CEVA Logistics wins Investor In People accreditation
30 January 2007 - 15:12 CET
CEVA Logistics - the world's largest pure play logistics company - has been reaccredited with Investor in People (IIP) in the UK.IIP Assessors described a new Learning Bus at one of the CEVA sites as a ‘fabulous initiative' giving people basic learning skills.
The Learning Bus is one of many people development initiatives which the assessors highlighted in their report, in which CEVA Logistics was reaccredited to IIP. The assessors visited 12 sites, interviewed 226 people and conducted a postal survey with a further 50 employees. They concluded that "people consistently described a range of learning and training they had undertaken which had met their needs."
The Learning Bus programme running at the warehouse site which CEVA operates for B&Q in Branston, Staffordshire, offers people working there, basic learning skills including numeracy and literacy, supported by computer based learning.
Tony Waddy, the senior B&Q manager at Branston, says: "We are fully committed to the policy of investing resources in the people who work on the site. It benefits us all to have a motivated workforce, developing their skills and working to their full potential."
Neil Crossthwaite, UK Managing Director, CEVA Logistics says, "I have always believed that it is our people who are the key to our success and that training and development programmes are vital to ensure our future growth and prosperity. We recognise the high standards which the IIP assessors demand and we are delighted to be reaccredited."
The assessors described the Learning Bus initiative as a huge achievement. "CEVA is to be congratulated for this. It is a real demonstration of best practice." They also remarked on two other key strengths saying: "It is evident that there is an effective use of internal expertise, which is used to develop a very competent workforce together with an informal network of on-the-job trainers and driver trainer/assessors. This approach not only offers cost effective training and development, it also ensures a consistent standard of competencies. Some very good practices are in place within the organization".
CEVA Logistics HR director, John Paterson commented: "We are the only large logistics company with the IIP accreditation across its entire business. We know that our training and people development programmes are among the best in the industry, but it is always gratifying to have external assessors come in and confirm that. As well as gaining the accreditation, another major benefit of the IIP process is that it helps identify best practice - measured both internally and externally. The process highlights examples of initiatives undertaken at one site which we recognise could be very useful at other sites, or even throughout the business. We become a better company to work for - and a better supplier to our customers - by undergoing the IIP assessment."
