Building a nation at work

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NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY INSTITUTE

 
 

• Building a nation at work

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VISION

• The irrefutable champion of holistic,
• innovative and sustained development of
• South Africas productive capacity for the
• equitable benefit of all in a socially
• responsible manner

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MISSION

• The NPI is a tripartite body dedicated to the
• development and enhancement of South
• Africas productive capacity by articulating
• the spirit of tripartism through research,
• information dissemination, training,
  facilitation,
• consulting, auditing and monitoring all
• productivity issues and challenges in order to
• improve the quality of life of all South Africans.

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STRATEGIC PROJECTS

• The NPI identified, developed and managed
  projects that address
• National Priorities

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SOCIAL PLAN

• Following the Presidential Jobs
• Summit 1998, the NPI was appointed
• to provide technical assistance to
• Detect early signs of decline in industry sectors
• Facilitate the establishment of Future Forums
• Provide technical advice on developing turnaround
  and redeployment strategies
• Assist stakeholders with relevant information

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SOCIAL PLANAchievements

• The NPI facilitated the Social Plan process and
  formulated the implementation guidelines
• 70 Future Forum established
• 10 projects completed-1169 jobs saved
• 3 Sector Initiatives
• Clothing Sector Study - complete
• Mining Sector Study - complete
• Footwear Project - ongoing
• 3 Social Plan Centres established in Gauteng
  two operating

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WORKPLACE CHALLENGE

• The Workplace Challenge is a joint initiative
  between Nedlac
• and the Department of Trade and Industry, managed
  by the National Productivity Institute.
• The WPC objective is to improve the
  competitiveness
• of manufacturing sectors.
• The cornerstone of the Workplace Challenge is
  that it works
• with management and workers at the shop-floor to
  improve
• productivity through better relationships and
  business
• processes.

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WORKPLACE CHALLENGE Achievements

• 11 sector projects were implemented, involving 70
  companies.
• Qualitative improvements between labour and
  management
• and productivity were reported in all sectors
• Weir-Envirotech in Isando, employing 320 workers,
  recorded delivery time improvements of 75 and
  cost-savings of 7,5
• Dorbyl Structural Products in Vanderbijlpark
  recorded a 33 reduction in breakdown hours
• Vynide Midlands (near Sasolburg) recorded a
  saving of 300 jobs.
• Willowton, a footwear company in KwaZulu Natal,
  reported an increased manufacturing capacity of
  300 with the same labour force.

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WORKPLACE CHALLENGE Achievements
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SECTOR INITIATIVES

• Sector Initiatives targets sectors with growth
• potential. The objective is to aggressively
• encourage competitiveness through productivity
• improvement.
• Achievements

FORESTRY CONTRACTORS PRODUCTIVITY INITIATIVE
(NATIONAL) A skills audit and training of 40
forestry contractors, as well as the development
of a national strategy to develop productivity
and competitiveness for the forestry industry
completed.
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SECTOR INITIATIVESAchievements
INFORMAL CLAY BRICK SECTOR (EASTERN CAPE)
T he NPI
developed a sector initiative proposal and raised
funds to develop the informal clay brick
manufacturers in the Eastern Cape. The NPI is
currently involved in the project together with
PERMAC. Programme has started with 2 of the 5
projects envisaged. (Approximately 15 completed)

• TIMBER INTERNET CLEARING HOUSE
• (GAUTENG AND NATIONAL)
  The NPI developed a proposal and secured
  early funding for an initiative to trade
  internationally in timber products using the
  internet. The DTIs Sector Partnership Fund
  provided the funding for the initiative.
• 8 International transactions concluded with 6
  countries at final stages of negotiation.
  (Spain, Dubai, India, China, Kuwait,
  Zimbabwe)

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SECTOR INITIATIVESAchievements

• CLOTHING HUB
• A sector initiative to establish a Clothing Hub
  in KwaZulu- Natal for cut, make trim (CMT)
  operators was facilitated by the NPI. The DTIs
  Sector Partnership Fund provided the funding for
  the initiative. Third overseas visit to secure
  orders for Clothing Hub during December 2001

THE UKUKHULA CONSORTIUM (GAUTENG AND CAPE
TOWN) The NPI facilitated the formation of the
Ukukhula consortium to improve com--petitiveness
through export opportunities in the commercial
refrigeration industry. This has resulted in
substantial export orders to the UK and
Australia.
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EMERGING SECTORS

• NPI activities focused on creating productivity
  awareness and developing productivity capacity
  in the SMMEs, Rural Communities, Youth and Women.

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SMMEs AND COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

• PRODUCTIVITY AWARENESS WORKSHOPS
• Gauteng, North-West, Freestate, KwaZulu-Natal
  and Mpumalanga
• 168 services providers
• 346 SMMEs
• 79 facilitators trained in KZN, Mpumalanga and
  Gauteng
• PRODUCTIVITY AUDITS
• KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Gauteng
• 10 Audit reports completed viz. Kyalami,
  Tshwane, JHB, Ekurhuleni, Lekoa, Richards Bay,
  Ladysmith, Port Shepstone, Witbank and Nelspruit
• PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES FOR DISABLED
  ENTREPRENEURS in partnership with Ntsika (Cape
  Town and Pretoria)
• CRITICAL PARTNERSHIPS AND LINKAGES were developed
  with provincial SMME desks and service providers
  to ensure synergy and coherent interventions.
• CADET PROJECT (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NTSIKA AND UWC)

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CADET PROJECTNPI, UWC and NTSIKA Partnership

• Trained 32 University postgraduate and
• third year students in the Enterprise
• Development Unit of the University of
• Western Cape as productivity coaches/
• cadets.
• SMMEs
• 18 SMMEs participated
• Mixed sectors
• Employs between 5 to 200 people
• PROCESS
• Conduct Audit
• Design and implement Turnaround Strategy for
  SMMEs
• Students assigned to SMMEs for the whole year
• Students coached by NPI

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INNOVATIVE DISABLED ENTREPRENEUR AWARD SCHEME
(NPI AND NTSIKA)
The project aims at equipping the participants
with knowledge, skills and requisite attitudes to
be productive and competitive.- Two workshops
in Cape Town and Pretoria- Trained 25
individuals (10 female and 15 male)
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PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR AND COMPETENCIES

• The NPI in partnership with Standard Generating
  Bodies and SETAs are taking productivity concepts
  and application to the nation by ensuring that
  productivity is a component of all South African
  qualifications

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PRODUCTIVITY UNIT STANDARDS INCORPORATED INTO
STANDARDS GENERATING BODIES AND SETA

• Human Resource Management and Practices
• Mining
• Lumber Milling
• Tourism and Hospitality
• Plastics
• Services
• Generic Management

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EXPORT MARKETING

• Part of the NPIs commitment to national
  priorities is to promote exports by sharing
  expertise through workshops.
• The NPI- initiated AGOA awareness campaign for
  the local textile and clothing industries.

IMPORTS EXPORTS
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PROMOTIONS ANDADVOCACY

• The NPI created awareness
• and maintained national
• and international links.

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EVENTS, PROGRAMMES AND PUBLICATIONS

• Productivity Awareness Programme
• National Productivity Week
• Productivity Awards
• Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
• Productivity Statistics

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WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK

• The NPI
• became an
• institutional
• partner of the
• Competitiveness
• Yearbook

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• The NPI maintained links and cooperated with the
  following international organisations
• European Association of National Productivity
  Centres
• (EANPC), Brussels, Belgium
• Irish Productivity Centre, Ireland
• National Productivity Council, India
• Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Japan
• Productivity Centre for Socio-Economic
  Development, Japan
• World Confederation of Productivity Science
• National Productivity Corporation, Malaysia
• Productivity and Standards Board, Singapore
• Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
• Commonwealth Secretariat
• International Labour Organisation
• Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Swaziland

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• REVIVAL OF PAN-AFRICAN PRODUCTIVITY ASSOCIATION
  (PAPA)
• The NPI hosted a very successful PAPA meeting
  in August 2001.
• High- level representatives from national
  productivity and related organisations in
  Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, South
  Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• The meeting reaffirmed the critical need for a
  continental forum that will actively promote the
  sharing of ideas, experiences and best practices
  on productivity enhancement in Africa.
• The meeting adopted a draft constitution and
  elected an interim board
•  -       President - Ketan Lakhani - NPI, South
  Africa
• -       First Vice- President Thembo Lebang
  BNPC, Botswana)
• - Second Vice-President Ms Janick Bru
  Seychelles
• - Co-opted Member Mr Yusuf Sooklal -
  Mauritius
• - Secretary General Dr Yvonne Dladla -
  NPI South Africa

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THREE YEAR PLAN (2002 -2004)

• Five programmes have been adopted to
• ensure that South Africa, through the NPI,
• emerges as one of the leaders in
• productivity and competitiveness.
• A representative management team will
• seek to find innovative and holistic
• productivity solutions for individual and
• organisation to enable them to compete in the
• global marketplace

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PROGRAMME 1
PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR AND COMPETENCIES
Entrenching a culture of productive behaviour and
productive practices by building the capacity of
intermediary bodies in direct contact with our
target audiences to improve individual
productivity competencies and to implement
productivity solutions for organizations
thereby enhancing national competitiveness and
contributing to economic growth and social
development

• Support SMMEs through increased productivity
  awareness

• Productivity audits-by sector, by region

• Developing productivity coaches

• Establishing productivity coaches forum to share
  challenges and successes

• Partnerships with business schools to broaden the
  pool of coaches

• Disseminating relevant information

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PROGRAMME 3

• POSITIONING AND PROMOTING PRODUCTIVITY
• Position the NPI and its programmes
• Create and promote Productivity awareness
• Disseminated productivity-related best practices

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PROGRAMME 4

• SUPPORTING NATIONAL STRATEGIC
• INITIATIVES
• SMME and Community-based initiatives
• Social Plan
• Workplace Challenge
• Sector Initiatives

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• RESEARCH, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY
  
• Undertake research in productivity improvement
  and
• measurement,
• Develop and disseminate productivity-related
  information and
• knowledge.
• Generate information that will have a positive
  influence on policy
• debates and formulation that impact on
  productivity and
• competitiveness.
• PROCESS
•  Research
• Positioning and promoting productivity
• Supporting national strategic initiatives
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PROGRAMME 2
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PROGRAMME 5

• CONSULTING
• Provide technical assistance to
• Large and small Corporations
• Public sector organizations, provincial and local
  
• levels
• SMMEs, community-based projects, non-
• governmental organisations
• Educational institutions

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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
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HIGHLIGHTS
2000 R 2001 R
Revenues 39,738,745 40,514,923
Net income 7,495,498 3,673,958
Total Assets 12,655,156 15,919,693
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REVENUE
SOURCES OF REVENUE 2000/2001
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REVENUE OVER 5 YEARS
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GOVERNMENT GRANT
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