Case Studies

Industry : Manufacturing
Solution : Process Improvement
Business Need : Process Improvement
Customer : Cargill Health & Nutrition Eddyville, IA Facility
Headquarters : Minneapolis, MN
Type of Business : Food/Ag/Risk Management
Number of Employees : World-Wide: 160,000; Eddyville, Iowa: 500
Website : http://www.cargill.com

Challenge:
Cargill needed to engage and motivate employees, reduce turnover, and increase production to meet new customer demands.
Solution:
Twenty-eight of the 54 Health & Nutrition employees participated in the intensive three-day customized process improvement meetings.
Results:
New procedures and new roles have been defined that ease tensions and reduce the stretch of expanded responsibilities. There have been measurable gains in employee engagement, leading to noticeably lower levels of turnover and award-winning business performance and results.