Audi Saved $133 Million In 2017 Thanks To Employees' Suggestions
How far above and beyond would you go for your employer? Is saving the boss a dollar or two something you actively think about day-to-day? Employees at Audi certainly do, saving the automaker $133 million (€108.6 million) in 2017 at the company’s plants in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. That’s a lot of saved dollars.
“We always encourage our employees to look very closely at their own working area and to question the status quo,” says Joachim Kraege, Head of Organization and Consulting at Audi, “because the creativity and inventiveness of everyone at Audi are crucial success factors for us.”
For 50 years, Audi has had an employee suggestion scheme with the current Ideas Program existing in its current form since 1994. These are not wild ideas by any stretch. The smallest ideas can still save thousands of dollars. Implement enough tiny ideas, and a company can save millions. Sometimes, ideas are directly related to a job while others involve infrastructure.
“We always encourage our employees to look very closely at their own working area and to question the status quo,” says Joachim Kraege, Head of Organization and Consulting at Audi, “because the creativity and inventiveness of everyone at Audi are crucial success factors for us.”
For 50 years, Audi has had an employee suggestion scheme with the current Ideas Program existing in its current form since 1994. These are not wild ideas by any stretch. The smallest ideas can still save thousands of dollars. Implement enough tiny ideas, and a company can save millions. Sometimes, ideas are directly related to a job while others involve infrastructure.
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