Transform
Optimize
Empower
Adapt To Change
Why Adapt To Change?
Adapt To Change assists businesses to unleash the latent power within their organizations to
continuously improve, by empowering individuals to become innovative thinkers – people who tap into
their own creativity and confidence to try new things, to challenge the status quo, to make new
discoveries and to continuously use these skills to the financial benefit of the businesses in which they
are employed. With more than 50 years’ experience, our continuous improvement and supply chain
experts are making businesses better! Continuously improving your business results, workforce,
flexibility and customer satisfaction – guaranteed!
Benefits of Working with Adapt To Change
Business Results
Employees
Flexibility
Customer
Satisfaction
We add value to your business by continuously improving these elements
Our key focus areas are:
 Continuously improving business results
□ Saving you money through cost optimization and efficiency improvement
□ Improving your productivity (working smarter not harder both in manufacturing and
administrative environments)
□ Improving your quality (both in products and services delivered)
 Continuously improving your workforce
□ Knowledge transfer
□ Engaging employees
□ Employee wellness
 Continuously improving your flexibility
□ Helping you to understand your customers’ requirements
□ Creating flexible processes and an agile workforce that is able to deliver
 Continuously improving your customers’ satisfaction
□ Improving your quality
□ Improving your flexibility
□ Better equipping your workforce
You can achieve the following results and more. Some other clients are already benefiting from this, so
contact us today and Adapt To Change:
 10-25% improvement in productivity through business process improvements
 20-50% reduction in the cost of non-quality
 10-50% reduction in inventory through supply chain optimization
 90% and above on time delivery performance
“Thanks for inspiring new ways of thinking” – Client in manufacturing industry
“Thank you so much and for the valuable lessons taught in a simple manner” – Client in services industry
Our Approach
Transform
Optimise
Empower
During
business
transformation we provide a
roadmap to guide your
business through the entire
process from recognizing the
need for change, agreeing the
nature of changes required,
designing new ways of
working,
to
embedding
changes in the company
culture
while
ensuring
alignment
and
internal
consistency by reshaping the
leadership
strategy.
It
includes
strategies
for
managing change, creating
buy-in and ownership of
stakeholders
through
communication
and
mobilising
employees
by
involving them in designing
and
implementing
the
changes.
We
enable
business
optimization by focusing on
finding the most cost effective
or
highest
achievable
performance under the given
constraints. This is done
through
a
continuous
improvement approach to
optimize
production
or
business
processes,
to
implement structured cost
optimization processes and to
enhance
operational
efficiencies to maximize your
return on investment.
We believe in empowering
businesses and the people
employed in them through
sharing our knowledge and
expertise and co-creating an
environment in which they are
enabled to excel.
Empowerment is critical to
achieving sustainable engagement where there is a strong
sense of employee well-being
and where employees are
committed
towards
their
work, team members and
organization.
Engaged employees work with
passion
and
use
their
discretionary effort to achieve
exceptional results. Empowerment is key to embedding a
Continuous
Improvement
culture which will drive
sustainable businesses.
Our Competencies
5S Workplace Organization
Business Process Optimization
B-BBEE Procurement
Benchmarking
Change Management
Corporate Social Responsibility
Continuous Improvement
Cost Optimization
Employee Empowerment
Employee Wellness
Health, Safety and Environment
Inventory Optimization and Control
Logistics and Supply Chain Optimization
Managerial Finance
Process Standardization
Quality Improvement
Quality Management System Implementation
Recruitment Support and Assessment
Risk Management and Business Continuity
Smart Purchasing
Strategy Development and Execution
Talent Management
Training
Warehousing
Value Engineering
Visual Management and Visual Workplace
Services
BIO-R  Business Improvement
Opportunity Review
CIP  Continuous Improvement
Partnership
Do you need assistance but you are not sure
where to start?
Do you face challenges with the following?
□ Business results improvement
□ Process optimization
□ Quality improvement
□ Employee morale and productivity
improvement
Our consultants perform an on-site assessment of your operations and processes that
includes:
□ Gap analysis
□ Waste identification
□ Risk identification
□ Goal setting discussion
□ Process mapping
Are you ready to take your business to new
heights?
Do you want to achieve the following?
□ Efficiency and cost optimization
□ Flexibility improvement
□ Employee development
□ Customer satisfaction improvement
Our medium to long term CIP engagements
will assist you to transform, optimize and
empower
to
improve
your
business
performance with a holistic view.
Our consultants will guide you through the
following phases of this process:
□ BtB − Back to Basics
□ BtF − Build the Foundation
□ CtX − Change to Excel
PBC  Project Based Consulting
Training
Do you need assistance to resolve specific
challenges?
Are you lacking resources or expertise to
achieve the following?
□ Cost reduction
□ Certification (Quality Management
System implementation)
□ Process implementation
□ Health & Safety implementation
Our consultants will coordinate important
projects that are otherwise not completed due
to resource or expertise constraints.
Successful implementation of improvement
projects to achieve short and medium term
objectives will allow you to capitalize on
opportunities to maximize your return on
investment.
Do you recognize the importance of effective
talent management and are you ready to
develop a continuous learning culture?
Select from our extensive range of training
programs to satisfy your requirements for:
□ Job performance enhancing skills
□ Personal empowerment skills
□ Soft skills
Training can be presented:
□ On site within your facility
□ Off-site venue
□ Online via the internet
All programs are highly customizable,
interactive and focus on practical application.
Assessments are designed to ensure mastery
of the subject prior to obtaining a certificate of
achievement.
Strategy to Performance  “Empowered People achieving Business Success”
Adapt To Change became an accredited Epic Partner during 2013. This relationship allows Adapt To
Change to offer new and existing clients a convenient and highly effective system to manage their
projects, staff and company objectives. Epic is a leading on-line strategy alignment, execution &
performance management and appraisal system that will assist you to:
□ Align your staff goals with company strategy
□ Set measurable objectives and corresponding actions
□ Track staff performance regularly
□ Conduct meaningful online performance appraisals
□ Manage team weekly commitments
“Whether your company is big or small, this book (The Power To Ignite) certainly will help to open your eyes
to continuous improvement (CI). I have taken some of the examples and applied them in my own business
and already am seeing great involvement with my staff, and therefore improvement within not only increase
in sales, but positive productivity” – Client that applied guidelines from The Power To Ignite (by Su-Mari du Bruyn)
Training Portfolio
We believe in a partnership approach and we want to support you to facilitate continuous learning and
development in your organization, while gaining the maximum benefit from your investment. We offer
discounts to you based on the number of learners that you place on our training programs. Contact us
to discuss your individual requirements.
We pride ourselves on delivering customized solutions and we are therefore willing to structure our
programs to accommodate our client’s operational and budgetary constraints, as far as possible.
Job Performance Enhancing
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5s Kaizen Concepts
Continuous Improvement
Cost Optimization
Customer Service
Finance For Non-Financial Managers
Health And Safety
Lean Manufacturing
Management Skills For Effective Managers
Negotiation Skills
Planning And Implementing An Effective Induction Program
Performance Management
Presentation Skills
Problem Solving Skills
Production Management
Purchasing
Quality - Total Quality Management
Software - Ms Outlook, Ms Excel - Basics
Stores And Stock Control
Supervisor / First Line Management Basics
Visual Management
Soft Skills
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Better Together - The Power Of Diversity
Change Management - Winning At The Game Of Change
Coaching Skills
Communication - Time To Talk
Dealing With Difficult People
Developing An Effective Talent Management Strategy
How To Harness Creativity In Your Workplace
Leadership For Employee Empowerment
Personal Empowerment
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Be The Best You Can Be!
Personal Finances
Recycling
Stress Management
The Benefit Of A Glass Half Full - Practicing Positivity
Time Management And Personal Productivity
Understanding Business Basics
“I found the training to be very informative, presented in a relaxed manner and keeping attention
throughout. The session was innovative, educational and inspiring.” – Client in service industry
Director Biographies
Su-Mari du Bruyn has 10 years’ experience in various supply chain roles in different
industries, including petro-chemical, electronic manufacturing and financial services.
As Supply Chain Manager in the South African operation of a multinational electronic
metering company, Su-Mari was responsible for the strategic management of the supply
chain which included full responsibility for contract negotiations, supporting global
purchasing strategies, smart purchasing implementations, supplier quality assurance and
coordinating the material cost improvement plan. In addition she was responsible for
coordinating continuous improvement initiatives in a high volume electronic
manufacturing plant. Su-Mari also has extensive experience in training, staff development
and recruitment.
Su-Marí holds BComm (Human Resource Management) and BComm Hons (Logistics
Management) degrees from the University of Stellenbosch and a Post Graduate Diploma
(Management Practice) from the Graduate School of Business (University of Cape Town).
Johann Koegelenberg has more than 20 years’ experience of which 16 years were in
various roles in the South African operation of a multinational electronic metering
company, including Logistics Manager, Quality Manager and Manufacturing Operations
Manager. Prior to that, he was employed in a production optimization function in an
electricity utility company.
As Manufacturing Operations Manager, Johann was responsible for all manufacturing
operations, including Logistics, Purchasing, Manufacturing Engineering, Production,
Quality, Health & Safety and Risk Management in a high volume electronic manufacturing
facility. He has extensive experience in operations management, quality, supply chain,
industrial relations, continuous improvement, managerial finance and strategic
management. Johann gained international experience during the manufacturing
implementation of a product in India.
Johann holds a BEng (Industrial Engineering) degree from the University of Stellenbosch
and a BComm (Accounting and Business Management) degree from the University of
South Africa. He also holds a MBA from the University of Stellenbosch Business School.
Faith Williams has more than 20 years’ experience in various logistics roles in the South
African operation of a multinational electronic metering company. She also held various
administrative roles in the public sector, automotive and manufacturing industries.
Faith’s logistics experience includes time as a Stores & Stock Controller, Buyer & Planner,
Senior Buyer (including Planner & Scheduler functions) and 7 years as Logistics Manager
for a high volume electronic manufacturing facility. Faith also has extensive experience in
industrial relations.
As Logistics Manager, Faith and her team were responsible for: material planning,
supplier scheduling, inventory management, procurement, sales order entry, production
scheduling and shipping. She had overall accountability for the operational management
of the supply chain, consisting of more than 80 suppliers located both locally and abroad.
During this period Faith also occasionally acted as stand-in for the Operations Manager.
We have published articles on various platforms and in the printed media, amongst others:
BizCommunity, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fin24, Finweek, HR Future, Ideate, Life Business Growth,
MWEB, Small Business News, Standard Bank BizConnect, Supply Chain Update, The Government Digest,
The Star Work Place and Your Business Magazine.
PHONE: 072 236 4280 or 082 922 7514
FAX: 086 622 4339
E-MAIL: [email protected]
WEB: www.AdaptToChange.co.za
Level 4 B-BBEE