Excellence - Gerresheimer AG

Excellence in everything we do

At Gerresheimer, excellence in everything we do is of paramount importance. It is one of the five key strategic thrusts of our corporate strategy formula g. In 2024 we drove this theme forward in various areas of the company and made significant progress.

Leapfrog 2024 – Excellence in Execution

We launched our first Leapfrog initiative in 2024. The aim of the initiative is not to achieve continuous improvement in various processes and areas of the business, but to make a quantum leap in a strategically important area. From now on, there will be an annual Leapfrog theme, an annual focus for the whole company.

In 2024, Leapfrog's theme was 'Excellence in Execution'. The aim of the campaign was to achieve a breakthrough in implementing game-changing improvements across the business. The focus was on plants, but also on areas such as sales. The Leapfrog initiative is both bottom-up and top-down. The bottom-up approach allows every employee and team to get involved. The top-down process allows different priorities and targets to be set for key areas of improvement.

As part of this campaign, a large number of projects were identified and implemented in all factories, administrative areas and central functions. As a result, significant improvements in quality, efficiency, process stability and sales activities have been achieved and taken to a new level.

Gerresheimer Excellence Execution – G2E

The global Gerresheimer Excellence Execution (G2E) initiative, which was launched in 2023 with the aim of building up targeted problem-solving expertise in our production plants, was successfully continued in 2024. The culture of structured, continuous improvement was further promoted by involving employees at all hierarchical levels. This is based on the systematic implementation of the proven Gerresheimer Management System. The G2E concept has so far been introduced in many production plants and is showing excellent results in the areas of process improvement, employee development, motivation and team spirit.

formula Operations

Following Gerresheimer's strategy process, formula g, formula operations was launched in 2023. A strategy process that focuses on all areas of production. Occupational safety, quality performance, automation and digitalisation of production, sustainability as a competitive advantage, employees and organisation were defined as strategic fields of action. On this basis, strategic directions and measures were defined. In order to be able to evaluate the success of the individual measures and actions, corresponding key performance indicators were defined. In 2024, 13 sprint projects were identified. These will be implemented in 2025. As part of the formula operations process, these sprint projects will be managed and new long-term and short-term initiatives will be developed.

Global Operations Executive Committee (GOEC)

The first conference of the Global Operations Executive Committee (GOEC) with all plant managers took place at our site in Berlin, Ohio, USA. The annual GMS (Gerresheimer Management System) awards ceremony was expanded into a global operations conference. The current status of formula Operations was presented and discussed. There were also keynote speeches and working groups on various key topics such as occupational safety, sustainability and the Leapfrog initiative. The winning teams of the GMS Awards and the Leapfrog Initiative also presented their projects and results. In addition to working on the strategic focus topics, this allowed for an effective exchange of experiences to learn from each other.