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Napco expands learning institutes Saudi Arabia’s Napco plans to follow the success of its learning institute in Dammam with a similar facility in Jeddah
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apco (IFP Indevco), in association with the learning and development unit at the Human Resources & Organizational Development (HR & OD) department of managing partner Indevco, expects to launch a new learning institute in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in November 2013. The institute forms part of the company’s strategy gradually to replace repatriating foreign employees with a young national workforce and provide these workers with the opportunity to increase their expertise. Among the benefits will be an improvement in key performance indicators such as overall productivity, quality control on the production floor, cost per unit and turnover of staff. Echoing Napco’s Dammam learning institute project, the site in Jeddah will focus on computer skills, workshops, English and technical terminologies, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and data processing, safety and security, as well as the important 5S prin-
Napco workers at the Damman learning institute benefit from developing new skills ciples – Sort, Straighten, Sweep, Standardise and Sustain. It will also allow young Saudis not only to learn new skills but to become acclimatised to Napco’s working environment and its corporate culture, feel part of the team and develop a genuine desire to excel at the company.
This new learning institute marks another milestone for Napco’s social commitment to educating its employees and improving management training. The company says this is not managed as a profit centre but demonstrates the manufacturer’s commitment to human resources development. ■
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