Bekament HR Director at the 4th Lean & Kaizen Congress Serbia 2022
THE 4TH LEAN AND KAIZEN CONGRESS, TITLED "SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSFORM INTO A LEAN COMPANY," WAS HELD FROM OCTOBER 3 TO 4 AT THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL IN BELGRADE.
This year, the congress brought together more than 300 participants in one place, making it the largest Lean and Kaizen event in the region. Besides networking and socializing, attendees had the opportunity to hear from seven different panels, featuring directors from renowned companies operating in Serbia. In Panel 2, titled "LEAN COACHING – HOW TO CREATE A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES?", HR directors shared their experiences on how to create a culture of continuous improvement with people (not just tools).
Ivan Radukanović, HR Director at Bekament, was one of the panelists, where he had the opportunity to discuss various current topics related to employee care with the other participants—from motivation, methods for improving their knowledge and interpersonal skills, to performance reward systems and achieving greater employee satisfaction within the system they work in. We share with you a segment of Ivan's presentation, where during the panel he stated the following: "We are oriented towards empowering our teams to increase team performance, not individual performance. We want employees to encourage each other, to work as a team and achieve success together, and therefore we aim to create team responsibility, not individual responsibility. We want to involve our employees as much as possible in the system, in our culture, because it is important for them to understand that changes start with them." You can view the entire panel HERE.
Bekament supported the volunteer action of the project “Learning Through Play”
The IGROM DO ZNANJA project by the volunteer group Designs Hub was approved as part of the 'What’s Hard for Us' competition within the national volunteering program YOUTH IS LAW 2022, approved by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Serbia.
The volunteer action took place in celebration of World Children’s Week from October 3-7, 2022, with the goal of painting the concrete in the schoolyard of "Sonja Marinković" Primary School in Novi Sad with a series of educational motor skill courses that children can follow and master. These include the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets, multiplication tables, the solar system, and other educational elements through which children improve their motor skills and acquire new knowledge in a fun way. Bekament supported this wonderful initiative by donating paint in various shades for the concrete, thereby enabling us to work together to make growing up more enjoyable for children.
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HR Director of Bekament at the EISE Conference in BiH
ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, A BUSINESS CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT BANSKI DVOR IN BANJA LUKA, ORGANIZED BY THE EMPLOYERS' UNION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA, AS PART OF THE "CONTRIBUTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVING THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BIH – EISE" PROJECT.
The goal of the conference was to identify key economic and social challenges, as well as directions for creating a productive and socially just community through dialogue among employers, representatives of the Republic of Srpska Government, academia, and companies. The conference included four panel discussions on various topics, one of which was "Human Capital in the Era of Automation and Digitalization."
Discussing this important topic were Ivan Radukanović, HR Director at Bekament, Dr. Zoran Stojiljković, professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade and president of the Independence Union Serbia, Dejan Jokić, Executive Director for Finance at m , and Predrag Zorić, President of the Employers' Association of the Metal Industry and Director of Kolektor CCL, Laktaši. The panel featured diverse opinions and reflections on whether digitalization and automation present an opportunity or a challenge, whether and how the education system is being reformed in accordance with the times, and the role of employers in human resource development. Panelists also discussed whether innovation and motivation are the paths to quality jobs.
On this occasion, Ivan Radukanović stated in his presentation: "In an era of high staff turnover, we at Bekament strive to maintain an optimistic attitude and work proactively, systematically interviewing and building a pool of potential employees. With this approach, we try to recognize talent, respond quickly when vacancies arise, and find the right candidate for a given position. At Bekament, we are also continuously working on automating and digitalizing our work processes with our employees, which provides greater flexibility and resilience to staff changes. Through new technologies, we have managed to reduce overtime hours for our employees, allow them more personal time, and at the same time increase their salaries due to lower product costs resulting from higher productivity."
BELhospice Charity Ball “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” held
As one of the sponsors and donors, Bekament attended the 12th BELhospice Charity Ball themed: “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” held on the 10th. September at the White Palace in Belgrade.
Na ovogodišnjem balu, a uz podršku preko 400 predstavnika diplomatskog kora, korporativnog sektora, predstavnika iz kulture, umetnosti i sporta, prikupljeno je ukupno 130 000 EUR. Sredstva će omogućiti BELhospice timu dalje pružanje besplatnih usluga osobama obolelim od kancera i njihovim članovima porodica, kao i deci koja imaju dijagnoze neizlečivih bolesti kroz kućne posete i usluge Hospice Dnevnog centra, koje se finansiraju isključivo putem donacija. Bekament
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AS A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPANY, BEKAMENT SUPPORTED AN EMERGENCY BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN ORGANIZED BY THE RED CROSS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARANĐELOVAC TODAY.
This humanitarian initiative took place at the Bekament factory complex today, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., allowing employees from both shifts to come and donate blood voluntarily. Marina Urošević, Secretary of the Red Cross, emphasized that this is a great example of humanity at a time when blood supplies are at a minimum, and she called on other companies to respond to similar appeals. On behalf of Bekament, Ivan Radukanović, the HR Director, gave a statement to RTV Šumadija, saying: “Our company has traditionally been involved in this campaign, and we always respond gladly with a large number of employees. In this way, we try to set an example for others on how to help our community and demonstrate the various ways we can participate.”
