Labor Management

  • What are the right key performance indicators or metrics to manage my operations?
  • My labor costs, errors, and/or turnover are rising. How can a labor management system help me reverse this trend?
  • How can an incentive program help me lower my overall costs?
  • What is the holistic approach to achieve continuous measurable and sustainable improvements?

The benefits of a labor management program are hard to ignore. Over 80% of companies who have implemented a labor management program report that the results exceeded expectations, with 85% of them indicating that they would recommend implementation to their peers.
Companies who have implemented a labor management program typically see:

  • 10 – 25% increase in Productivity
  • 10 – 45% increase in Utilization
  • 3 – 11% increase in Quality
  • 10 – 25% reduction in Involuntary Labor Turnover

Peach State understands that implementing a labor management program is more than applying engineered labor standards to activities.  It’s about building a performance-driven culture within your organization, and developing the leadership skills to coach associates with best practices.  This entails the alignment of equipment, process, technology and people to create an environment where high performance is rooted into the organizational culture, built into expectations, monitored in real-time, and supported by feedback, analysis and coaching.  Peach State’s proven methodology focuses on:

  • Best Practices
  • Employee Training & Certification
  • Leadership Training
  • Engineered Standards
  • Accountability & Rewards
  • Continuous Improvement

Peach State’s Operational Excellence programs give companies the flexibility to walk before they run; and ensure that companies see savings in each step of the program.  We focus on the fundamentals of labor management – the blocking and tackling skills – required in order to succeed.  Peach State can assist you with every component of a labor management program, such as:

  • Establish the right way to perform each warehouse function through preferred methods
  • Communication and training programs to ensure culture alignment throughout the organization
  • Development of key performance indicators, expectancy rates, or engineered labor standards to measure your productivity
  • System selection, design, and implementation support to ensure the right technology to support your initiatives
  • Utilizing the reports and tools to better plan labor and reduce direct  and indirect labor costs
  • Create a continuous measureable improvement program to overcome the plateau-effect of most supply chain initiatives

Whether you are considering implementing, or have already implemented some portion of a labor management program, Peach State can help you develop a labor management program that will increase performance, raise management effectiveness, and create an environment that reinforces continuous improvement and reduces overall costs in your operation.