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CDI London clients once again shine at the annual Best Factory Awards

Published in CDI London News by CDI London, October 3, 2009

At the recent 2009 Best Factory Awards, Barfoots of Botley was awarded the 'Supply Chain Award' and was Highly Commended for the 'Best Small Company Award'. Barfoots supplies corn on the cob all year round to just about every supermarket chain in the UK. The corn factory employees work in 'Mission Directed Work Teams' (MDW), focusing on improving Quality Speed and Cost. Individual innovation is encouraged and ideas are discussed at the daily team meetings with a target of implementing one new idea per shift.

JohnsonDiversey UK was announced as winner in two categories; 'Best Process Plant' and the 'Energy & Environment Award'. JohnsonDiversey attributes a lot of their success to staff engagement. Everyone is involved in making things happen and the impact of this is significant with the UK factory now making triple the out put it was designed for. Change over times are significantly faster and Quality levels and Customer Service ratings are consistently at 99% and above. Alongside a commitment to the WWF Climate Saver's Programme, JohnsonDiversey UK has implemented initiatives which support their customer's environmental awareness.

CDI London Ltd congratulates Barfoots of Botley and JohnsonDiversey UK on their achievements in the 2009 BFA awards. Barfoots of Botley began implementing MDW early in 2008 and the recognition they have received from the BFA is well deserved. In addition, they received top marks in the most Improved Plant Category in this years Best Factory Awards.
Soon after implementing MDW with help of CDI London, Johnson Diversey UK won the Manufacturing Excellence Award in 2005. Since then the company has gone from strength to strength with MDW now part of the culture.

Follow the links to read more and download the BEST FACTORY AWARDS 2009 Brochure
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Full links to more information:

http://www.bestfactoryawards.co.uk/

http://www.bestfactoryawards.co.uk/pdfs/BFA-Winners-Brochure-2009.pdf

Vitacress Salads hosts a Recognition Lunch to celebrate achievements in the workplace.

Vitacress Salads held their 7th Recognition Lunch on Monday 21st June when Nick Stenning, CEO and Mike Rushworth, MD of the UK Business Unit, presented 9 awards to individuals and teams throughout the business in recognition of their achievements.

Winners of the 2009 Best Factory of the Year Awards credit their success to Mission Directed Work Teams (MDW)

Winners of the 2009 Best factory of the Year Awards, Barfoots of Botley and JohnsonDiversey attended the Best Factory Conference on 23rd March 2010.

CDI London clients once again shine at the annual Best Factory Awards

At the recent 2009 Best Factory Awards, Barfoots of Botley was awarded the 'Supply Chain Award' and was Highly Commended for the 'Best Small Company Award'.

NVQ's for Mission Directed Work Teams (MDW)

CDI London has teamed up with Basingstoke College of Technology to offer National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ), with the Mission Directed Work Teams (MDW) programme.

Vitacress MDW Multi-Level Recognition Event – 30th June 2009

We were very privileged to have The Mayor of Basingstoke, Councillor Brian Gurden and his Mayoress, Eleanor attend our 4th Mission Directed Work Teams (MDW) Recognition Lunch today.

CDI London Team Training

Besides being in regular contact with each other by phone, the CDI London team meet every quarter for a day to share ideas, knowledge and experiences.

Verbetermarkt at Friesland Foods Domo

Friesland Foods Domo in the Netherlands recently had a Market Day or Verbetermarkt where all the Mini Businesses were invited to set up a stall.

JOHNSONDIVERSEY WINS AWVN-INNOVATION TROPHY 1ST QUARTER 2009

CDI London client, JohnsonDiversey in Enschede Holland was awarded the Awyn Innovation Trophy on 23 April 2009.

Recognition of MDW Achievement at Vitacress UK

Although we are a few years into the MDWT implementation programme, we were guilty of never specifically rewarding our people for their contribution to the process.

Best Factory Awards (BFA) 2006

Vitacress Salads came out tops at 2006 BFA Award ceremony at the Park Lane Hotel in London on 29th September.

UK Manufacturing Excellence (MX) Awards 2005

Domino UK and JohnsonDiversey were joint winners of the Professional Engineering Award for People Effectiveness at the 2005 MX Awards Ceremony in London.

European Supply Chain Excellence Awards

The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards were launched in 1997 as an initiative to recognise and reward organisations in Europe that demonstrate excellence in their supply chain operations.

BFA Best Factory Awards

Organised by: Works Management in partnership with Cranfield School of Management, The Best Factory Awards (BFA) and Conference bring together the best manufacturers in the business to share best practice and to celebrate their achievements.

Manufacturing Excellence Awards

The Manufacturing Excellence (MX) Awards recognise and reward the UK's top manufacturers for development and implementation of best practice.

Strategic Manufacturing Awards

Taking place on 13th October 2009 in Düsseldorf Germany, Europe's manufacturing community will be rewarded for best practice at the inaugural Strategic Manufacturing Awards.

The Sunday Times 'Best Companies to Work For' Awards

Enter the The Sunday Times 'Best Companies ' 2010 competition.

MDW Show and Tell Conference 30 October 2009

The MDW Show & Tell Conference 2009 will be held in Johannesburg on Friday 30th October 2009.

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