About Schrader Electronics Ltd.

Schrader Electronics have an established charity committee who support and arrange a programme of event annually for 2 selected charitites. On average they raise £6,000 annually. Recently their graduate programme has incorporated an element of local volunteering.

Schrader Electronics has employed a full time employment engagement officer with a remit to exclusively engage with employees to seek ideas and feedback. This role supports 6 weekly employee forum meetings with the various shifts. The meetings consist of a mixture of business update and employee feedback. Minutes are taken at the meeting which are rouitinely updated with actions and feedback and made available to all employee forum representatives. During appraisals staff are asked what the company can do better for them. Feedabck is gathered and analysed by the management team.

Examples of reward and evaluation events include annual continuous improvement awards which are judged and rewarded in the following categories: Best Product/Process Improvement Project. Best Product/Process Improvement Endeavour. Best Product/Process Improvement Innovation. Best Lean Project. Best Lean Endeavour. Best Lean Innovation. All contributors are invited to a breakfast recognition event and the winners in each category receive £250.