Undercover with the Boss
Wednesday, 02. 17. 2010 – Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Productivity, Management Tips
If you haven’t seen the new CBS TV show Undercover Boss, it’s worth checking out. Perhaps not so much for the cheesy endings (at least on the first two episodes) where outcomes are achieved for individual employees that rival Queen for a Day in terms of bathos. What is “new” here, though, is our ability [...]
The Productivity Drain
Wednesday, 08. 26. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Cost Management, Labor Productivity
In our most recent survey conducted in conjunction with Harris Interactive, we asked over 1000 US workers how they are faring as the recession reaches the one year mark. Although there are some glimmers of hope being expressed that we’ve seen the worst of the recession, many of our respondents have already felt the impact in [...]
Gaming the Clock
Monday, 06. 15. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Cost Management, Labor Productivity, Workforce Development, Workforce Software
In a recent survey we conducted with Harris Interactive, we asked over 700 hourly paid employees if they had ever cheated in reporting their hours in order to increase their paycheck. Twenty-one percent indicated that they had. Not surprisingly, of the 21% of respondents who admitted to cheating on their time reporting, the highest percentage [...]
Discussion with David Caruso: Reducing Costs and Boosting Productivity in a Challenging Economy
Wednesday, 05. 6. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Cost Management, Labor Productivity, Workforce Software
I recently had the opportunity to talk about the importance of labor cost management in manufacturing with David Caruso, the founder and Principal of David Caruso & Associates, Inc. David’s consulting firm specializes in manufacturing, supply chain, and technology strategy. We talked about how manufacturing organizations are increasingly focusing on labor cost management in the [...]
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