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Inclusion Factory Annual CSR Reception was successfully held!

On March 16th, 2023, the Taicang Disabled Persons Federation, the Taicang Roundtable, and the Yangtze River Delta Research Institute of NPU, Taicang jointly hosted an Annual CSR Reception with the theme of “Inclusive Development and Common Prosperity”.

As a socially responsible enterprise with distinctive characteristics of Taicang, the Inclusion Factory has been in operation for 8 years since its establishment. The number of people with disabilities (PWD) has increased from 12 at the beginning to 47 today.

During the event, Inclusion Factory shared that with the support of its employees, parents, and numerous partners in a collaborative and supportive environment, they have been able to achieve better outcomes.

Speech by Mr. Richard Zhang , Chairman of the Taicang RoundtableSpeech by Mr. Richard Zhang , Chairman of the Taicang Roundtable

Speech by Mr. Jonathan Schoo, Vice President of the AHK Greater China.Speech by Mr. Jonathan Schoo, Vice President of the AHK Greater China.

This year, in addition to order manufacturing and education training, the Inclusion Factory expanded its development space and officially established the Taicang UShine Charity Center. In the future, UShine will provide systematic training for PWD with employment needs, while also providing professional support to enterprise with inclusive employment. Moreover, the Suzhou Jianxiong Vocational and Technical College and the newly established UShine Charity Center will jointly establish the “Taicang Inclusion Dual-System Training Center for PWD” to promote the employment and inclusion of the people with intellectual disabilities (PWID) population.

During the event, Inclusion Factory also established a strategic partnership with City News Service, an English news and information platform under the Shanghai United Media Group, and signed a collaboration memorandum, showcasing the “Next Stop, Shanghai” unique city identity of Taicang.

Inauguration Ceremony of Ushine Charity CenterInauguration Ceremony of Ushine Charity Center

Inclusive Development, Strategic Collaboration Signing Ceremony for "Next Stop, Shanghai"Inclusive Development, Strategic Collaboration Signing Ceremony for “Next Stop, Shanghai”

Inclusion Factory Annual CSR Reception

In the spirit of promoting disability inclusion, Inclusion Factory has recognized 19 companies and institutions for their significant contributions towards creating sustainable employment opportunities for PWD. The appreciation theme this year encompasses five categories: Unbreakable Chain, Ultimate Empowerment, Inclusion Champion, United Devotion, and Special Contributions.

TUENKERS, Würth, and Hennessy have outsourced their production orders to the Inclusion Factory, creating an “unbreakable” supply chain with social impact while providing sustainable job opportunities for PWID.

Inclusive Development, Strategic Collaboration Signing Ceremony for "Next Stop, Shanghai"Group photo of corporations recognized in the “Unbreakable Chain” category.

  • Playmobil Experience Center has partnered with Inclusion Advisory to create the Inclusion Cafe, providing better employment opportunities for PWD.
  • Disney highly values the expertise and value of disability inclusion consulting and has promoted multiculturalism through diverse service procurement.
  • Mersen has conducted research on the employment environment in the industrial field, designed disability-friendly positions and recruitment channels, and made a commitment to promote disability inclusive employment.
  • Optibelt supports administrative work for PWID and provides them with more diverse employment opportunities.

    • Group photo of corporations recognized in the “Inclusion Champion” category.Group photo of corporations recognized in the “Inclusion Champion” category.

  • Accenture has designed and built the “Accenture Industrial Worker Assistant,” utilizing innovative technology to empower PWD to achieve better employment.
  • Schenker Logistics provides high-standard professional warehousing services that empower the operations of our factory.
  • Orchisky Software offers exclusive customized information technology services for the Inclusion Factory’s intelligent production lines.
  • Taicang Engineer Association offers a series of professional courses, helping the Inclusion Factory team strive for excellence in quality engineering.

Group photo of corporations recognized in the “Ultimate Empowerment” category.

Group photo of corporations recognized in the “Ultimate Empowerment” category.

  • The International Design Research Center (NYID) provides year-round artistic workshops for PWID and their families. They also planned the inclusion art exhibition at this event, using the charm of nature and art to promote the development of an inclusive society.
  • Sin-Sino Industrial Development provides logistics services to support the sustainable operation of the Inclusion Factory.
  • Taicang Zhikang Health Examination Center provides free medical examinations and cash donations to the Inclusion Factory.
  • Passion Group, a leading local human resources service provider, sponsored a disability equality awareness workshop for HR department managers and employees of multiple companies in 2022, promoting the integration of talent with disabilities into the workplace.
  • All employees of ZwickRoell raised funds through running and sponsored the 2023 Chinese New Year Celebration at the Inclusion Factory, bringing more joy to the workplace experience of PWID.
  • Magna Mirrors, an outstanding enterprise from Canada, opens the door of inclusion to PWD from the Asian region to its Taicang factory. They support PWD in obtaining job opportunities through production orders and disability equality awareness training.

      • Group photo of corporations recognized in the “United Devotion” category.
      Group photo of corporations recognized in the “United Devotion” category.

      Employee Representative Speech By Ms Zhou Wen Juan:Employee Representative Speech By Ms Zhou Wen Juan:

      Employee Representative’s Family Member Speech by Mr. Yao Yun Wei

      Employee Representative’s Family Member Speech by Mr. Yao Yun Wei

      Scene from the Charity AuctionScene from the Charity Auction

      Scene from the Charity AuctionScene from the Charity Auction

      After each appreciation segment, there was a corporate fundraising project event, including fundraising projects for employee welfare, leisure and entertainment, expanding social awareness workshops for young people, and career development for young PWID. We want to express our gratitude to every partner who actively participated in these events and helped to promote the inclusion and development of PWID.

      “More Alike Than Different” Exhibition of Inclusive Art

      This art exhibition showcased handicraft creations and captured images from NYID art workshops by employees and their families from the Inclusion Factory, collaborative paintings by artist Shi Zheng and the Xing Yue Children’s Growth Service Center in Shanghai’s Songjiang district, and artworks by artist Wang Xue Yuan. Through these creations, guests at the event gained a deeper understanding of the hardships and joys of caring for family members with intellectual disabilities and raised awareness of the discrimination and prejudice faced by PWD in daily life.

      “Inclusive Development and Common Prosperity” Taicang Forum

      During the conference, Stuart Perrin, Dean of the Entrepreneurship Institute at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and Professor Yu Zhi Yuan from the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Fudan University, shared their insights on promoting inclusive development and common prosperity. Meanwhile, Joshua, General Manager of Playmobill in Shanghai, Li Hong, Chairperson of the Happy Inclusion Foundation in Beijing, and Chen Zi Ye, Senior Project Development Officer at the Inclusion Factory, shared their practical cases of promoting the employment of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

      Inclusion Factory Open Day

      During the open day event at the Inclusion Factory, employment partners introduced how different companies collaborate in their respective fields to promote the sustainable development of the factory to representatives from various enterprises and charitable organizations. They also explained the specific work process of the employees on the production line and the accessible design throughout the factory.

      We will continue to move forward and we hope that more like-minded individuals will join us in developing the cause of the disabled and witnessing a brighter future for the young hearts.

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心力量 | 中德融创工场再添四位新伙伴

We appologize that this news entry is only available in Chinese at the moment.

近年来，越来越多的企业开始践行企业社会责任，中德融创工场也得到了众多企业不同形式的帮助与支持，共同推动残障人士就业，我们非常荣幸这些企业成为了我们的珍珠合作伙伴：

海太欧林集团（ONLEAD）创办于1996年，主要从事办公家具的研发与制造。
海太欧林为我们提供了优质的办公空间解决方案，一个优质的办公空间方案不单是提供优质的家具，它更可以为我们营造一个舒适愉悦的办公环境，为员工带来生活与工作的共融。
众悦餐饮，专业从事快餐20年，主要经营食堂承包、餐饮管理、集体配餐等一体化的专业公司。
2022年，众悦餐饮与卓能电子共同为中德融创工场提供免费午餐，营养均衡、搭配合理、创新多样的餐食，满足了每位员工的“干饭梦”。
YiCAT是由上海一者信息科技有限公司自主研发的在线翻译管理平台，运用科技的力量，真正做到了化翻为简，译不可少。
YiCAT为中德融创工场提供了一个快捷高效的翻译解决方案，积累内部语言资产，加快了公司内部的信息互通，也帮助我们搭建一座连接国际的桥梁，可以让更多人知道残障就业的可能性。
太仓市工程师协会是由太仓欧商企业投资协会和高新区管委会倡议建立，欧商企业投资协会会员企业的工程技术专家联合发起的非营利性社会组织。
太仓市工程师协会为中德融创工场提供专业技术咨询及交流服务，并开设了系列课程学习，帮助中德融创工场团队在质量工程方面精益求精，确保对客户的完美交付。
中德融创工场的发展离不开合作伙伴的信任与支持！在未来的日子里，愿我们携手共进，共同推动残障人士融合就业!这些企业已经行动起来了，如果你也希望与我们合作共赢，欢迎与我们联系：

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Official Signing! Inclusion Factory Welcomes Two Major Partners

On July 12th, 2021, Inclusion Factory, Suzhou Easy Trans Logistics Co., Ltd., and Fangben Law Office held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Taicang.

Representatives of Suzhou Easy Trans Logistics Co., Ltd. and Fangben Law Office joined a factory tour led by Jianhe Chen, production manager of Inclusion Factory. Mr Chen introduced the factory’s development history, accessibility facilities and equipment as well as the operating model.

Suzhou Easy Trans Logistics Co., Ltd. is a company that provides third-party logistics and large-scale equipment lifting and transportation to manufacturers. The company was established in 2004 and has become a comprehensive logistics service provider. At present, they have evolved into a comprehensive logistics service provider with highway transportation as the mainstay and large equipment hoisting and transportation as the development direction.

  ▲On the left: Junjie Yang, Deputy General Manager of Suzhou Easy Trans Logistics Co., Ltd.

On the right: Nadav Ben Simon, General Manager of Inclusion Factory

Signing this contract means that Suzhou Easy Trans Logistics Co., Ltd. will provide professional logistics services for the Inclusion Factory. They will help us fulfil our commitment of punctuality and accuracy by safely and quickly transporting the goods to every customer. 

Fangben Law Office was established in 1999 by a group of senior lawyers, professional legal personnel and law professors with many years of practice experience. They have developed into a law firm focused on providing comprehensive commercial and dispute resolution legal services.

  ▲On the left: Chunqing Jin, Chief Partner of Fangben Law Office

On the right: Nadav Ben Simon, General Manager of Inclusion Factory 

Legal risk prevention is the baseline for the healthy development of enterprises.Fangben Law Office will provide free professional legal advisory services to the Inclusion Factory to help it run sustainably and robustly in areas including day-to-day operation, major affairs decision-making, contract and document review, drafting and modification.

Special thanks to Suzhou Easy Trans Logistics Co., Ltd. and Fang Ben Law Firm for their trust and support to the Inclusion Factory. In the coming days, we look forward to working together and facilitating the inclusive employment of people with intellectual disabilities.

 

Translation is supported by Inktale Shanghai
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Enterprises Supporting Dreams, Aspirations & Equal opportunities for All – Introducing 2020 CSR Ceremony Awardees

We chose December 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, to hold Inclusion Factory’s annual CSR Award Ceremony and to thank our partners & supporters for their contribution in promoting the employment of people with intellectual disabilities.

The Taicang government, Taicang Disabled Persons Federation, the Taicang Round Table member companies，our employees’ parents & family members, and many companies and individuals who are concerned about the employment of people with disability gathered here.

2020 is the destination year for China to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.  Adhering to the “no person with disability will be left behind” principle, here at the Inclusion Factory we are supporting this cause by using employment as a tool for rehabilitation and equal participation, for a prosperous, harmoneous and fair society.

Taicang High Tech Industrial Development Zone have been supporting us and promoting the concept of inclusive cities, with your support, Taicang will not only become a civilized city but also an inclusive model for the rest of China.

Welcoming speech from Mr. Wang Hongxing, standing committee member of Taicang municipal party committee and party secretary of the Taicang High Tech Industrial Development Zone

 

2020 has been challenging for the economy and the society as a whole, and still have had some great achievements this year:

We expanded our operation in terms of space. We have built a second floor, in terms of customers & orders, and in terms of headcount, today we are 51 people in total, 52 as from next Monday.

We have established a cooperation with Loreal and Hengsheng Logistics – helping them to create an inclusive line inside their warehouse in Suzhou, Loreal will start by hiring 12 people with intellectual disabilities;

This year we are honored to grant 17 different companies with our CSR award to express our gratitude and appreciation for their trust & support. The award consists of 5 different categories: Project partners, Gold, Pearl, Long standing supporters & Outstanding Contribution Award. All awards will be granted by our dear employees.

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD

 

HUBER+SUHNER

 

OASE Living Water

 

Mobil Data

 

Zollner Electronic

 

IMS Gear

 

This year’s Outstanding Contribution Award was awarded to our 5 board members.

5 people who are the backbone of this beautiful project. 5 people who believed it is possible before the first step was even taken.

 

Thilo KOEPPE, HUBER+SUHNER Managing Director North Asia & Inclusion Factory’s chairman of the board, the man with the vision and the endless enthusiasm to make the Inclusion Factory bigger & bigger. His crazy, adventurous ideas which we were able to make a reality.

 

Ms. Jesicar Shen, the General Manager of OASE Living Water, our lady for the special missions-able to solve all the impossible bureaucratic hurdles; the woman who can change every red light into green.

 

Mr. Dietmar Schenk, the General Manager of Mobil Data  is the technical brain behind the Inclusion Factory, the person who took it as his personal challenge to exemplify that smart technology is a key factor in enabling inclusion of people with disabilities. A man who is innovative enough to create technological solutions that make the work here simple, accessible, error-proof and efficient for our employees.

 

If we ever needed something, never mind what or when, Mr. Erik Breslein, the General Manager of Zollner Electronics has always been there for the Inclusion Factory, from feeding all of us with his catering services, donation of equipment and supporting us  with technical skills; and most importantly always making sure to spread the word about us.

 

IMS have been our second family for the past few years, providing us with production orders, supporting us with professional mentoring, engineering solutions, legal advisory; their facility team comes here every week to help us with maintenance & of course, they hire people with disabilities in administration positions & in production, 2 years ago they took a big step forward by hiring one of our employees.

Steve Hwang the Vice President of IMS Gear is represented by Andreas Gotz, Vice President of IMS Gear.

 

 

PROJECT PARTNERs

 

Xuntang

 

 

Xuntang and their group of companies have been supporting the Inclusion Factory for the past few years, providing us with recruitment support & logistics.

And recently they have shown their trust and commitment towards the Inclusion Factory by signing our second term support contract with our funding stakeholder from Germany – KFW DEG. By signing this contract, Xuntang guarantees Inclusion Factory’s future for the years to come.

Mr. Jason Chen，Vice President of Xuntang; The Award was presented by Chen Shiqi

 

 

Taicang Software Park

 

 

Taicang Software Park has been our home for the past 5 years & a loyal partner from day one. They have been supporting our unique mission, supporting our expansion plans and have been a cooperative ally for our different requests during all these years.

Mr. Gong Zhigang, the General Manager of the Taicang software park. The Award was presented by Sun Xiaoli

 

 

LONG STANDING SUPPORTER

 

E.G.O. Components

 

 

E.G.O has been our first customer & 5 years later is still our biggest and most stable one; entrusting us with 3 different projects, those projects altogether provide stable, high volume workload for 10 employees.

Mr. Andreas Hornfischer, General Manager of EGO; The Award was presented by Pengxin

 

 

Mubea Automotive Components

 

 

Mubea is not only being our customer for the past 4 years, but also constantly trying to develop us as their supplier – supporting us with machinery solutions, helping us to improve our production processes, sponsoring our training room.

For the past 2 years, Mubea sponsor our unique transition program for the graduates of the Taicang Special Education school; this program allows a smooth integration of the graduates from school life to the work environment.

Mr. Dietmar Hunecke, Managing Director of Mubea China. The Award was presented by the graduates of our Transition Program: Ji Yiran, Xu Xiao, Su Xiaochun, Kang Naixin and Jiang Liren

 

 

GOLD PARTNERS

 

Brose Taicang Automotive Systems

 

 

Brose is always seeking how to strengthen their engagement in our company, what started with sponsoring leisure activities and employee efficiency program, later developed into outsourcing 2 big volume projects to our operation & sponsoring our employee leisure room.

Mr. Harley Yu, General Manager of Brose; The Award was presented by Guan Xiaochu

 

 

STAUFEN

 

 

One of our initial goals was to have the Inclusion Factory ISO certified, yet in 2015 such task was way over our expertise and this is where Staufen came into the picture; they sent their most senior consultant on a weekly basis to the Inclusion Factory to help us set up a quality management system, that even our biggest automotive customers are super impressed by.

Their support doesn’t end here, it has been extended also to Financial controlling & Lean management training of our personnel.

Ms. Shuyang Chen, representing STAUFEN.SHANGHAI; The Award was presented by Yang Yanping.

 

 

DEKRA Certification

 

 

Speaking of quality management systems, those systems also should be audited , the higher and stricter the audit is, the better the operation will work. and of course, wanting to be audited by the best, you go to Dekra.

Since 2017, Dekra has been helping the inclusion factory to establish a high standard & professional, Quality Management System.

Mr. Paulson Wei, General Manager of Dekra; The Award was presented by You Jingfang.

 

 

Mann + Hummel

 

 

Since meeting at GCC Christmas party, MANN HUMMEL management were continuously seeking for ways for cooperation with the IF, together we have identified a key component in Mann + Hummel production line which was outsourced to the IF, and this product provides stable continues employment to 7 of Inclusion Factory employees.

Mr. Xu Jie, Mann + Hummel  Vice President & Managing Director China，and the Tang Qingyi, who is a part of the team that is responsible for the Mann-Hummel project.

 

 

BOS Automotive Systems

 

 

Now, some companies are extremely persistent in outsourcing work to the IF, even though it has been difficult to find opportunities in their lean production lines, and even though the approval process might be hard and challenging, BOS has succeeded in doing so and are constantly finding more and more outsourcing opportunities to the Inclusion Factory.

Mr. Cheng Zhangquan, BOS Vice President of Finance Asia Pacific; The Award was presented by Xie Yun’ao.

 

 

TRUMPF China

 

 

They say, When THERE IS A WILL THERE IS WAY… and Trumpf exemplifies exactly that, despite the fact that due to the nature of their operation, they cannot outsource projects to us, they found various ways to support: providing us with working clothes & shoes, logistic services, ISO & 5s coaching for our team  & last but not the least, hiring people with disabilities.

Dr. Yang Gang, General manager of Trumpf; The Award was presented by Zhang Panqing.

 

 

PEARL PARTNERS

 

SCHAEFFLER SONDERMASCHINENBAU

 

 

In the past few years, Schaeffler has been a great & stable customer; all of our employees like to do the Schaeffler projects.

And now, Schaeffler have further strengthened their contribution to the Inclusion Factory, their technical department sondermaschinenbau, helps us to further improve our operation.

Mr. Zeng Yaodong, Senior Director of SMB China; The Award was presented by Liu Jinjin.

 

 

Siemens Manufacturing and Engineering Centre

 

 

In Germany, wire-harnesses are the “key” product in factories like ours. Siemens manufacturing & engineering center in Shanghai Baoshan are the perfect customer for that purpose.

When we approached them, we felt warmly welcomed, and for a company like Siemens, we can only imagine the complexity of introducing a new customer,

And we are a proud Siemens supplier two years later.

Mr. Kai Pantel, CFO of Siemens Manufacturing & Engineering. Yin Zhi, who is one of the leading employees to produce the Siemens project.

The parents of our employee  gave a speech

A representative of our employees gave a speech

We wish to take this opportunity, and say thank you again, on behalf of the entire Inclusion Factory, the employees, their family members, and People with Disabilities as a whole.

Your support proves that inclusion can be done in a professional, high standard way, and that when we work together, we achieve truly wonderful things!

By supporting the Inclusion Factory, you support dreams, aspirations & each persons’ right for employment.

Waiting for your company to join us in 2021!

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Get Inspired by Schaeffler and embrace your company`s CSR!

Every year, we take our employees to visit our customer factories and let them experience the most advanced corporate working environment. But even more importantly, we want to let our employees understand, that the products processed by our company, will eventually be sent to other factories, where they become final products. We want them to see, that what they make in our factory is actually installed into a real car.

Schaeffler employees are doing a presentation about their company

Schaeffler is a partner of many companies in the automobile manufacturing industry, its main focus is on engines, transmissions and chassis systems. On average, about 60 parts of every single car in the world were made in Schaeffler.

Schaeffler is not only a leader in advanced technology but also a role model for a sustainable supply chain. One of the ways to prove this is by purchasing services from social enterprises and thus supporting people with disabilities to obtain equal employment rights. Schaeffler outsources some simple parts to Inclusion Factory for processing, giving this complex supply chain a much bigger social value. If factories like Schaeffler didn`t have a sense of corporate social responsibility, 31 employees with intellectual disabilities in Inclusion Factory would not be able to get employment.

Thomas Maurischat，Global BU leader of Wheel Modules


“Quality was never an issue.”

 

I was already introduced to “Lebenshilfe Offenburg” as a young engineer in Germany. I visited their facilities that supported our production plant and was very impressed by how many innovative, yet simple processes were created to ensure everything worked well, in line with our production needs. Then a few years ago, I found out that such facilities and needs existed in Taicang as well. Our Schaeffler team visited Inclusion Factory and we agreed to give it a try. It proved to be the right decision and we have been in close cooperation ever since.

The Inclusion Factory helped us by taking over some of our own workload, which allowed us to focus on more complex tasks at hand. Quality was never an issue. Inclusion Factory has been fully compliant with our supplier requirements and offered excellent services throughout.

It makes me happy to see that we can receive such services, while being able to give back to the society and offer real jobs to individuals with special needs. This follows our commitment towards corporate social responsibility and gives our team the personal satisfaction of being able to make a difference in people’s lives and our community.

Dapeng, one of the employees of Inclusion Factory, is a big fan of cars. Although he cannot has his own car as some other people have, he still feels very proud – every time a German brand car is manufactured, there is a part that comes from his hands. Compared to owning a car, isn`t making a car even cooler?If you also want to become a socially responsible company like Schaeffler by outsourcing part of the production work to us, please contact us.

Corporate Social Responsibility, now is the time !

The year 2020 is quite a challenging one for us all. And although the global economy is experiencing a recession, many companies engage in social projects as they keep promoting meaningful Corporate Social Responsibility strategies. In the Inclusion Factory case, things are not different; we are honored to welcome new supporters into our network. Together, we further promote the inclusion of people with Intellectual Disabilities in our society.

 Gold Partners

 

  Brose

Brose has been promoted from Pearl level partnership to Gold level, slowly and steadily becoming one of the inclusion Factory`s biggest customers!

The best way to support us is by providing us with work orders! Products that are outsourced to the Inclusion Factory lead to further employment of People with Disabilities and therefore bring a meaningful change into their lives. Brose has been helping us doing so at an ever-growing rate.

 

 Pearl Partners

 

 

   SCHAEFFLER SONDERMASCHINENBAU

Schaeffler Special Machine Builder supported technological innovation at the Inclusion Factory. Shaeffler’s team upgraded our production equipment while extending its service life, which resulted in a significant improvement in production efficiency and quality stability.

 

 

  Staufen

 

A long-lasting partnership that has reignited recently!

Staufen is supporting the Inclusion Factory with staff management and Lean operation guidance! Our partner for operational excellence.

 

 

 Wiiboox

Our ultimate goal is to provide people with Intellectual Disabilities with decent employment.

To be able to reach this goal, we have been exploring different assistive tools and devices that can further enhance the working abilities of our employees. One key component in this path is to be able to prepare our own assistive tools and fixtures.

We are very grateful to Wiiboox 3D Printers, who sponsored a high-quality industrial 3D printer. Wiiboox moto is “Realize Your Big Ideas,” a very matching phrase to the potential role technology can have in the Inclusion of People with Disabilities into the workforce!

 

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SAP – Creating a smart interface for employees with disabilities

“There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals”; it is rare to find those people, and we were lucky enough to run with SAP.

Inclusion Factory

SAP’s vision is to “make the world run better and improve people’s lives”, and the “diversity and inclusion” strategy is one of the means to achieve this vision. Sap has always regarded diversity and inclusion as the company’s development strategy. In 2013, SAP launched the autism at work program globally to create an equal opportunity for people with disabilities to be included into the mainstream workplace. So far, 175 talents with autism have been employed by SAP.

Today, SAP’s smart hand extends to a wider field, using its technical advantages in enterprise management software to help Taicang Inclusion Factory’s digital transformation. Taicang Inclusion Factory is a social enterprise dedicated to promoting the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities into the society. It employs nearly thirty full-time employees with intellectual disabilities, who are responsible to assemble and process automotive and electronic parts and components. The goal is that using professional vocational training, the employees will improve their skills and in the future will be able to work in a regular enterprise.

 

 

 

Diverse Employees – Diverse Challenges

In the Inclusion factory, each employee is unique, and his or her working abilities are also different from other employees. The products of the factory are diverse, and dozens of products need to be assembled in a day. Therefore, shift management has become a very complex task in the daily work of the factory. On the one hand, the factory needs to consider the quality demands of the customer & the delivery time of the order. On the other hand, the factory also needs to consider the different abilities of the employees. The most important thing is to visualize the entire interactive interface so that each employee can independently obtain work information.

“I need at least one hour a day to arrange employee scheduling. The Excel scheduling table we designed is very complicated and has many formulas. It is easy to make mistakes if you are not careful, and it is not very flexible to adjust.”

——Haiyan, Job Coach, Inclusion Factory

“The data in our production workshop and warehouse management department can’t be cleared. I often chase my colleagues in the warehouse management department to ask what the order volume is for tomorrow, and my colleagues from the warehouse department often come over and ask me how the production is going. “

——Bei Bei, Job Coach, Inclusion Factory

In order to face these problems, the shift management system that are available on the market, cannot meet the needs of the Inclusion Factory.

SAP’s helping hand

After the Inclusion Factory team explained SAP the challenges they faced, SAP team established a team of volunteer experts. After a year of hard work, the first version was released at last.

Later, after repeated testing by the Job Coaches, the SAP team also carried out many iterations of the version. Finally, the system was officially put into operation in April this year.

Digital empowerment to help the inclusive employment of people with disabilities

Visualized barrier-free design: This system inherits SAP’s inclusive corporate culture. Its interactive interface fully considers the cognitive characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities. With the graphical interface of information visualization, employees with disabilities in the workshop can quickly understand the work arrangement without hindrance.

One-key scheduling: The work that originally took an hour can be completed in seconds.

Freely and conveniently switching between multiple modes: in order to further develop the skills of the employees, we would like employees to work on different products throughout the day. However, each employee’s work efficiency for each products is different. Thus, the need to increase our production capacity is hard to achieve; this system can be flexibly adjusted according to the status and lead-time of different orders.
When the order volume is relatively large or urgent, the “maximum capacity” mode is on; and the shift management system will give priority to the employee’s work efficiency. When the order is small or not urgent, the “minimum capacity” mode is on. The shift management system will prioritize employee’s training needs, to allow employees to do products they have not done before, with the purpose of improving the productivity level of employees. When “employee care” mode is on, the shift management system will prioritize arranging employees to do a variety of products during the work day to enhance their joy and interest in the daily tasks.

Seamless data connection: today, all departments can share data seamlessly through this system, greatly reducing the time spent on internal communication.

Tracking production capacity: we can intuitively see the progress of each order and understand the changes in the productivity of each employee.

The complex and refined business scenarios and standardized and modular products corresponding to existing SAP products far exceed the needs of the Inclusion Factory. Therefore, we need to use an innovative way of thinking to design, develop and deliver products. Our SAP engineers and designers used design thinking, Job-to-be-done and other innovative methodologies to guide our entire project. At present, the product has been successfully launched, and we are looking forward to a larger goal to explore a new business model for customers like the Inclusion Factory. This can be a new product development model and new product standards for SAP, and ultimately to create a new business ecology and make greater contributions to the sustainable development goals.

Anniwa Abulizi

SAP Innovations Location lead

“Not too often we get the opportunity to combine Social & Technological Innovation. Imagine the following: a software that plans production while keeping the social and developmental needs of our employees as one of the top considerations of its algorithm. This is truly one of the most amazing cooperations we ever had, and we continue to explore how SAP, as a world leader in software development can further develop the Inclusion Factory as a leading global practice in Inclusion based Technologies!

——Nadav Ben Simon

General Manager, Inclusion Factory

With the help of the SAP team, Taicang Inclusion Factory carried out a great change, the production capacity has been significantly improved, and each employee with disability directly benefits from this technological revolution, which eliminates various barriers and allows the employees to enjoy accessible and comfortable work environment.

 

Thank you SAP China

 

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MUSIC – The Most Inclusive Language in the World

Every month, there is one day dedicated to bringing “joy through music”. With the sponsorship of Brose, we invited a music teacher from Shanghai who facilitated a monthly music workshop for our employees.

Let’s review these wonderful moments of the music workshop through a video.

Music and music improvisation have always been the common language of human beings, regardless the ability or cultural differences. We used instruments to give our employees a chance to fully express, explore and re-understand themselves. Music improvisation also helps our employees to search for their own needs, and thus obtain a positive change.

By holding these workshops, we hope to make our employees feel the charm of music and let them know that everyone can be involved in music. At the same time, we also expect that this course can help employees relax themselves, release their work pressure and improve their self-confidence. Some activities are in small teams, which helps to improve teamwork abilities in operation.

Music teacher Pablo: “Thanks Inclusion Factory a lot for giving me the opportunity to come here to teach music. This experience is very precious to me, because I’ve never taught in such a different environment, which is of great benefit to me in improving my teaching methods. From the beginning, everyone’s performance was excellent and everyone was very engaged, which made my teaching work easier and happier. Meanwhile, in such an environment, challenged employees feel very comfortable, relaxed and more confident.”

Lenka: “Using different musical instruments seems to be much easier way to express our own emotions than using words. In daily work, our employees are generally not very keen on expressing their thoughts and feelings, while in music workshops, it was easier for them to open up. Music class gave us a chance to know our employees from a different angle.”

Job Coach Tracey: “Music is also a kind of therapy which is softer and easier for employees to accept. The interaction and collaboration in the music class deepened the teamwork spirit and promoted unity among everyone. In general, music classes have positive impact on our employees.”

If you are curious about what is the most inclusive thing in the world, the answer is definitely MUSIC！

Thank You for all the Support!

New Gold Partner: Ecovis Ruide China

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ECOVIS Ruide China represents the ECOVIS Group in China and supports The Inclusion Factory with a wide range of services in accounting, financial management and auditing. We are  particularly grateful to Mr. Jay Su and the whole ECOVIS Ruide China team for their dedication and hands-on commitment to help creating and implementing an efficient and transparent financial strategy for The Inclusion Factory project.

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