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NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY INSTITUTE

NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY INSTITUTE. Building a nation at work. VISION. The irrefutable champion of holistic, innovative and sustained development of South Africa’s productive capacity for the equitable benefit of all in a socially responsible manner. MISSION.

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NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY INSTITUTE

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  1. NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY INSTITUTE Building a nation at work

  2. VISION The irrefutable champion of holistic, innovative and sustained development of South Africa’s productive capacity for the equitable benefit of all in a socially responsible manner

  3. MISSION The NPI is a tripartite body dedicated to the development and enhancement of South Africa’s 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.

  4. STRATEGIC PROJECTS The NPI identified, developed and managed projects that address National Priorities

  5. 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 SOCIAL PLAN

  6. 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

  7. 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. WORKPLACE CHALLENGE

  8. 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.

  9. SECTOR LOCATION NUMBER OF COMPANIES STAGE OF COMPLETION Capital Equipment Gauteng & 1 KZN 5 Completed Plastics Gauteng & 1 W/Cape 6 Completed Clothing E/Cape & W/Cape 5 95% Complete Footwear KwaZulu Natal 7 95% Complete Auto. Components KwaZulu Natal 6 90% Complete Furniture KwaZulu Natal 6 80% Complete Stainless Steel Western Cape 6 70% Complete Fruit Packaging Western Cape 8 60% Complete Textiles KwaZulu Natal 6 60% Complete Footwear Western Cape 7 40% Complete Fish Processing Western Cape 7 30% Complete WORKPLACE CHALLENGE Achievements

  10. 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.

  11. 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 DTI’s 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) 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)

  12. 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 DTI’s Sector Partnership Fund provided the funding for the initiative. Third overseas visit to secure orders for Clothing Hub during December 2001 SECTOR INITIATIVESAchievements 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.

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

  14. 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)

  15. 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

  16. 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)

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Part of the NPI’s 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. EXPORT MARKETING IMPORTS & EXPORTS

  20. PROMOTIONS ANDADVOCACY The NPI created awareness and maintained national and international links.

  21. EVENTS, PROGRAMMES AND PUBLICATIONS Productivity Awareness Programme • National Productivity Week • Productivity Awards • Seminars, Workshops and Conferences • Productivity Statistics

  22. WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK The NPI became an “institutional partner” of the Competitiveness Yearbook

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. PROGRAMME 3 POSITIONING AND PROMOTING PRODUCTIVITY • Position the NPI and its programmes • Create and promote Productivity awareness • Disseminated productivity-related best practices

  28. PROGRAMME 4 SUPPORTING NATIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES • SMME and Community-based initiatives • Social Plan • Workplace Challenge • Sector Initiatives

  29. 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 PROGRAMME 2

  30. 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

  31. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

  32. HIGHLIGHTS

  33. REVENUE SOURCES OF REVENUE 2000/2001

  34. REVENUE OVER 5 YEARS

  35. GOVERNMENT GRANT

  36. THANK YOU

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