HRM at Ansuico

Ansuico Inc.

Company Name ANSUICO, INCORPORATED (Red Ball Express) Date Established June 4, 1953 Company Address Km. 13 Panacan, Davao City Mailing Address Km. 13 Panacan, Davao City Philippines 8000

Company Profile

It is a trucking company based in Davao City, Philippines. From its humble beginning in 1953, servicing only the cities of Davao and Cagayan de Oro, ANSUICO INC. has expanded significantly into a nationwide network and has in fact been awarded as the Most Outstanding Trucker in Mindanao, Philippines.

It is a successful family-owned trucking company with over 50 years of trucking experience, providing a reliable, dependable & quality service at competitive prices and maintaining high standards for service & customers satisfaction, throughout the Philippines.

Ansuico Inc. offers different services to help other companies like Davao light and Power Co., Holcim, Lapanday, Philip Morris, Mindanao trucking and others. The company is responsible for the trucking, warehousing, Heavy Lift Services, Hauling heavy machinery (120+ tons), Domestic Delivery (Farm to Port, Air-ride Hauling, Inland Hauling, Sea. / Air Freight – Export or Import,Sea / Air Inbound & Outbound Hauling & Consolidation, Project Cargo / Heavy Haul / Heavy Lift, Warehousing & Yarding, Insurance, Reefer Plug-in Facility, Static Cold Storage, Refrigerated Vans / Reefer Gensets Equipment Rental: Cranes, Forklift, Gensets & Reefers, Truck and Van Repairs, Training Drivers of Clients and other services like LowBed Trailers, Refrigerated Vans and Reefer Gensets services (that can be packaged in trucking/hauling) and any other transportation consultancy service at a reasonable and competitive price.

Aside from that, the company has also a training school in which they train their future employees for six months. The training for truck drivers for instance, comprises the extensive driving lessons and preventive maintenance. As per business partners/clients' needs/request, Ansuico, Inc. provides a training package specifically for drivers, at competitive price, conducted by the company's experienced driver's trainor, assisted by competent Engineering Staff for some mechanical subject/concern.

Ansuico, Incorporated adopts a simple and uncomplicated structure. Top Management covers all key areas of the business. It is a Management team where decision-making, leadership and power emanate. The Top Management positions are composed of top caliber and experienced individuals. It is divided into following divisions: FINANCE and CONTROL, MARKETING, and ENGINEERING and OPERATION

THE INTERVIEW

Ansuico inc., the company that was approved with regards to the assignment 1 of HRM which is about the best practices in Human Resource in the company.

On July 6, our group visited Ansuico Inc. located at Km. 13, Panacan, Davao City. We asked the guard the permission to talk with the Human Resource Department Personnel Head. He agreed but he said that the said head is busy for the reason that it is Monday. He asked us to go to the Training department. There, we met Mr. John Lebosada, the school administrator. After we gave him the letter which is actually addressed to the head of the HR Dept., he agreed to answer certain questions for as long as he can.

From him, we found that Ansuico has two main departments, the Training and the HR Department. The personnel head of the the former is Mr. Lebosada while the other is the Officer-in-charge Ms. Marife Cruzada. Ms. Cruzada was once a secretary but he replaced the resigned Department’s head.

Because she is busy in this day that she can’t set an appointment for our interview, Mr. Lebosada offered to be interviewed in place of her. Even though, he is the school andministration, he still gave us the chance to ask him the details aboutr the HR department of the company. He also said that The Training Dep’t is considered as the arm of the HR Dep’t. It is because they are the ones who implement the rules.

As an introduction, he gave a brief background of the company. ANSUICO, INC. is known in the trucking industry by its name: Red Ball Express. It has been in business since 1953.

According to him, the HR Department is the one responsible for the promulgation of the rules and laws and the handling of the employees. The Training Dept. on the other hand, is for the training itself.
The company’s best practices in Human Resource are concerned with the training and the daily routines of the employees. They are practicing the so-called “5S,” which according to him, were adapted from the Japanese standards and is used by the ISO.
These 5Ss evaluates on what type of employee a certain worker is.The 5Ss consist of :

sorting the materials
Systematized
Sanitized
Self-discipline and
Swift

Sorting of materials means that a worker must be responsible for his own materials needed.
Systematized in a manner that employees must be organized in all aspects in the company.
Being sanitized is also emphasized for the reason that employee’s cleanliness affects its performance.
Self-discipline is also set as a standard for the belief that employees’ performance in the company starts from within self.He also said that not to boast but to tell the truth, their company offers good services and training to their trainees that when their trainees graduate and apply for a job, they can easily get accepted by different companies.

References:

http://www.ansuico.com/

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