Team Building Blog

A blog about team building events in the UK and further afield in Europe.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

David Getzig's blog

David is Progressive's Director of Operations and has responsibility for the warehouse team in Ringwood and the entire field operation, ranging from vehicles to equipment and managing our team of more than 50 instructors. It's a key role in the Progressive Resources team.

What is David up to at the moment?

I am currently in the process of introducing a new activity into our event portfolio. We have purchased a Pinzgauer, which has been described as one of the most “competent off-road vehicles in the world”. This will be used for delivering 4 x 4 activities to clients up and down the country.

The Pinzgauer is a remarkable offroad vehicle Its capabilities are comparable to that of the American Hummer.

45 degree approach and departure angle
100% slope or until tyres lose traction
700 mm (27.6 in) fording depth
Can climb down a 360 mm (14.2 in) wall
43.5 degree side-slope
1000/1500 kg of payload (4x4/6x6)
335 mm (13.2 in) of clearance (lowest point when fully loaded)
110 km/h (68 mph) / 100 km/h (62 mph) top speed(4x4/6x6)
Full engine power available at 4 km/h (2 mph)
M body type carries 10 people (4X4), 14 people (6x6)

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Hannah from the Projects team

Hannah is with us on a placement and, sadly, will be going back to uni soon. However, she's determined to come back and work for us after her studies, so we won't lose her for long. What has Hannah been up to recently?

"I am currently working on updating and finishing a few larger projects before returning to University. The first of which, event analysis, has involved recording all events and activities within the events to identify which are most popular and what equipment does or doesn't get used. This goes with the dot board analysis to find out hot spot days and which months are busiest at Progressive, such as a record July this year with 84 events.

I am also analysing expenditure on suppliers and where operations buy equipment from. This will allow us to see where we spend money regularly and find out if we can set up trade accounts or bulk discounts for loyal custom."