Our company provides strong designs that excel at meeting all core requirements, together with a huge array of options, choices, price points and scales so customers can specify the best possible solution.
We are a fully integrated manufacturer concentrating on the contract market with emphasis given to school furniture. In addition, we provide value-adding services to our clients including warehousing and storage options, transportation and distribution services and real-time tracking and furniture inventory management on mobile and desktop applications. These added services serve as testimony to our logo: “Product – Service – Solutions”
We pride ourselves as a market leader in the quality, design, and engineering of school furniture, focusing on a wide range of learner and teacher desk and chair designs. Every product is supported by a dedication to outstanding customer service.
We embrace Lean Manufacturing and is fully committed to environmentally positive practices in all areas and activities. Lean Manufacturing principles target continuous improvement, reducing waste, using less energy, and making more efficient use of space and materials.
Our Environmental Commitment is, in short, to continually reduce our impact on the environment. To this end, we use sustainable, environmentally friendly materials and processes, and minimize our use of non-renewable resources as is evident in our repair-and- re-use programme which is being made available to all public schools in KwaZulu-Natal.
MISSION
Dinnovation was established in 2017 out of a desire to bring a unique customer-oriented approach to the contract marketplace. Since we started, our mission has always been to provide our clients with the highest quality, products and customer service, while maintaining a completely competitive price.
ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
Dinnovation is committed to continually reducing our impact on the environment. Motivated by this commitment, our ongoing environmental priority is focused on:
- Minimizing waste, recycling and using recycled, renewable and biodegradable materials
- The efficient use of water, energy and transportation
- Minimizing the use of solvents and other harmful materials in our processes
- Protecting the environment in and around our facilities and within our community
- Encouraging our customers and suppliers to operate in environmentally-sensitive ways
- Repairing and refurbishing of damaged furniture for re-use
QUALITY
Dinnovation (Pty) Ltd is committed to providing the marketplace with the highest quality furniture. We practice rigorous quality control at every stage of production from design to assembly and distribution.
We aim to “Do it right the first time” with a focus on continuous improvement. Dinnovation (Pty) Ltd is committed to providing a positive and productive work environment that fosters a high level of employee engagement and satisfaction.
Performance of our quality system is continually reviewed through monitoring and measurement of company performance indicators and regular management reviews.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
We are committed to conduct our business in ways that support the dignity of us all, and that protect human rights both locally and nationally. Dinnovation (Pty) Ltd is a B-BBEE Level One Contributor which promotes partnerships with historically disadvantaged individuals; youth; women and people with disabilities. We believe that our responsibility goes beyond protecting diversity, to encouraging, educating and valuing our differences and being truly inclusive. We will support our communities through outreach projects and by encouraging our people to be involved.
COMPANY COMMITMENTS
Our future success demands that we provide the highest quality service to our external and internal customers. This includes product performance that matches or exceeds the best in the marketplace. In addition, we must recognize that we all have a key role in supporting our corporate social responsibilities, which address human rights, impact on the environment, our workplace and our communities.
These requirements can be achieved through actions based on our core values:
- Treat everyone as you want to be treated
- Be a champion for health, safety and the environment
- Care about your customer
- Lead by example and be accountable
- Lead, follow or get out of the way
- Embrace continuous improvement
- Have a desire to learn
- Share rewards fairly
- Enjoy what you do
Our guiding corporate policy is comprised of commitments to:
- Set and review targets and objectives
- Learn and improve continually
- Document, implement, analyze, correct and communicate our actions
- Meet or exceed local, provincial and national regulations
HEALTH & SAFETY
We are vitally interested in the health and safety of our employees, contractors, visitors and customers. Motivated by this responsibility, Dinnovation has a health and safety management system compliant with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Protection of employees from injury or occupational disease is a major continuing objective and every reasonable effort is made to provide a safe, healthy work environment. All supervisors and workers are dedicated to the continuing objective of reducing risk of injury.
Our supervisors are held accountable for the health and safety of employees under their supervision. Supervisors are responsible to ensure that machinery and equipment are safe and that employees work in compliance with established safe work practices and procedures. Our employees must receive adequate training in their specific work tasks to protect their health and safety. We expect every employee to protect his or her own health and safety by working in compliance with the law and with safe work practices and procedures established by the company.
An integral part of our health and safety management system is designing the work environment in a way that avoids compromising the safety or health of our employees. Extensive Job Safety Analysis studies are conducted for each operation and regular workplace inspections are done with a primary focus on preventive measures. When planning operational procedures and systems, Dinnovation (Pty) Ltd considers occupational health and safety requirements right from the outset.
Goals are implemented and monitored for health and safety performance to ensure continuous improvement. All employees are expected to contribute actively and visibly to these ongoing efforts and to work towards achieving the defined goals on their own initiative wherever possible. Regular information, training, and ongoing education are used to promote employee competence and awareness for safe operations in all areas of the company. Extensive preventive measures are in place to protect our employees from health hazards and we ensure that comprehensive and effective emergency assistance is available for both employees and visitors. Third-party contractors operating on our premises are required to acknowledge and comply with our health and safety policy and procedures.