SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2013-15

People Overview Self Managed Teams Mechanisation Safety Overview The Parivartan     Journey Progress on     Roadmap Incident Statistics Robust Governance Standardised     Processes Enhanced Awareness Capability Building Safety Infrastructure Safety Audits Quality Overview Top-down    Accountability Quality by Design Quality Culture     Transformation Quality Assurance Quality     Best Practices All Time Audit     Readiness Availability Overview Strategic Sourcing Risk Management Product    Rationalisation Success stories Environment Overview Roadmap Energy Management Emissions Water Waste Case Study KPIs Community Overview Focus Areas Education Livelihoods Healthcare Infrastructure     Initiatives Creating Change     Makers Productivity Overview Productivity Streams Case Study PACE Update Initiatives Engineering Excellence Overview Digitisation Automation Mechanisation Lean Manufacturing Capital Equipment Strategy Predictive Maintenance Continuous Improvement Overview Continuous     Improvement     at Work Best Practices Annexures GRI Index Acronyms Assurance Statement   Summary Report     TALENT PERFORMANCE SELF MANAGED TEAMS Self Managed Teams (SMT) is one of Dr. Reddy's spearhead interventions to drive meaningful change and foster responsible empowerment. A cultural shift, it not only calls for change in work practices, but also in the thinking process.   Flagged-off in the year 2001, SMT has now been integrated at all our operations. It provides economically disadvantaged youth, from locations around our manufacturing operations, find meaningful employment. They are imparted rigorous training through a series of focussed programmes in areas such as technical skills, communication skills, team building, creativity and problem solving. Deeply embedded in their training, is a patient-centric perspective and a team-oriented approach.   Equipped with the right skills, appropriate tools and an enabling environment - they determine, plan and manage end-to-end jobs thereby eliminating the need of hierarchy. Agile, collaborative, complementary, and communicative - SMT recruits clearly stand apart from their industry peers and deliver high quality output. Over the course of three to four years, SMT recruits become highly skilled technicians and grow in their field, whether at Dr. Reddy's or elsewhere in the health industry.       We have also tied up with local Pharmacy colleges and sponsor their professional training, post which they are absorbed as full time employees. SMT members can pursue their higher education while working with us. It helps them earn and learn at the same time. Many members of our early batches of SMTs are post graduates today.