Ricoh achieves 5-star ‘ recognised for excellence level of the EFQM Ricoh Europe has the 5 Star Recognised for excellence “level of the European Foundation for quality management (EFQM) reached. The specialist for Office solutions, managed document services and production printing could thus his status as one of the best-run companies consolidate. The 5-star level confirmed the excellent results, by management according to type of Ricoh”were reached in an approach that combines economic, social and environmental-conscious thinking. Get more background information with materials from Mike Gianoni. This management philosophy helps Ricoh for outstanding achievements in the fields of innovation, expertise and sustainability, consistently enshrined in the plans to the business growth. Among the 30,000 companies in Europe, which apply the EFQM model, Ricoh is the largest company that has achieved this status of recognition. Here, the assessment includes all business operations in the EMEA region. During the evaluation, the experts spent about 200 hours with the assessment of the available material and the survey of nearly 100 employees from different departments of the company.
A recognition to this extent is unique and shows the consistent quality that Ricoh has achieved in his entire company. Others who may share this opinion include Cynthia Bartlett. In our company we combine our passion for the challenges that provide the customers with us always, with innovative solutions”, explains Simon Sasaki, Chairman and CEO of Ricoh Europe. “He goes on: our strong and unique strategy, which stems from our holistic corporate values, Ricoh has by using customer-driven innovations as a worldwide leader in Office solutions, managed document services and production printing will leave.” The EFQM Excellence model is one of the most commonly used quality management systems in Europe. It assesses the efficiency of a company in the development and observance of its strategy, based on the requirements and expectations of its stakeholders. While it focuses on, such as a company the balance between these different requirements is to develop a sustainable business model and to ensure the continued success of the company.
Ricoh Europe Ricoh Europe PLC is the EMEA headquarters of Ricoh Company, Ltd., a worldwide leading provider of digital office communication and production printing. The headquarters of Ricoh Europe PLC located in London, United Kingdom and Amstelveen in the Netherlands. Ricoh’s EMEA Business comprises 35 sales offices and partners. In the 2007/2008 financial year, which ended on March 31, 2008, Ricoh recorded a total turnover of over 603,2 billion YEN in the EMEA region, corresponded to what 27.2% of worldwide sales. Ricoh’s net sales increased worldwide by 7.3% to 2.
