Good labor management has become a necessity in today’s very competitive distribution environment. In our hundreds of implementations, we have learned that there are 7 key factors you must have for a successful labor management program (LMS). They are: [ … ] Read More
Category Archives: Employee engagement and incentives
The Challenge of Seasonal Labor
Happy Holidays! To most of the United States, those words bring thoughts of family and fun. However, for those of us in distribution, they can bring a sense of dread for the massive rush of product that must flow [ … ] Read More
The Building Blocks for Successful Pay For Performance
Creating a successful Pay for Performance program is both art and science. We have designed and implemented PFP programs for over 20 years and have learned the hard way what works and what doesn’t work. Here are the fundamental [ … ] Read More
Pay for Performance and Overtime Laws
One of the potential landmines with pay for performance is to make sure you are compliant with state and federal overtime laws. By law, if an employee works overtime and receives bonus pay during that period of work that [ … ] Read More
Productivity versus Quality and Safety
One of the common concerns we here when discussing pay for performance is that quality and safety can suffer. From our experience, this has not been the case even if quality and safety are not measured. However we do [ … ] Read More
Pay for Performance Pitfalls
Pay for Performance is a little like Uranium 235. If used correctly, it can power a city, if used incorrectly it can blow it up. We are big proponents of pay for performance and incorporate it in all aspects [ … ] Read More
Where does Missing Time come from?
Missing Time is the difference between the time recorded by the time clocks (what you pay your employees) and the employee time tracked on your work flow system (WMS, CRM, MRP, Job Coding, etc). When we initially start working [ … ] Read More
Qualitative Data Podcast
Productivity is important, but if you do not take into account qualitative factors when developing your labor management system, you could suffer from unintended consequences. This podcasts discusses various qualitative data sources and how to incorporate them into [ … ] Read More
White Paper: The Productive Workforce
Worried that cranking up your manufacturing or warehouse operation’s productivity will cause safety incidents, quality issues or absences? Worry not; fostering a culture of productivity and engagement actually have positive affects on safety, quality and absenteeism. Employee engagement, of which [ … ] Read More
6 Rules of Pay for Performance for Maximum Employee Engagement
Pay for Performance (PFP, incentive pay, performance bonuses, etc.) is one of the most powerful productivity tools a company can deploy. For process oriented work (labor) there is nothing out there to maximize human potential like a well-designed pay [ … ] Read More