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Sara Lee Corporation 23Sara Lee Corporation 23
SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE
Focused pure play companies often
gain efficiencies through simplification
and streamlining. The North American
Meat company will be lean and efficient
in everything that we do. We are taking
the necessary steps to ensure that
our new meat company has the most
appropriate operating structure from its
first day as an independent company.
We have eliminated layers within the
organization to allow for faster decision
making and action taking. We will be
more flexible and better positioned
to quickly adapt to changing customer
and consumer needs. Our employees
at every level will be empowered to
make decisions and take actions that
quickly impact the bottom-line. This
leads to an entrepreneurial culture
where every employee plays a vital
role in our quest for superior perform-
ance. Being lean also means providing
customers and consumers with only
the attributes that they truly value.
Processes or features that the cus-
tomer does not value, and therefore is
unwilling to pay for, will be eliminated
from the system as an excess cost.
Lean will continue to be a way of life
for our company, touching everything
we do and driving us to a more effec-
tive and efficient structure.