A deliciously cool start to the employee engagement survey
Improvements depend on honest feedback. This is why the Umdasch Group introduced a global engagement survey so that all employees have an opportunity to make their views known.
The launch for this new survey tool was brilliant: it quickly became apparent that our employees are utterly committed in their desire to engage more. Doka Canada, for instance, achieved a high level of acceptance and a high response rate with a culinary event.
While they took part in the survey, employees were pampered with drinks and popcorn and, once the survey had been completed, they could help themselves to an ice cream from an ice cream truck that had been specially brought in for the occasion.
Kevin Hall | Branch Manager in Calgary
“A survey on employee engagement is a brilliant instrument to find out the truth in a respectful way but we want to do more. We want to design the employee survey so that it is genuinely appealing and to ensure that this is an instrument that leaves a positive first impression.”
Thus the event in Canada was a huge success and set a high benchmark internally. They successfully combined the engagement survey with positive experiences. In addition to that, the local management demonstrated to employees that their concerns are heard and taken seriously because the first measures that resulted from the feedback have already been put into practice. For instance, flexible working time has already been introduced in certain areas.
Together we drive momentum
As part of the Umdasch Group, we at Doka aim to not only be economically successful, but also fulfill our ecological and social responsibilities as well as our responsibility as an employer. Therefore, we regularly set impulses within and outside our company and drive international initiatives that make our common working and living environment more sustainable.
Amanda Walsh | Credit and Collection
“I was thankful for the opportunity to express my thoughts in the survey. The management's response, which confirmed what had been said, was both encouraging and valuable.”
However, other parts of the company were also active. It was due to the special concept that Doka production sites achieved the incredible participation rate of 75% of all employees and contract workers. But the Umdasch Store Makers showed genuine pioneering spirit and involved the entire organisation even during the pilot phase.
In the meantime, the survey tool has been deployed over the whole Umdasch Group and helps us to fulfil our social responsibility towards our employees and to continue to develop ourselves as employers and as a company over the long term, thanks to the constructive feedback.
Rey Joy Mangubat | Team leader technology – major projects
“It was a unique experience for me to give the company feedback via an online survey. We know that many topics are sensitive and this gave me the opportunity to express my thoughts without having to hold back. Since then, the management has responded and taken measures to resolve the deficiencies on both sides. The experience overall is positive.”
Doka and Umdasch Group are committed to sustainable development.
This is why we subscribe to initiatives that are aligned with the United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals”.
A career abroad? Yes!
Three months’ work experience in the USA changed her life. For the Hungarian Yard Manager, too, Doka was the gateway to the world. A third was in the Ivory Coast for his project.
An excellent combination of work and family life
Satisfied employees offer tremendous potential! Doka does its bit to create happy families with Umdasch Nest. At our Amstetten site the little ones are well looked after in our company’s own crèche, including in the years before they are old enough for the kindergarten.
A deliciously cool start to the employee engagement survey
Improvements depend on honest feedback. This is why the Umdasch Group introduced a global engagement survey so that all employees have an opportunity to make their views known.
Responsibility is part of the deal for the Umdasch Group
The Umdasch Group has set itself the goal of linking knowledge, business and values and thus fulfilling the responsibility that both the Umdasch Group and its companies have to society.
Step by step to more fitness!
Sports not only have an immense impact on your health, they also have a positive effect on well-being. Doka Saudi Arabia has acknowledged this and launched a three-month fitness challenge.
Doka brings self-directed development into the Spotlight
Doka and the Umdasch Group have set themselves the target to support employees in our complex and fast-moving world of work in the best way we can to achieve flexible and needs-based development that is useful for them. The route we have chosen is tailored learning offers for independent development.
New land with NEULANDT
NEULANDT’s portable precast plant N3P is on its first mission to Abidjan on the Ivory Coast. N3P allows for the industrial production of precast elements directly on the construction site. This creates added value at a local level and high process efficiency. The results are sustainable, affordable living spaces, as well as a better social infrastructure.
Powder coating 4.0
The cutting-edge powder-coating system has been in operation near the Amstetten headquarters since 2021. What can such a system achieve? Every single step of production can be optimised for sustainability, using the latest robot technology, digitalisation, automation and state-of-the-art technology. It protects the environment and people.
Seven Climate Rangers show the way
Seven Doka employees completed the Climate Ranger Academy to develop their knowledge on climate protection and mainstream this knowledge within Doka's business environment. This is because transformation will only be successful if sustainability is reflected in the strategy, the business’s own core processes and in its everyday processes.
Sustainability wins prizes
What is the idea behind the Umdasch Group’s Sustainability Prize? It is to promote projects that work towards a sustainability strategy and these projects are within the company itself. What started in 2020 is now an annual event. Employees are very enthusiastic and motivated.
A green light for green energy
Over 10,000 sq.m. of solar panels will have been installed on the roofs of buildings in Amstetten, St. Georgen and St. Martin by the end of 2023. Thus around 9% of electricity required each year at the Amstetten site can be covered with solar power.
A clever move!
Doka’s transport logistics in Amstetten are attracting attention with their strong, sustainable focus on expanding intermodal traffic. Consignments are transported in combination with railways. More and more Doka countries are joining.
Doka Sweden’s vehicles are going green
Doka Sweden’s trucks are producing 80–90% fewer greenhouse gases by using a different sort of green fuel. HVO100 fuel is leading the way in the sustainability stakes, as it is primarily made of waste fats such as cooling oils or animal fat.
Carbon footprint for around 7,000 products
From the procurement of raw material and production through to delivery to distribution centres and branches worldwide, use on construction sites, repair and cleaning and, finally, the recovery and recycling phase of the product. Around 7,000 products have been examined right down to the last detail. Or, to be more accurate, to calculate their carbon footprint.
The end of paper!
Doka Amstetten is achieving in practice what was earlier thought to be unimaginable. There was great enthusiasm as they discovered and appreciated the advantages of paperless manufacturing. If an appropriate device is used, digitalisation brings very important advantages, especially in production. Everything is right up to date – with just a couple of clicks.