Workforce · Since 2012
Designing a production line people of every ability can run
How workstation design, not charity, made inclusive hiring work on the floor.
- Requirement
- Output and quality standards that hold on every line, with a workforce that includes people of every ability.
- Challenge
- Standard stations assume full sight and hearing; many specially abled candidates had never been given industrial work.
- Solution
- Tasks were broken down by the sense they rely on and redesigned so each could be done by touch, sight or sound, with on-line training and one output standard for everyone.
- Outcome
- A workforce of more than 500 people, around 180 of them specially abled.
- Evidence
- Company-stated headcount (2020 baseline; srikanthbolla.com states 36%). To be reconfirmed.
Recycled paper mill: pulper to reel
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Areca leaf: turning a burned residue into an export-grade product line
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Making our own adhesives and inks to control product quality
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Questions
Questions buyers ask
What was the requirement?
Output and quality standards that hold on every line, with a workforce that includes people of every ability.
What was the challenge?
Standard stations assume full sight and hearing; many specially abled candidates had never been given industrial work.
What was done?
Tasks were broken down by the sense they rely on and redesigned so each could be done by touch, sight or sound, with on-line training and one output standard for everyone.
Which capabilities were used?
Workstation design; On-line training; Supervision systems.
What is the evidence?
Company-stated headcount (2020 baseline; srikanthbolla.com states 36%). To be reconfirmed.
What does Bollant Industries make?
Recycled paper and board, industrial paper products such as cores and cones, corrugated and printed packaging, paper tableware, areca and sal leaf tableware, inks, adhesives and laminating films, and a small home and professional care range.
Where is Bollant Industries based?
The head office is in Somajiguda, Hyderabad, and the manufacturing units are in Telangana and Karnataka.
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