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LucA gNecco
Our focus is on people, and our day
to day culture is one of confidence and
trust. It is of prime importance for the CEO of HAVI Global Logistics, Luca Gnecco,
that all our employees share the same values, promote the same culture and pursue
the same aims for HAVI Logistics.
alphabet: HAVI Logistics is a growing company
with a strong corporate culture. What
is the effect of the values you share in terms
of sustainable commercial success?
Luca: More and more businesses are discovering
just how important values are. And they
are surely becoming even more important
in these times of economic crisis. Values,
however, need time to grow and establish
their credibility in daily life. At HAVI Logistics,
these values have crystallized over the past
28 years. We all share and consciously follow
the same value complex. Our common
values and objectives improve the quality of
our everyday dealings with each other. They
secure sustained growth for our company,
and of course they also protect our jobs.
alphabet: What, then, are the primary values
at HAVI Logistics?
Luca: Many of our values, insights and principles
go right back to the time when our
company was founded. They have to do with
how we see people, how we interact, and
how the company is managed. They have
to do with taking action and being innovative.
They have to do with our environmental
consciousness and our social commitment.
To make our entrepreneurial and social responsibility
perfectly clear, we have emphasized
the importance of these values once
again in our new HAVI Logistics corporate
culture booklet.
alphabet: Are the HAVI Logistics’ values not
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subject to constant change like everything
else?
Luca: Everything is subject to constant
change. HAVI Logistics has, of course, also
evolved in the past 28 years. We have constantly
expanded our service portfolio for
McDonald’s, we have gained new customers,
we have grown enormously and have
developed into a Global Lead Logistics Provider.
Ultimately, we even changed our name,
and all the HAVI Logistics companies will in
future bear the same name and the same
logo. The basis of our corporate culture will
be the same. But we will adopt our values
to the needs of the day and we will add new
ones when we see the necessity. Our new
corporate culture booklet clearly reflects our
“branding” and incorporate new elements
that are relevant to us and to the business
environment of today. We have incorporated
the “HAVI Logistics Philosophy,” we have
adapted the Corporate Goals to reflect our
partnership with McDonald’s and our growth
strategy with new customers. We have added
a chapter on “innovation” and we have
included a dedicated chapter for Environmental
Awareness and one for Corporate
Citizenship & Social Responsibility.
alphabet: Won’t that constant growth in
Europe also have an impact on the HAVI
Logistics values?
Luca: With around 4,800 employees throughout
Europe, we depend greatly on our people
acting on their own initiative and consistently
pursuing our
goals. Initiative
and consistency
are therefore
characteristics
which also rank
high up in the
HAVI Logistics
values. In the
final analysis,
all HAVI Logistics
employees
have one main
aim in common:
long-term commercial
success
for our customers
and for us
as well. For it is
only on an economically
sound
basis that we can
achieve another
of our aims: selffulfillment.
Those
two things go
hand in hand.
How do I see
my company?
What role do
I play as an
important
member of the
HAVI Logistics staff? The answers to those
questions form our image of ourselves, our
corporate philosophy, which guides us in
our daily work and shapes our behavior at