Case study – Thomas Foods International
Case study – Thomas Foods International
The challenge
Needed to reset and improve how the Group Executive Team communicated and operated, especially around their morning routine.
The Workfacta solution
Workfacta’s Meetings feature allowed Thomas Foods to simplify meeting administration, channel focus towards action items and improve accountability for those actions.
Features used:
Features used:Meetings Feature
Action Lists
The outcome
Thomas Foods’ Executive meetings have clearer focus, there’s greater transparency and engagement from the team with better accountability on delivering the things that matter.
Clearer focus
maintained in executive meetings
Improved planning
to set realistic goals and plans
Better communication
and clarity among the team
Anthony Stewart
Group CFO & COO, Thomas Foods Intl.
Customer since:
2020
Industry:
Food & Agriculture
Location:
South Australia
Website:
Thomasfoods.com
The details
Workfacta has assisted Thomas Foods’ Executive Team in adopting a better cadence and more efficient, action-focused processes.
Anthony Stewart, Thomas Food International Group CFO and COO, says:
The platform allows our Executive team to check anytime for what’s new and how everything’s progress; it gives us greater visibility.
Administering the team and meetings is much less labour-intensive. Workfacta gives us an efficient way to prepare agendas, write minutes, assign and account for action times.
The fact everything’s in one place is really helpful.
Increased Consistency
The interactivity of Workfacta means I no longer have to wait until our meetings to give updates or put ideas on the table. I can add items whenever I want throughout the cycle and check-in to make sure things are getting done. The Executive Team can communicate and share information as needed.
Whilst it took some modification to the platform to achieve, Workfacta has also effectively supported our overall governance process which is an important function of our Executive Team.
Clearer Focus in Meetings
During our meetings, Workfacta harnesses our focus on what’s important. It’s a neat way to discard the peripheral things and come back to the important things we agree as a team to discuss.
It also reminds us to regularly come back to that critical conversation about our over-arching priorities.
It forces us to focus on what’s important.
Better Accountability
By using Workfacta, our agreed items are in one system, responsibilities are allocated and close-out dates are agreed, so there’s nowhere to hide.
Workfacta has improved our ability to set realistic plans and deliverables by facilitating and enforcing discipline among the team.
The best things is, Workfacta puts our action list front and center.
Anthony Stewart is the Group CFO & CCO at Thomas Foods International and has global experience in Consumer Goods, Manufacturing and Distribution.
