Diebold 2002 Annual Report
Who Are You Investing In? Chairman's Letter What Are We Investing In? Financials Index
     TRANSFORMING OUR PROCESSES
     Italian or Indonesian, Polish or Portuguese. In any language, we're listening. Global customer satisfaction surveys help us benchmark our performance around the world. It's part of our ongoing, comprehensive effort to make Diebold better, smarter, faster -- and easier to do business with.

     We're also improving how we work with one another. A case in point is the Diebold Business Improvement System, which empowers all associates to measure and improve productivity by identifying, determining and implementing best practices. More than 6,000 associates have already been trained. Other initiatives include the global implementation of a common information technology system to standardize and improve work practices and functions, including order entry, inventory management, billing and purchasing. These initiatives build on the successes we've already realized in improving operations: creating global teams for product development and engineering, manufacturing and quality, and purchasing to more effectively leverage our size and scale.
10 of 27