BAY OF PLENTY BUSINESS NEWS DECEMBER 2019

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8 BAY OF PLENTY BUSINESS NEWS December 2019 WESTPAC TAURANGA BUSINESS AWARDS 2019 Kiwifruit company takes out coveted Tauranga business award From page 3 “I would like to thank our team for their passion and hard work that has enabled us all to get EastPack to where we are today. This is a celebration of how far we have come in the last few years, and gives us confidence that we have the team, culture and ability to make the exciting future ahead of us a great success.” All the judges for EastPack were really impressed with the overall way the company does business, how they had amalgamated with fellow packhouse company Satara, and that they knew they needed to make huge changes within their business. They did so by using all the innovation they could to make them business leaders in their field, the judges said. EastPack’s journey to change their health and safety culture over the last few years was also something the judges could not look past. “They did not demonstrate mere compliance, but that they are a leader within their industry. Of the many things they have implemented it includes some technology solutions to eliminate people and forklift interaction risk by use of stacking robot and an automated storage and retrieval warehouse system, improved forklift training and assessment process and investigating new areas of risk that has not previously been considered such as conducting research into the combustibility of gold kiwifruit dust.” The company had also made significant reductions in discomfort pain and injury (DPI) to their workers by having a dedicated FTE over their peak season to work on this industry wide issue, and improving awareness amongst staff with training, two hourly worker checks and decals and signage throughout with DPI messages in multiple languages. “This, however, could not be achieved if they had not worked with all levels of the business, giving them the training and confidence to be empowered to make and be Continued on page 11 Emerging Business Award winners Collab Digital. Bay of plenty Bay of Plenty Business News congratulates all category winners, finalists and entrants in the 2019 Westpac Tauranga Business Awards. Congratulations to all the winners and participants in the 2019 Westpac Tauranga Business Awards! We look forward to seeing you again next year. Proud sponsors of the Digital Innovation and Technology Award
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