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General Director´s Introductory Speech

 

Dear Shareholders,
         1999 was our first year of consolidation and seeking a path towards a new future and long-term prosperity based on the global concept of "increasing company efficiency and effectiveness".The key activity was the initiation of restructuring and re-engineering throughout the company, with the aim of attaining an acceptable ratio of administrative staff to production staff and reducing wage costs. Many activities were contracted out to other companies.
         Fundamental changes took place in the areas of sales and production as we began to construct a marketing-driven company. On the basis of a SWOT analysis we dealt with individual market segments and product groups. We found new sales possibilities, which, at least for the next three years, appear to be very promising. We came to the unequivocal conclusion that only a high level of flexibility in deliveries and quality of services can assure us a competitive edge at a time of falling sales prices. In line with this philosophy, 270 new products were developed according to customers´ requirements and the development of the new C 130 material was completed. Production of the material, beginning in 2000, will make Elektroporcelán Louny a.s. one of the leading manufacturers in the world and will attract the most demanding of customers. This is borne out by the customers´ audits already carried out in our company.
         In the field of quality we began applying the "Total quality management" (TQM) method, which should ensure that our products are awarded the "Czech Made" mark during 2000 and that the quality of all processes gradually improves.
         In the field of information technology we started the programme of implementing the MFG/PRO information system, Preactor and Promis. Following their complete implementation at the Louny Plant, implementation will follow at the Merklín Plant and further MIS and EIS modules will be implemented. We also plan to introduce support systems for the technical preparations for production. Our aim is to achieve totally digitised operations by the year 2005.
         The current management is aware that our employees, their skills, attitude and behaviour constitute the chief source of prosperity for our company and that we must promote their personal development by using modern personnel methods purposefully and on a long term basis. The goal of this activity must be to raise our corporate culture to a new level.
         In the last two months of the year our company had to deal with a series of unexpected problems, which had an impact on our final trading result for the year. Despite that, we can give a very positive assessment of last year´s work, because much was accomplished that will have a measurable impact in the near future. The fact that the overwhelming majority of our work was both successful and more effective is borne out by the development of the analytical indicators. I would assess my first year in the company as, above all, a year in which conditions were created for stabilisation to be followed by dynamic growth. I look to the future with optimism and am convinced that our aim has been achieved and that the capabilities of the new management will guarantee the company´s future prosperity.
         Allow me to take this opportunity to thank all the staff of the company for their work, as well as the members of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors for the active expertise and guidance they provided during 1999.


Ing.Milan Březovský 
General Director and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

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