which attendance is mandatory. The Union shall provide the County at least five (5) business days prior to the orientation any materials it would like the County to distribute to new employees at the orientation. If the Union staff are unavailable, the County shall grant release time for one (1) union xxxxxxx to attend the orientation pursuant to Section 6.2.1 The County shall make best efforts to provide the Union with the name, job title, department, work location, work, home and personal cellular telephone numbers, personal email addresses, and home addresses of all employees in the bargaining unit every 90 days, but no less than once every 120 days.

  • New Employee Orientation The Union will provide each agency personnel director with the names and addresses of up to two (2) authorized Union representatives per agency to receive notice of each formal orientation meeting held by the Department. The notice will be sent as soon as such meetings are scheduled (but not less than ten (10) days in advance) and will include date, time and location. Due to operational exigencies, agencies may schedule an orientation which will provide the Union with less than the requisite ten (10) days' notice; however the Union shall be notified as soon as possible after the scheduling of the orientation and the Union representative shall be released from duty. Agencies shall routinely schedule orientations in a manner that will allow for the ten (10) day advance notice to the Union. During the formal orientation, the Union will be permitted to give a twenty (20) minute presentation which may include an enrollment in supplemental Union benefits. The parties shall encourage employee attendance, although attendance shall not be mandatory if an employee objects to attending the presentation. In the event a formal orientation meeting is not held, or the Union is unable to attend the formal orientation because the designated Union representatives cannot be released under Article 4, the Employer shall allow the Union representative and the employee(s) to meet during duty hours at a mutually agreed upon time and location for twenty (20) minutes Employee participation in these meetings shall be encouraged although an employee shall not be required to attend such a meeting.

  • Supervisory Employees For the purposes of this Article, the parties agree that Supervisory positions are those that are not excluded under Article 2.0 above and that satisfy the following criteria:

  • Sick Leave Donation Program A Labor Management Committee will be established for the purpose of proposing rules and procedures for a new, program. The LMC will be to develop consistent, transparent and equitable proposals for processes across all departments within the City. The LMC shall also explore proposals to lower the minimum leave bank required to donate sick leave and permit donation of sick leave upon separation from the City. The LMC must consult with the Office of Civil Rights to ensure compliance with the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative. Once the LMC has developed its list of proposals, the City and Coalition of City Unions agrees to reopen each contract on this subject.

  • Employee Orientation Each and every person working for a contractor, including sub- contractors, will be given an orientation to familiarize them with the site safety program. Unless otherwise specified, each sub-contractor is responsible for the orientation of their workers.

  • BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN The Warrant Agent shall maintain plans for business continuity, disaster recovery, and backup capabilities and facilities designed to ensure the Warrant Agent’s continued performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of production, loss of systems, loss of equipment, failure of carriers and the failure of the Warrant Agent’s or its supplier’s equipment, computer systems or business systems (“Business Continuity Plan”). Such Business Continuity Plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, testing, accountability and corrective actions designed to be promptly implemented, if necessary. In addition, in the event that the Warrant Agent has knowledge of an incident affecting the integrity or availability of such Business Continuity Plan, then the Warrant Agent shall, as promptly as practicable, but no later than twenty-four (24) hours (or sooner to the extent required by applicable law or regulation) after the Warrant Agent becomes aware of such incident, notify the Company in writing of such incident and provide the Company with updates, as deemed appropriate by the Warrant Agent under the circumstances, with respect to the status of all related remediation efforts in connection with such incident. The Warrant Agent represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, such Business Continuity Plan is active and functioning normally in all material respects.

  • Indiana Veteran’s Business Enterprise Compliance Award of this Contract was based, in part, on the Indiana Veteran’s Business Enterprise (“IVBE”) participation plan. The following IVBE subcontractors will be participating in this Contract: VBE PHONE COMPANY NAME SCOPE OF PRODUCTS and/or SERVICES UTILIZATION DATE PERCENT _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ A copy of each subcontractor agreement shall be submitted to IDOA within thirty (30) days of the request. Failure to provide any subcontractor agreement may also be considered a material breach of this Contract. The Contractor must obtain approval from IDOA before changing the IVBE participation plan submitted in connection with this Contract. The Contractor shall report payments made to IVBE subcontractors under this Contract on a monthly basis. Monthly reports shall be made using the online audit tool, commonly referred to as “Pay Audit.” IVBE subcontractor payments shall also be reported to IDOA as reasonably requested and in a format to be determined by IDOA.

  • Interstate Educational Personnel Contracts 1. The designated state official of a party state may make 1 or more contracts on behalf of his state with 1 or more other party states providing for the acceptance of educational personnel. Any such contract for the period of its duration shall be applicable to and binding on the states whose designated state officials enter into it, and the subdivisions of those states, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in this agreement. A designated state official may enter into a contract pursuant to this article only with states in which he finds that there are programs of education, certification standards or other acceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification of educational personnel on a basis sufficiently comparable, even though not identical to that prevailing in his own state.

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