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    Inventory – The First Lean Waste
"Lean” is most broadly described as an attack on wastes. Wastes (Muda) are anything that consume resources (and incur costs) that does not add value. Something only qualifies as adding value if it’s concluded that the customer is prepared to pay for it.
     
    From Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones: Removing Barriers to Warehouse Productivity!
This paper will examine the “Five Barriers to Productivity” and what you can do to turn these stumbling blocks into stepping stones toward a more profitable, efficient and better place to work.
     
    Maintaining and Maximizing on Your Labor Performance Management Program
While you can and should enjoy a sense of accomplishment, now comes the real work of ensuring your investment pays for itself in a timely manner and the LMS program becomes engrained in your company’s culture.
     
    Five Steps to a High-Performance Workforce: Creating Successful Engineered Labor Standards
 The time- and money-saving steps offered here will result in shorter timelines, reduced implementation costs and the creation of dependable standards.
     
    LMS Advanced Functionality: Five Features to Improve Organizational Performance
For today’s supply chain executives who are beginning the search for a LMS solution, there are five advanced features that should be understood as you prepare for your LMS project kick-off.
     
    The Four Keys to Operational Performance: Getting the Most from Your Labor Dollars
In the world of high labor costs, increasing customer demand and tight budgets, the need for efficient production and timely order fulfillment is more important than ever.
     
    Perfect Practice Makes Perfect: Change Management in a Labor Management Solution Kickoff
Follow the guidelines here for a smooth transition project.
     
    A Workforce of College Grads to Grandparents: 5 Reasons Why Cross-Generational Training Provides Strategic Advantage
As people live longer and retire later in life, companies are increasingly experiencing a new business challenge, the generational divide. For the first time in history, four generations are actively engaged in the workforce.
   
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case studies
   
  Incentive Awards Programs: Overview & Case Study
In part one of this two-part article, general incentive program philosophies, three types of rewards, and several “Keys to Success” for implementing an incentive awards program are reviewed.
In part two, we will review the results from a recent enVista client engagement that implemented a simple 2-step incentive pay program that delivered a 15-30% labor savings to the client and an estimated average of $45.00 of incentive pay per week per employee, resulting in a “Win-Win” scenario for the employees and the company.
   
  Labor Management Solutions
Due to heavy legal regulations, few European companies have the experience and resources required to accurately develop and configure a labor system. A European fashion retail company engaged enVista to evaluate its operations. Since enVista retained experience, bilingual resources and labor management knowledge locally in France to perform the work required, enVista was charged to apply LEAN process improvements and LEAN work methods, develop labor standards across the entire facility, and accurately configure and deploy these systems.
   
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training resources
   

enRichment Supply Chain Course Catalog
enVista’s enRichment supply chain education and training series provides ongoing professional development and customized training opportunities for supply chain professionals and executives.
     
   

Labor Management Systems 101 and 102
Foundational knowledge for labor managment leaders and practioners.
     
labor podcast series
    Oracle Speaks Mini-Series: A Closer Look at Labor Management
Over the course of five podcasts, Isaac Edwards consults the Oracle about Labor Management - why it's important, how to justify and implement a Labor Performance Management system, and how to roll out incentive-based pay and sustain a program using Appreciative Inquiry.
   
labor industry news
    Driving Performance Management in the Warehouse - WERC Watch
Setting goals, identifying barriers, providing feedback, and taking corrective action.
     
   

Labor Standards in the Workplace
Companies can use several different types of standards to set goals for how long it should take employees to complete different tasks in a warehouse. Here we describe how single and multi-variable standards are developed, and their pros and cons.

   
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Supervising on the Line: A Self Help Guide for First Line Supervisors
Through stories and real-life examples, this book offers common sense tips for managing employees in the distribution environment and provides first line supervisors the tools that they need to be successful.
     
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Labor Performance Management Datasheet
Find out more about enVista’s Labor Performance Management solutions.
   
   

enVista Solutions at a Glance
Learn about all of enVista’s enterprise, supply chain and transportation services.
   
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