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That shows how little value most labor has, unfortunately, versus how much money can be make just keep the business running. It’s a simple computation for anyon
by xzel 7y ago
That shows how little value most labor has, unfortunately, versus how much money can be make just keep the business running. It’s a simple computation for anyone upstairs.
- llukas 7y agoDepending of exact set KPI for anyone "upstairs".
- caseymarquis 7y agoIn that kind of manufacturing environment, typically it's just middle management keeping things at a local maximum and hiding problems from plant managers. Middle management is incentivized to maintain said local maximum based on some arbitrary metric (ie uptime) which can be decoupled from productivity. This is the primary mistake. Plant managers usually have the bigger picture in mind, but aren't aware of the issues, as they trust the people below them. Operators eventually stop complaining when nothing gets done, as they assume that's how it works. This leads to money spent fixing operator culture, which is really just a more visible symptom of the actual issue. Long story short, you get what you incentivize for. Incentivize carefully.