The 2026 Astral Foods’ 20 Keys Conference brought together leaders and teams from across the business to share practical experiences of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and the results being achieved through 20 Keys.
Operational excellence involves more than just tools, techniques, and projects. True sustainability requires aligned processes, standards, structures, capabilities, and behaviors, all driven by leadership that recognises the importance of continuous improvement.
Standard work gives you the best known way of doing a job today, while the CAPDO cycle ensures that the ‘best way’ keeps getting better tomorrow.
By rethinking workplace safety, we can cultivate a proactive safety culture that transforms safety from merely a set of rules into an integral part of daily life.
Recently the ODI team got together for a Strategic Workshop. Our focus was Key 2 of the 20 Keys Management System – Goal Alignment.
National Chicks Human Resources for KZN and Gauteng, Wendy Swanepoel, along with ODI’s Facilitator, Mbali Tshabalala, have embarked on an exciting programme to empower their Foremen and Farm Managers.
In World-Class companies, 80% of employees are engaged in solving problems. This allows for early detection of problems, which in return leads to quick responses and mitigating the impact of these issues.
First-line Managers have the most important role in the business, as they can switch on and switch off productivity on the shop floor.