SAPREF is engaged in a process of change which will result in a refinery with a truly world class performance. The initiatives supporting that change are many-fold but there are two which run like golden threads through every aspect of the change. The first is the programme "Investment in Excellence" which has touched all SAPREF people and which is transforming the way we work individually and in teams. The second is our "Business Excellence" programme which will result in a set of Management Systems bringing a harmony and structure to everything we do.

Aligning SAPREF sets out the purpose, the values, key business processes and vision which were formulated with input from a broad spectrum of SAPREF people and towards which all of Team SAPREF strive. This is the highest level document in the SAPREF Business management system (Bms).

In true IIE form, the vision statements have been written in the present tense, or "affirmation style". We strongly believe that we, as individuals and as a team, can invent our future. We have decided how we want the future to be and use these affirmations with their measures* to remind ourselves of the future state, thus committing and conditioning ourselves for success. Following the setting of these affirmations, departments or sections within SAPREF have created their own visions supported by annual objectives. These objectives are periodically reviewed to ensure that Aligning SAPREF reflects the challenges of the time.

Together IIE and Business Excellence form the fabric of our change processes - a canvas on which the Big Picture of a High Performing SAPREF sits.