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Mission & Vision
Mission Statement

Bumblebee provides a business structure that honors God In all we do and respects people, develops their potential, serves communities and pursues excellence, growing profitably through the following means:

How we serve people and the planet

Bumblebee encourages a work ethic that provides dignity, tolerance, patience and respect for all contributors it identifies and employs those who like to serve and care for others. It maximizes profits while maintaining growth and developing creative and happy people.

Bumblebee encourages individuality, within the context of community, and respect of community culture and belief systems with in the broader concept of global community. It sets the scene for manufacturers, service providers, clients; administration and associates alike- to be treated with respect and dignity and reciprocate accordingly.

Bumblebee provides and encourages resource management, participating in recycling where possible; it is environment and conservation friendly and supports technological creativity that will assist this process.

How we Lead, Train & Educate

Bumblebee nurtures and supports the dignity and worth of each individual, the family and community structure. Our servant leadership is committed, prepares, models, builds teams and gives to others supporting the entrepreneurial spirit. The result is the creation of equality, justice, truth and a sense of a loving obligation for others and to others. We have a moral reference point.

Bumblebee is an activist; it is an initiator of change and growth through its leadership and its development of creative solutions and systems. Its leadership has a responsibility to the ethical, professional, and personal development of every individual in the cottage industry.

Bumblebee educates, encourages and guides the public and its workers on the importance of the manufacturing process-It sees the creative process in all its forms-as a life giving process-where knowledge is being passed on through the inspiration and modeling of skilled artisans and teachers. Motivated students have desire and are committed to perfect and take responsibility for their talent and ability. Bumblebee nurtures the understanding of the importance in maintaining quality, and to recognize and enjoy it. It supports pride and awareness of excellence in achievement both in product development and in service to others.

How we manage business

Bumblebee acts as broker, with a strong administrative and design structure, based in Victoria Australia . Networking many small communities on a global level, It links interests with resources, manufacturing and marketing so as to form a structure of solidarity and mutual co- existence, embodying access to the greater business scene.

Bumblebee has a comprehensive knowledge of quality design, educational process and unique modern product, and it understands the market, competition and the client's needs, while keeping a single-minded focus on service, performance and profit.. .

Bumblebee, works in partnership with its workers, each hive or community we connect and operate with works in partnership and shares profits for the work they are responsible for.


Vision Statement

"To honour, love and serve in everything we do."

Bumblebee exists to create and serve cottage industry, located within communities across the globe. Through a series of phases of development, through consultancy at every stage of the process, the vision that Bumblebee has marries imagination and action, especially in the areas of brokerage, strategic planning, manufacturing, and service.

Brokerage
The Bumblebee vision for micro- economic development embraces a brokerage that empowers quality lifestyle, education, manufacturing and marketing working with small communities at the global level. The brokerage consists of a team of multitalented individuals who administrate and provide a service of design, consultancy, education, training, film production and marketing that-connects many hives of activity embracing access to the wider business scene with in its system. The community, and Bumblebee Cottage Industries work in full partnership, contracts are formed and profits shared.

Strategic planning
Bumblebee on invitation develops both short and long term business plans in dialogue with the community, skills and resources are measured, quality modern and marketable Australian design is created to match those skills, and training is provided in developing quality and excellence in manufacturing of artisan product. The community body takes responsibility for the delivery. Bumblebee working in partnership with each community either assists with marketing strategy or buys products to sell in own marketing systems. The empowerment of lifestyle and freedom of choice is achieved.

Manufacturing
By developing manufacturing that is connected to and networks micro-industry Bumblebee provides an infrastructure for large- scale production. Along with a strong and efficient administration that has efficient resource management, this enables a competitive edge for marketing large, quality one of a kind product while maintaining the benefits of small business.

In Australia there is strong leadership in efficient administration, creative designers and problem solvers, talented educators and effective marketers-all working as a team to develop excellence in product, quality in lifestyle and enhance the lives of others through service.

The manufacturing system utilizes apprenticeship models, skilled artisans share space, time and talent creating their own work and passing on their knowledge in design centers that connect and support existing learning centers. both in Australia and in developing countries.

Service to people in everything we do
Our company seeks to understand how people feel about their work themselves-and the contribution they are making to the well being of both themselves and others. It assists in promoting a respect and dignity in work done and in their relationship with others. Bumblebee equips, motivates and provides purpose for clear direction for quality product and service.

This vision provides the infrastructure to create regional and rural employment on a global scale. It is transitional by design, promotes dignity, nurtures potential and sees the transfer of much-needed funds and resources to enable freedom of choice. It establishes connections between the current issues and theories surrounding the nurturing of human intelligence, and the multi-disciplines and cultural beliefs required for health and well-being.

Marrying inspiration and action
It introduces a collaborative infrastructure that supports a large-scale system of creative industry that operates on many levels, networks many communities and charitable organizations, supports regional and community development and quality family life. The vision has as its outcome the solidarity of the individual, unity in multicultural community, witness, equality, human dignity, nurturing of the planet and its people, social justice for all and-its fruit is peace.

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