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Portugal plant .” Steinebrunner recalls that “ we made the Chesapeake more protective , better looking and as efficient as possible to produce . The finished product is phenomenal and a credit to the collaborative efforts of a global team that believes in creating products worthy of the flying Dunlop D .”
Dunlop ’ s human expertise and drive to succeed is being further enabled by a cultural , methodological and technological shift behind the scenes . Flexibility and enhanced process transparency , as a result of the company embracing new technologies , are helping to propel Dunlop into its next stage of development . “ We ’ ve gone from being very anecdotal to being analytical ,” Steinebrunner explains . The company is harnessing the power of digitalization , both externally to reinvent its customer and supplier interactions , and internally . Measuring efficiency , building preventative maintenance into the business strategy , and using technology to enable the company ’ s human resources are , according to Steinebrunner , key to Dunlop ’ s transformation . “ In the last two years , we ’ ve come so far ,” she says .
JUNE 2019