ANNUAL REPORT – STORY GUIDELINES

We are looking at stories at every level:

 Individual
 Team
 Department
 Plant
 Office
 Corporate
 Family

We are looking at stories that necessarily might not have made a huge impact on the top-line or
the bottom-line or not necessarily have earned an award for SCL; but we are looking at stories
that talk about the character, attitude and behavior of employees and their families at SCL that
confirms to the philosophy of Bruce Lee.

All in all we want to say that every employee and their family have imbibed in them a certain
character, attitude and a way of doing things. All combined creates an indomitable and
successful force called 'Shree Cement Limited'

THE FORM OF NO FORM - INGENUITY

Examples where Shree has come up with original ideas/solutions in the existing process or
machinery or product or service or policies or strategies and has got a favourable outcome

Stories of original creations/ideas (ones that no one else in the Industry has done before -
for the first time types) which resulted in to a favourable outcome and/or positive impact
● Trouble shooting methods
● Processes
● Product
● Policies
● Distribution strategies
● Sourcing strategies
● Sales strategies
● Branding strategies
● Media Strategies
● POP/POS Methods
● Communication Strategies
● Energy saving method
● Cost saving methods
● Revenue generating methods
● HR initiatives
● CSR initiatives
● Use of alternative Resource or means to accomplish a task that was stuck
GOING WITH THE FLOW - FLEXIBILITY

Examples where Shree is ever flexible to the changing needs of the market or the overall micro and
macro environment or the industry

Stories on flexibility where Shree encouraged flexibility at workplace by taking a different approach to
traditional/ defined ways of working.

 Flexible work hours: temporary changes in an employee's regular work schedule in order to
adjust for an unplanned, short-notice, or sporadic event
 Flexible work schedules : adjustments to the employee's regular work schedule on a recurring
basis to respond to work/life needs of an employee
 Flexible work locations : adjustments to the employee's regular worksite on short-notice or on a
recurring basis to respond to work/life needs of an employee and/or operational needs of the
organization

● Flexible policies:policies tweaked and adapted to support and empower employees eg. Special
policies put into practice for handicap, terminally ill employees or employees on a family way
 Flexible job profiles: workers are trained not only in their own tasks but also in the tasks of
“upstream” and “downstream” tasks
 flexibility in logistics
 flexibility in output from a plant (re-engineering examples)
 flexibility in sourcing (power, raw material, machines, parts, technology)
 flexibility in agreements, terms and conditions
 flexibility of catering to changing demands
 flexibility of adjusting to changing government policies
UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE - PRACTICALITY

Examples where Shree came up with solutions which were driven by common sense or practical
experience rather than strictly following the standards or set pattern

 Partner with strategic suppliers/ strategic alliances:access tosupplementary services,

opportunity to reach new markets, building a mutually beneficial alliance
 Practicality while managing a crisis
 Practicality while sourcing important components of our products
 Allocation of resources
 Backward and forward integration
 Energy saving initiatives
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 Cost saving initiatives
 Independent In-house departments (training department, maintenance department) instead
of hiring consultants
 Outsourcing of non-core categories
 Changes in process/technology/policy that directly reduced expenses or increased
productivity
 Implementing practical processes
o Soliciting the input of cost-reduction teams in defining how to achieve targets
o Developing business rules and guiding principles prior to implementing any cost-
cutting measure
 Process improvements that resulted in real and measurable cost or asset reductions
 Substitution (cheaper raw materials with functionally equivalent specification)
 Inventory reduction