The corporate aims SCHERDEL – a family ... - Scherdel GmbH

The corporate aims
1 Customer satisfaction
2 Employee satisfaction
3 Extension of market share
4 Successful innovation strategy
5 Environmentally sound policy
6 Interest return on capital invested
SCHERDEL, a market leader, now in the
third generation
Today SCHERDEL is active in Europe, America and Asia
with its own production plants and sales branches.
In relation to its special fields, the SCHERDEL Group
occupies a leading position in the international market.
The following production and service divisions benefit
from synergy effects:
Corporate philosophy
and management principles
of the SCHERDEL Group
SCHERDEL – a family enterprise
Run by the founder’s family
for generations now
always played a particularly important part in the eventful history of
the SCHERDEL enterprise. For more than 100 years now, SCHERDEL
economic challenges.
Right up until the present day, the managing directors of the
enterprise have traditionally been descended from the family of
the founder Sigmund Scherdel.
family is now in charge of the business.
In all our activities the focus is on people!
SCHERDEL worldwide
Factories:
Germany
Seifhennersdorf Treuen Waldershof France
L´Arbresle PortugalSlovakia
Czech RepublicBrazil Sorocaba Mexico
León USAChinaJapan Nagoya
SCHERDEL Service Centers (SSC):
Germany
FranceGreat Britain Inkberrow Worcester
Poland Sycow Sweden Askim Slovakia
Czech RepublicUSA
China Shanghai Korea
SCHERDEL GmbH
Scherdelstr. 2
D-95615 Marktredwitz
Telephone +49 (0) 9231 603-0
Company founder Sigmund Scherdel The sons Rudi Scherdel ... ... and Max Scherdel Walter Bach, the founder’s grandson
Progress based on tradition
Growth thanks to innovation

Corporate philosophy of the SCHERDEL Group
Management principles
General principles of our
business policy
prise.
We want to be active in the market as a group of
companies, using the established product names.
the individual locations and the synergy available within
our customers.
development of our business activity, making use of the
products and markets with which we are familiar, both
at home and abroad.
We want to make a profit which will be sufficient to
guarantee the growth of our enterprise and which will
enable us to achieve our other aims.
In respect of technology and costs, our aim is to be one
of the leading suppliers in the markets available to us.
We attach great importance to creativity and innovation
and we will always make use of new technologies as a
range of products we are prepared to participate in
other companies and to enter into cooperations.
Attitude towards the market
supported by our wide range of products and our global
to win and maintain their confidence.
It must be evident to the business partners of each
company belonging to the SCHERDEL Group that they
are dealing with a single enterprise and that the same
standards and principles apply to each of the various
divisions of that enterprise.
The customer must know that we understand his
find efficient solutions to his problems.
tion team – to act as a fair and reliable partner for our
customers, suppliers and competitors, in accordance
with customary business practice.
Attitude towards employees
We will use every means at our disposal to ensure that
The individual achievements of the employee should
personal satisfaction.
personal responsibility of our employees by ensuring that
relation to the achievement of clearly defined aims.
We attach particular importance to ensuring that each
fications and that he receives optimum vocational and
running of the Company and to take part in regular voca
“Every employee acts as an ‘entrepreneur’ at his workplace”
Attitude towards the environment
We want to meet our ecological and social obligations
in respect of our environment and future generations.
We regard it as our duty to adopt a responsible attitude
to the use of raw materials and energy and we endeav
mental compatibility.
contribution in respect of training and employment
measures as well as in relation to sport, culture and the
community in general.
We support the idea that our employees should be active
in institutions, associations and corporations which serve
the welfare of our community.
processes and working routines in our Group of com
panies must be shortened. If the tasks are to be carried
demonstrate initiative and a readiness to accept respon
which is determined by descriptions of the relevant func
tions, he is given the necessary freedom of action and
“Every employee acts as an ‘entrepreneur’ at
his workplace!”
Each employee has the responsibility to see that all the
tasks in the Company are dealt with by himself or by his
colleagues. This applies particularly when these tasks
are not clearly assigned or not clearly delimited. This
involves keeping a constant watch on the actual state
of the Company, with the aim of achieving a continuous
improvement of all processes.
make mistakes – as long as these are not repeated
to make changes which result in progress. However,
from the start.
and obliged to carry out managerial and coordinating
function and where different company divisions overlap.
In respect of all actions and measures, superiors and
employees are obliged at all times to observe the envi
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As far as the teamwork of our employees is concerned
ing. These form a constituent part of our management
strategy. In detail, they consist of the following duties
and rightswhich each employee has to fulfil and to which
each employee can refer:
Duties and rights of the superior
Aims and coordination
It is the duty of the superior to provide all the employees
sulting from this have to be set and priorities determined
in cooperation with the employee concerned.
Appointment of staff
The superior has to ensure that the posts assigned to
by the appropriate employees. Here he has to ensure
that trainee staff members have sufficient development
potential and that those already holding a post develop
their activity on a continuous basis.
The superior has to coordinate the activities of his staff.
Any decisions which affect the work of colleagues must
be coordinated with them.
Observance of areas of delegation
The superior has to guide the employee, in accordance
with his degree of maturity, in relation to a particular
task or function. This guidance is aimed at helping the
Here, as far as possible, the superior should allow the
employees to make decisions and to act independently
within their sphere of duties.
Information
The superior has to provide the employees with instruc
tions in relation to their sphere of duties. He must inform
carry out the tasks independently.
right to obtain information from sources which are in a
The superior has to hold regular discussions with the
employee regarding his work in general, as well as for
discussions relating to the setting of targets and to cur
that the work is progressing and that the aims are being
achieved.
ment report on the employee’s work.
Provision of support
The superior has a duty to support the employees, in
accordance with the assessment report, in order to deal
with any weak points in their current field of activity or to
prepare the employees for other tasks.
In addition he has the task of continuing to further his
training for himself as well as for the employees.
Management strategy
for themselves and the employees for whom they are
term corporate aims and aspirations for the future can be
developed. Strategies and aspirations must be supple
be taken to ensure that these are achieved. The individ
ual style of management should demonstrate a balance
between consideration of the employee concerned and
the targets of the task in hand.
We attach particular importance to the idea that the
concerned.”
Above all it is the future that interests me because that is
Making decisions and carrying them out
that they should be carried out without hesitation.This is
leagues and their viewpoints.
their views. However, once a decision has been made it
must be carried out without reservation. Here, team work
is our method of choice but we ensure that responsibili
ties are clearly defined at all times.
Duties and rights of the employee
Information / report to the superior
The employee has a duty to obtain information from his
term aims and to participate in decisions about what his
individual aims should be.
perior and his colleagues with sufficient information and
in good time, so that they are in a position to decide and
act appropriately. Furthermore he must inform, without
delay, all those involved and his superior about funda
mental deviations and unusual events, and to provide
them with regular information about the stage he has
reached in dealing with tasks which have been assigned
to him. The employee must provide this information on
his own initiative!
Independent decision-making and acting
Within the sphere of his duties the employee has to
decide and act independently. Any procedures which lie
he is uncertain about which decision to make, must be
presented to his superior so that the latter can make the
decision. Here, the employee must provide his superior
with the relevant information and advice.
Decisions which have been made must be precisely and
clearly defined and documented so that they can be
carried out effectively.
Continuous improvement
employee has to check the necessity of the individual
tasks, the suitability of the working routine and the suc
cess of his work with regard to the attainment of optimum
results. Improvements affecting his own field of activity
are to be made by the employee himself; if the improve
ments affect other areas he must submit appropriate
suggestions to his superior. The employee is encour
aged to make use of the suggestion scheme so that the
Company may benefit from all his ideas and proposals.
Provision of advice
The employee has to provide his superior with relevant
advice at all times. Here, he must approach the problem
as if he were to make the decision himself. The advice
includes appropriate criticism of the ideas and actions of
the superior.
Further training
ments in his own particular sphere of activity. He has a
courses so that he can carry out satisfactorily the work
assigned to him now or in the future.
possibilities for further training and make corresponding
suggestions to his superior.
Corporate guiding principles
applies to both superiors and employees:
“Think and act in a positive manner!”
”Never express a wish for something without acting!”
”Never act without an aim in view!”
”Never undermine or delay the carrying out of decisions
made by superiors!”
and wish you every success in the tasks which await you.