Transcript Slide 1
No Boundaries
Human Resources
at Ford
2004 Wheels Car of the Year
2002 Wheels Car of the Year
1
Welcome to Ford
Australia’s largest and most established car maker
Designs Develops and Manufactures in Australia
Over 5000 employees based mainly in B/M and Geelong
Global team in excess of 325,000
Home of the award winning BA Falcon and Territory
Active in over 38 countries.
Worldwide sales of $189 billion.
Assets over $338 billion.
Celebrating 81 years in Australia this year.
The Falcon is the only car designed & built in Australia
Ford Credit – our own financial institution that delivers
profit.
No Boundaries
2
Ford Motor Company
Over 7 km of production line
465 cars built per day (1 every 53 seconds).
18 Hectares of under roof area.
Over 65 nationalities represented
throughout the plant.
2004 Wheels Car of the Year
3
Services
Brands
Our Brands and Services
No Boundaries
4
Our Business
AOC
Australian Operating Committee
HR
Purchasing
IT
Finance
Product
Development
Sales &
Marketing
Manufacturing
FCSD
Ford
Credit
No Boundaries
5
What is Human Resource Management?
HRM – Activities necessary for staffing
the organisation and sustaining a high
level of employee performance
HRM at Ford - When 5,500 people work
together as a confident, inspired and
motivated team, the rewards are great.
“People are the Company’s only sustainable
competitive advantage.”
No Boundaries
6
HRM at Ford
HR functions:
Recruitment & Induction
Training & Development
Line operators
Apprentices
Vacation Students, Co-ops and Graduates
GSRs
Payroll workforce (NB: NWGs)
Salaried workforce
Organisational & Personnel Planning (O&PP)
No Boundaries
The PDC process
The performance management process
7
HRM at Ford (cont’d)
Compensation & Benefits
Role of the ER assistant
R&R
Corporate Citizenship
FECCS
Managing Diversity
Maintaining a fair and equitable workplace
Worklife balance
Labour relations (the HR co-ordinator)
No Boundaries
8
Benefits of effective HRM
Competent, highly skilled employees
A lean, efficient human resource base
A diverse workforce
A mutually beneficial Company/Union relationship
An outcome in line with our Global Vision:
To become the world’s leading consumer company for
automotive products & services, Ford must provide a
business environment that will allow all employees to
contribute their fullest potential.
No Boundaries
9
The HR Co-ordinator
Structure in the B/M Plant
HR Manager
Labour Relations Manager
HR Co-ordinators (4)
Industrial Relations impact (Awards, EBA)
Cross-functional impact (Safety, Workcover,
VRS, the medical centre)
Working with the Union (shop stewards)
10
No Boundaries
Ramp-up & Recruitment
Ramp-up for Barra:
Rebalancing in response to forecast need
to increase capacity 2002 – 2005
Increasing production line speed
Increasing work complexity
Recruitment / staffing issues
380upd currently
412upd September 2002
Re-adjust again after September 2002
How many? How Soon?
Training & development issues
No Boundaries
11
Labour Strategy
Outsourcing issues
Impact on the shop floor
Labour
preference planning
Internal? External?
Placement
Ensuring
no industrial disruption
Working with external suppliers
No Boundaries
12