Currently an internal app for use available to a section of the staff, the D&S GO app started because Sales engineers needed to access the pricelist anywhere. The price list was initially only accessible on SharePoint and was quite static since any changes to the product prices would not be immediate. The app allowed user to access prices and stocks / inventory on their phone realtime and also when offline allow for the app to be used even in the field where the mobile network many not be as strong.
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The third Branch Managers' conference recently took place at the D&S Training Centre at Head Office. With a similar theme to this year's Management Conference, "D&S 2020: Reaching the Next Level", the event brought together the 35 Kenyan branch managers and included the branch managers outside of Kenya via video link.
Organized by COO Dr MAS Waweru, the program included updates from the various cluster executives as well as a memorable key note address by Dr Julius Muia, the Chairman of the Kenya 2030 initiative, whose passionate vision of the future of Kenya and the region was inspiring to listen to. The two day event culminated with a gala dinner hosted by CEO David Gatende at the smart new Tamarind Tree Hotel where D&S Kiambu, D&S Downtown and D&S Ongata Rongai were crowned Branch of the Year and Commended Branches of the Year respectively.
A recent exciting development at Davis & Shirtliff HO has been the successfully shipment and installation of a 50WG water treatment plant for Mike Rollinson of Outlook Farm, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. The plant was sold by the business development team at Head Office under Patrick Mufwoya and Dayliff product specialist Timothy Kemboi.
The plant was installed and commissioned with fantastic results and it has solved an age old problem at the farm of access to clean water. The plant has generated alot of interest from the neighbouring farms as well.
Dodoma is the capital city of Tanzania and D&S Tanzania under MD Ben Munyao has decided to open its sixth branch there reflecting the increasing levels of activity in the central region of the country which is rapidly developing. Under Branch Manager, Erick Koko, the new branch is located in a prime location within the city and has been smartly executed to the highest D&S standards, attracting much local attention.
The primary areas of activity for the new branch are expected to be boreholes including solar pumping, water treatment and commercial building services (CBS) for the many government buildings and institutions currently under development in the exciting and forward looking new parts of the city.
An impressive and complex assignment has recently been completed by D&S HO Technical involving both the Water Treatment and Controls and Instrumentation teams for UDV, a subsidiary of Diageo. The scope of the project was to design and install a Dayliff Reverse Osmosis plant with stainless steel tanks and synchronize operations with the existing RO system already installed at the distillery.
All work was completed to the highest international brewery standards with D&S technical staff undergoing a safety training course as well as becoming registered as certified food handlers in order to access the site. The unit specification includes a touchscreen automated Siemens PLC customized in house by Instrumentation & Control Manager Gilbert Baraza and team for controlling the plant which processes 15m3 of pure water per hour.
Davis & Shirtliff Zambia recently celebrated a major milestone, the achievement of being the first company in the country to attain the international ISO9001:2015 certification. Guest of Honour was the Hon Margaret Mwanakatwe, the Minister of Commerce Trade & Industry and also in attendance was Mr Manuel Mutale, Executive Director of ZABS who handed over the ISO Certificate to D&S MD Jonathan Mainga.
He commended the company on the achievement and encouraged other organisations to follow Davis & Shirtliff's example. Also present was D&S Group Chairman Alec Davis who thanked ZABS for their great support in assisting with the certification process. This accolade confirms that D&S Zambia applies and conforms to international quality standards in terms of product, systems and process and can provide assured quality to its various stakeholders. Click here to see a collection of photos taken during the day.