THE CLIENTS OF SPECIFIQUE

The Specifique methodology is applicable to almost any topic. It is used by companies for training purposes or simply communicating a message to a group of people. Specifique’s expertise is needed in areas ranging from simple topics like product information to more complex ones such as mergers and company strategies.

As seen in the scrollable customer listing on the left, our interactive training system has been used in various industries, e.g. sports, car, food, luxury goods, heavy equipment, telecommunications and service industry.

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JAGUAR
Jaguar Taiwan has utilized Specifique's interactive methodology to communicate to its sales and service force on the Jaguar brand and its new car, the X-Type. This programme helped Jaguar sales and service force to have a common understanding of the Jaguar brand and recognize Jaguar's future direction - new business opportunities and challenges.

 

STATOIL

Statoil is one of the world’s biggest sellers of crude oil and a major supplier of natural gas in the European market. Specifique has done a number of projects for Statoil over the years. Click on thumbnails for larger image and more information.

Statoil Customer road

 

Statoil Up-sale
Statoil Retail Statoil Values HSE
PM Leadership People @ Statoil

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statoil Customer Road:

The Business mat The Customer Road focuses on how Statoil can apply and use their values towards customers at different interaction points at the petrol station.

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Statoil Up-sale:

Statoil-retail used Specifique to develop a Business mat in order to motivate and create additional sales. The tools are built to see where and how we can create more sales in the customer encounter, and measure areas for improvement. The tools have been used towards all Statoil gas stations in Norway.

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Statoil Retail:

The group has service stations in the Scandinavian countries, Ireland, Poland, the Baltic states and Russia. When re-organizing, focus was set on uniting all countries in one common set of values. The kick-off was done with a record-breaking group session with more than 800 people from nine countries, using Specifique´s Business Mats. Further implementation was later done in all service stations in all nine countries.

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Statoil Values:

To give the company a clear profile and a common platform for future development, Statoil stresses the importance of a clear value base. Shared values are central in enabling Statoil to deal with frequent changes in the world around them and to meet requirements to good corporate governance. Specifique developed a Business Mat to help Statoil create ownership to the values throughout the company, and carry them out in their daily work.

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Health Safety & Environment:

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Statoil Project Management:

 

 

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Leadership in Statoil:

 

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H&M
Specifique's mission has been to design a programme to motivate, and inspire to leadership and responsibility for H&M´s shop managers. For more information, contact: petter.engelstad@specifique.tv

 

 

SPAR

Specifique's role for the SPAR shops was to design a comprehensive process and related tools for a joint effort in the SPAR shop-system for developing and implementing The Good Host - programme. - For more information, contact:
lasse.jalling@specifique.tv

 

 

STATOILHYDRO - a merged culture

StatoilHydro is one of the world’s biggest sellers of crude oil and a major supplier of natural gas in the European market. Specifique has done a number of projects for Statoil and Hydro over the years before the merge and now continue to work with StatoilHydro. For more information, contact: petter.engelstad@specifique.tv or bjorn.borgen@specifique.tv Click on thumbnails for larger image and more information on these projects.

SH Values

SH Book

People@SH SH ATA
SH Leadership SH PM SH HSE

 

 

 

 

StatoilHydro Values:

Following the merge, it is vital to StatoilHydro that the organisational cultures of both companies are integrated into one common. Specifique has developed a business mat that encourages the participants to bring the best from the past into concrete actions to ensure that values are an integrated part of StatoilHydro's operations.

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StatoilHydro Book:

The StatoilHydro Book defines a common platform for how to manage business as it sets standards for behaviour, performance and leadership. To make sure that all employees have a thorough understanding of these standards, a business mat exploring the content of the StatoilHydro Book as well as how to act according to it, is rolled-out in the entire organisation.

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People at StatoilHydro:

People@StatoilHydro is one of the most important corporate initiatives for people development and performance management in StatoilHydro. The P@SH business mat has been developed by Specifique to build knowledge about P@SH in general as well as knowledge about how the employees should set good goals.

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StatoilHydro Ambition to Action:

Ambition to Action is the core of the StatiolHydro way of doing business. Working on the business mat, each participant relates the universal StatoilHydro business principles to own experience and behaviour. The result of the mat is a more explicit relation between the individual’s goals and actions, and the company’s overall business principles and operations.

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Leadership in StatoilHydro:

Leaders in StatoilHydro are expected to display strong commitment to the company’s values and ethical guidelines. To explore the behaviour guidelines as described in the StatoilHydro Book, the business mat helps leaders to reflect on their strengths as well as improvement potential as leaders, by exchanging experiences and best practice.

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StatoilHydro Project Management:

The Project Management business mats lead the participants through the various phases of project management as interpreted and executed in StatoilHydro. It offers insight as well as reflection on own practices, and leads up to concrete priorities and actions.

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StatoilHydro HSE:

Although the nature of operations varies considerable within the StatoilHydro complex, all units are expected to show outstanding HSE-practices. The HSE business mat focuses on core values and actions, while encouraging the participants to highlight the challenges and responses to their specifique working environment.

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CRÉDIT AGRICOLE

Crédit Agricole, one of Europe's leading banks, used the Specifique method to train their staff in customer service and to integrate a new form of commercial approach based on a concept called SIGMA. The objectives of the training sessions were to mobilize all commercial agents and the staff around this new idea, to ensure a good awareness of the SIGMA concept and how it functions as well as how to deal with the customers.

For more information, contact: eric.parendel@specifique.tv

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VOLVO

When launching their new cars, Volvo has used Specifique's method since 1994 to train its worldwide network in order to implement a consistent marketing strategy. Volvo is represented, from US and Russia to China and Guadeloupe. All tools have been translated and adapted to these countries' market specificities. Click on thumbnails for larger image and more information on these projects.

 
S80 Launch

S/V40 launch

FORUM  
S/V70 Launch Soul of the brand Volvo C30

 

 

 

 

S80 LAUNCH WORLDWIDE:

When launching the S80, a total of 15 000 people were trained on a worldwide scale: Volvo management, dealership managers, sales managers and salesmen. A three-step programme was developed consisting of a market analysis, comprehension of the product strategy, implementation of sales and marketing plans.

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S/V 40 LAUNCH WORLDWIDE MARKET:

A totally new car, Volvo S40/V40 was introduced worldwide to re-position Volvo globally. While replacing Volvo's previous offer in the compact segment in some markets, in others this was a first entry. Among them the demanding US-market. 2-3 tools were developed, covering an understanding of the development and challenges in this demanding segment and the important new positioning.

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MARKETING FORUM:

This strategic marketing tool has been used in several projects to create a clear understanding and decision platform for strategic marketing development.

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S/V70 LAUNCH WORLDWIDE:

Image and volume wise, the Volvo S/V70 was Volvo’s core product at the time. Adapting to a new generation is a sensitive matter with volume and profitability at stake. Specifique tools were developed to ensure individual understanding of the global concept.

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SOUL OF THE BRAND:

In a society and a car market that develops in high speed and with fierce competition, a brand core value base becomes more and more important to differentiate and make an important clear message. Few things are as easy to write and yet hard to live by. This programme was developed to support the important process.

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VOLVO C30:

Volvo C30, a totally new product to new customers with new challenging demands. While a showpiece in some markets and a 35% volume contributor in others, the C30 has a global strategy with an eye catching launch campaign making it a huge opportunity to revitalize the Volvo brand, customer base and volume growth. The Specifique tool is well integrated and driving the process of making the global strategy to be understood and implemented in national and local launch efforts.

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PICK

PICK is a fast growing credit collector and also the number one in Taiwan market. This company builds up their position through their VALUE (Social Responsibility) and SYSTEM (fully digitalized). When the company turned to big, the executives plan to turn VALUE & SYSTEM into a common training platform which will fuel the growth in manpower.

PRUDENTIAL

Prudential UK is the first company to launch first investment –link insurance policy in Taiwan market. The company is new to market and the product type also new to market. Under their aggressive growing plan, they have to build up a strong sales team within months. Specifique’s solution become their first choice which assist them become the market leader in this product range.

3M
For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

 

 

 

SALOMON
Specifique has worked for Salomon on several communication and training issues. Most recently, Specifique developed a training programme called the "Millenium project", that had as main objectives to encourage and amplify the capacity of Salomon offers related to new creations, to better attend the customers and contribute to the improvement of profitability.

 

HAKON/RIMI
Rimi, the biggest low price grocery chain in the Norwegian Hakon group, used Specifique when implementing their new business strategy. A total of 12 000 employees ranging from top management to shop employees were trained in the content and consequences of this new strategy. In 6 weeks, all Rimi employees went through this programme.


JOHNSON
For information on this project please contact Specifique Tiawan.

TINE
Beginning as an ethics project, Specifique aided Tine in a process of developing and strengthening the employees understanding and use of the corporation’s core values.

 

 

 

 

NORSK HYDRO
Norsk Hydro is a leading company in Norway within oil and energy, light metals and agriculture (fertilizer). In order to achieve greater efficiency, Hydro decided to merge shared services and support functions to form Hydro Business Partner: a division that gathers together skills of general value across the business areas. Specifique was assigned to make the employees of Hydro Business Partner understand the mission of this unit towards the whole of Hydro.


 

TELENOR
The leading Norwegian company in telecommunications used our concept to explain their new strategy for mobile phones to their global sales force teams.

DHL

Specifique has done a number of projects for DHL.

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DHL Training progamme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DHL Training progamme

As the service attitude needed in the world of courier transport constantly demands improvement, DHL Southeast Asia used Specifique to build a training programme for all employees focused on the notion of competitiveness. Six thousand people have been trained so far, and Specifique Taiwan continues to work for DHL in other areas of its business.

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Orientation Program Part II

After becoming a member of Deutch Post, the company gained new power and with more competence to provide its customer more service. DHL Taiwan request Specifique to revise the Orientation Program to fit new situation.

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SAAB

Saab Aerosystems, developer and manufacturer of one of the worlds most advanced air fighter systems – Gripen. A highly advanced, technology driven, specialized organization that need to adapt to a changing world. To direct an organization in change to direct all energy and creativity for the benefit of the company and all employees is an important and challenging task. Our tools were developed to actively support that process. Please download the article (PDF) written in Personalaktuellt about their co-operation with Specifique. In Swedish only. Download the article (PDF)

 

 

 

TSRC

TSRS is one of the biggest synthetic rubber manufactures in greater China. Having been through the low time of industry cycle, the company decided to turn the company direction from “Product Expert” into “End-use industry Expert”. Following the new direction and refined vision, the executives plan to come out a deployment plan with the inputs of all managers from different function. Specifique help them to create the platform for managers to THINK & PLAN.

 

 

FUJI XEROX

Specifique has done a number of projects for FUJI XEROX.

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FX core business domain Xpert II (FX Solutions to Customer) IMARI – DCC400 (FX New Product Launch)

 

 

 

 

 

FX core business domain

Fuji Xerox is the market leader in office systems in Asia Pacific. Its Asia Pacific HQ (Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific; FXAP) has utilized Specifique's methodology to introduce its office system business strategy and respective offerings to their ten operational countries in the Asia Pacific region. The objectives of Xpert programme are set to help marketing teams and all 2000 sales force build the knowledge of FX core business domain.

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Xpert II (FX Solutions to Customer)

With the success of previous program, FXAP request Specifique to revise the program “Xpert” to fit the newer version of solution selling in FX.

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IMARI – DCC400 (FX New Product Launch)

FXAP plans to launch the product (revolutional model) to grab the new market. However, the regional office encountered some challenges: more than 10 markets which has different market situation, different development level in sales force, shorter time to market and Specifique help FXAP to develop the platform which roll out the program in 3 months.

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RENAULT
Renault automobile used the Specifique concept when they launched the Renault Laguna to their sales force in Scandinavia and Australia. The Laguna was used as a door opener for Renault to reposition and to build up awareness of the brand on these markets.

MENY

Meny, The Norwegian premium grocery chain store used Specifique´s Business mats in connection with their value implementation towards all employees. A program around Meny´s history, culture and values was used to further strengthen Meny´s position as the most customer oriented grocery chain in Norway. The program has been used by more that 2000 people.

BAYER
For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

BIOMÉRIEUX
For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

 

MILLET

One of the world leaders in technical mountain wear used the Specifique concept to train their network to provide it with the history of the firm and a new concept of technical backpack that they launched.

 

ICA

Ica , Scandinavia’s largest grocery chain with more than 5000 shops, used Specifique´s Business mats to communicate the importance of all customer interaction points in the shop. A Business mat built up around the customer-path was used in order to get a clear view of the customer’s expectations from when he/she enters the shop until he/she leaves.

 

NESTLÉ
Nestlé introduced a revolutionary espresso machine in 1993 based on a new technology. The aim of our training programme was to give their distribution network a general coffee culture, to give all sales consultants the sales arguments and the new distribution set-up for coffee sales in an easy and convincing way. Since then, Specifique has worked with Nestlé on several other interactive tools for product updates and other releases.

 

 

GROUPE SEB

Present in more than 120 countries, this worldwide leader of «small domestic equipment» chose our method to mobilize their strategy to 4000 managers around the world. This process was completed within one month. The programme was translated into 5 languages and has been facilitated by a group of 120 managers trained by Specifique.

ALESSI
One of the most famous Italian industrial design companies, used our concept to train its network of dealers in the history of Alessi, its values, the designers' languages, the structure of the offer and the company's objectives. The programme has been used to train many thousand employees worldwide.

 

JOKER
In a three-step-process, using the Specifique tools, the dealers of Joker (one of Norway’s biggest chain of local food stores) has in 2007 developed and implemented a new service strategy that has brought Joker to the top of the customers satisfaction index (as of January 2008). For more information, contact: petter.engelstad@specifique.tv

 

 

 

PWC
PwC Norway wished to revitalise its internal course programmes by using business mats covering the company's Strategy as well as Code of Conduct.
The mats were considered so succesful that they are now rolled-out in the entire organisation. - For more information on this project, contact:
lasse.jalling@specifique.tv.

 

 

AETNA
Our team in Taiwan developed a training programme for use in Southeast Asia for a huge international life insurance company. This programme has become compulsory for all new employees of Aetna in Asia. The purpose is to enhance agents' competence when transiting to new career stages in Aetna. The main objectives were to help all agents to know the future and opportunity in life insurance industry better; to communicate the link between the benefits of an insurance career, an agent's life goals and to give a whole picture of Aetna professional Career Agents.

 

 

SINOPAC

Specifique has done a number of projects for Sino-Pac.

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Wealth Management Personal Banker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wealth Management

Specifique is a long term partner to Bank Sino-Pac. When Sino-Pac plan to launch the service of personal FINANCIAL CONSULTANT (FC) to their customer, they request Specifique to develop a simulation platform for all FCs to familiar with consulting process, different customer status, and providing the right products to customer.

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Personal Banker

The Program is a revision to a five-year old MMA (Money Management Account is the number one product in its segment) training program. The new version put more focus on PRODUCT CONCEPT, CUSTOMER FOCUS and PRACTICE!

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RENAULT TRUCKS
Renault Trucks is a pioneer brand within truck production recognized as a major European player. Renault Trucks used Specifique's concept to help their management in better understanding the market and how it evolves, who their customers are and how to mobilize the network. On the management level, the programme brought up the importance of having a structured commercial process and how to develop an action plan.

SANOFI PASTEUR
Sanofi Pasteur Group started using Specifique's concept and tools in 2000 to mobilize executives for a local implementation of a global strategy regarding new product categories. 200 executives from 20 countries went through the session. Our tools helped them to see factors each sales company (country) needed to take into account to prepare their annual business plan.

 

ADECCO

The worldwide leader in temporary workers. This company's name reflects the merge of two major European companies: Ecco & Adia. Adecco implemented our training programme in all their subsidiaries in the world to help employees understand the new strategy that was established after the merge of these competing companies.

 

YVES SAINT LAURENT PARFUMS

This program was designed for 2000 exclusive saleswomen of the Yves Saint Laurent brand, allowing them to have a better understanding of the emotional universe of their customers and to revisit the universe of YSL perfumes in order to develop a new customer approach and thus boost the sales.

 

 

 

PROCTER & GAMBLE
SKII is the leader of the skin care market in Taiwan and Japan. SKII used Specifique's interactive methodology to communicate with its make-up artists (MUA) to change their mind-set to adopt a strong commitment to servicing and caring for their customers. Around 500 heads of the whole SKII sales force went through the programme.

 

 

INNOVATION NORWAY

Innovation Norway (governmental agency promoting industrial development) asked Specifique to build a set of Business mats to raise interest around innovation in Norwegian companies. The program consists of 3 Business mats that deal with the companies’ innovation-capacities, the innovation-system and a company-evaluation on innovation. - For more information, contact:
petter.engelstad@specifique.tv

 

 

SOMFY
For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

GROUPAMA SA
For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

 

ADITRO
Aditro, a leading company in Northern Europe in the HR outsourcing business, was in need of an innovative method of evaluating employee satisfaction. As with most companies they had long and varying experience with web-based surveys. We developed a process including Business Mats for evaluating the work environment on team level, which also included action oriented suggestions for improvement. A web tool was developed for reporting, so that leaders had concrete actions lists to improve work environment. In addition, an innovation process secured that best practices where shared across departments and countries.

 

 

NORDEA

Specifique has done projects for both Nordea Norway and Nordea Sweden.

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Nordea Norway Nordea Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

Nordea Norway:

Nordea, one of Scandinavia’s leading banks, used Specifique to launch their new customer loyalty program. The program, which aim is to get new and more loyal customers, was built around 3 Business mats. The customer advisors started by looking at changes in customer expectations and in the bank business in the last 10 years, before they entered the last two Business mats that helped explain the program and how to successfully use it towards customers.

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Nordea Sweden:

Nordea, one of Scandinavia’s leading banks, used Specifique to re-launch their customer loyalty program. Nordea Sweden have for long time been the only bank to offer a customer loyalty program in Sweden. It has given Nordea a reputation as the best counseling bank for years. The loyalty program has been updated and Nordea used Specifique to kick-off the launch of the new program towards all 4000 bank employees gathered in their network and bank subsidiaries around Sweden.

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SFE (Sogn og Fjordane Energiverk)
SFE is a local producer of energy based on renewal energy (water and wind). They market nationwide, production is however in the beautiful fjords of Norway. To align the organisation on a strategic direction a process was ran to bring the core values alive and to anchor the desired image of the company throughout the organisation. A big event was followed up by numerous activities to build pride and make people understand the importance of the behaviour needed to bring the core values of the brand to the consumers.

 

 

NATURAL

Natural used Specifique´s tools to train their European retail network in the launch of their newest health product, Tonalin: an effective nutritional supplement to combat the problem of unbalanced metabolism. The two Business mats were developed to encourage sales of CLA through Tonalin and to ensure the credibility of Tonalin and its legitimacy as the leading brand. Natural also wanted to prepare the target group for the evolution of Tonalin's positioning towards a quality "add-on" health cost product and finally, reinforce the marketing leadership of Tonalin.

7-ELEVEN

Specifique has done a number of projects for 7 ELEVEN.

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Franchisee & Manager Training OFC Training

 

 

 

 

 

Franchisee & Store Manager Training

7-Eleven is the most successful chain store in Taiwan. The system has more than 4000 stores in the market and is still growing. The facts turned to a pressure to 7-ELEVEN in training up competent franchisees or store managers. They found that they need revolutional tools to help them and the invite Specifique to develop the platform.

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OFC (Filed Consultant to Store Manager) Training

It is not easy to manage such huge system. 7-ELEVEN had a unique position call OFC who is the consultant to franchisees. However, the fast growing system did not have enough TIME to train up enough number of OFC. They request SPECIFIQUE to develop a training tool to help them.

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FANTASIA
Fantasia is one of the local Premium Brand in ladies’ wear. The company performs well in every angle, but they want the Brand with more in-depth Value and their employee being able to deliver more brand value to consumer. They came to Specifique and we developed the program for them

IRISBUS
For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

MAVIC
For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

AMORA MAILLE
For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

PRONUPTIA

For information on this project please contact Specifique France.

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Pronuptia project 01 Pronuptia project 02

 

 

 

 

 

Pronuptia project 01

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Pronuptia project 02

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