Internal suggestions program
Continuous change within the MAN Group depends on ideas from its employees. Due to varying conditions and history, the precise form of ideas management varies from division to division. 2008 saw a significant increase in suggestions (+372) within the MAN Group, and in persons submitting suggestions (+1,005). The high number of ideas (18,721) is in line with the rise in the number of submitters (7,905). Although the suggestions ratio rose by 4% to 42%, the ideas ratio fell by 3% to 55%. New IT applications reduced the processing time for the numerous ideas still further. For the first time ever, the implementation ratio rose to 103%; in other words, more suggestions from the past were processed than were submitted in total.
