All successful operations leaders have one thing in common… a game plan for how they are going to manage their operations. They know the tools at their disposal, they map out their strategy, they set goals for their team and train each person on how to use the tools to achieve those goals, and then […]
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: 1. Track 100% of Time The goal of any labor management system should be to see […]
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 through the supply chain to meet insatiable demands. This rush is also commonly referred to as […]
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 building blocks for any successful program, as well as a few pitfalls to watch out for. […]
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 they had overtime, their bonuses must be upward adjusted by the proportionate amount for overtime. Here […]
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 encourage companies to include quality, safety and other non productive criteria if they can. When you […]
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 of our company. From our experience, PFP can really turbo charge productivity….. if it is done […]
