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PEOPLE
The
Network
Components
business
unit decided to address the issue of
increasing sales of its products with tailor-
made
Professional Training
aimed at
spreading the know-how and improving
the knowledge of such products among the
Network Components, Trade and Installers
and Power Distributions sales forces. The
training was organised in the Italian port
city of Livorno in partnership with the
Prysmian Group Academy.
At the same time, the Academy launched
Academy activities gearing up
the Frst edition of
Finance for Non-
Finance Fundamentals
, a training course
in co-operation with the Bocconi University
aimed
at
creating
a
basic
Fnancial
background that could help Prysmian
managers in strategic and operating
decision processes. There was also training
in Claremont, North America, where the
Academy held its
Lean Six Sigma training
class
. The main Lean Six Sigma methodology
is the DMAIC process, and consists of Fve
phases: DE±INE the problem, MEASURE
Activity at Prysmian Academy, created to implement and design training in a wide range
of programmes, has become even more intense as 2015 unfolds.
A total of
42 new graduates
are joining the
Group in 2015 as part of the fourth wave
of Prysmian’s ‘Build the future’ program,
aimed at recruiting young graduates from
around the world with bachelor’s degrees
in engineering or business administration.
Last year, the programme was a huge
success in terms of employer branding.
In fact, more than 16,000 applications
were received, earning the company a
place in the rankings of premier branding
consulting Frm Universum.
Fourth wave from Build the Future
More
than
6,400
Prysmian
Group
employees are now investors, thanks to
subscriptions to the second year of the
stock ownership plan YES - Your Employee
Shares. According to preliminary Fgures,
the plan shows impressive numbers as
40% of Group employees submitted their
YES application, with total investment
amounting to approximately €5.5 million.
The 2015 enrollment campaign for YES
made the plan available to 19,000 Group
employees in 28 countries around the
world.
Saying YES for the second year
the current situation, ANALYSE for root
cause, IMPROVE the process e²ectively,
and CONTROL the process to maintain the
gain. Back in Milan, the next
R&D Academy
training
is devoted to cable designers
from all over the world who want to be
part of Prysmian Group cable designers’
community. R&D Energy Cable design and
the Group Academy have launched the
training for cable professionals to improve
their skills during a Fve-day course open to
all designers and interested employees.
