2006-08-09 05:27:48 · 6 answers · asked by Steven S 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Why should they be concerned? It's the management's job to be concerned about downtime... It's not like your workers' pay is somehow tied to the business' profts...
2006-08-09 05:33:53 · answer #1 · answered by NC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hold them accountable. Track the down time by employee and preferably by time of day. Have the employees write an explanation for the down time. Then have the employees offer solutions for the down time - again make them write it down. Convert the down time into dollars and cents that the individual employee is losing. For example, one hour of down time each day equals $1000 less in pay and benefits that the employee could have been earning or 200 packs of cigarettes or 300 gallons of gas. Make the loss personal to them and post visual reminders in their workplaces to keep them motivated. Lastly, terminate the least valuable people at least once every year. If people don't contribute more to the business than they cost you, you need to get rid of them.
2006-08-09 12:37:01 · answer #2 · answered by rdjhoya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best thing to do is to provide an incentive program. Calculate how much you are losing in poor productivity and then determine an incentive program that will encourage higher productivity. Be sure that the incentives do not cost more than the value of the increased productivity or it doesn't work!
2006-08-09 12:33:21 · answer #3 · answered by embem171 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a good measurement system with realistic goals for improvement and consequences for not meeting the goal
2006-08-09 12:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by dwh12345 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. You need to have a good training program.
2006-08-09 12:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell them not to use yahoo answers
2006-08-09 12:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by ajwpoet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋