How to Assimilate Acquisitions Into Strategies, Processes, Culture, Manufacturing Operations
As CPGs continue a pattern of growth through acquisition, it’s important to keep in mind how the two companies will come together. Conagra shares some lessons learned.
Labor Turnover Cost Calculator: Beyond a Gut Feeling
Though everyone knows there are costs associated with the continued difficulty of recruiting and retaining employees, just how much is typically a guess. There will soon be a tool to calculate that cost.
Managing for Daily Improvement: The X-Factor in Employee Engagement
Regardless of your specific approach, MDI aims to improve
communication and data flow, especially on the shop floor,
identifying problems quicker and growing skillsets.
Using the Employee Lifecycle Approach to Address Workforce Challenges
With more workers attracted to remote work opportunities, manufacturers must recruit and maintain top talent for plant floors. An organization’s strengths and weaknesses can determine whether a potential employee chooses to join and remain at the company.
No Man Is an Island,
Even in Manufacturing
When mission, vision, purpose and values, and lean processes work, incredible results can be achieved. The OpX Leadership Network’s employee engagement characteristics help break down silos and islands of communication in manufacturing operations.
Beyond Equipment Automation: The Case for Digital Transformation
It’s important to think not only about how automation can improve productivity, but also how digital transformation can improve KPIs throughout the operations.
Vertical Startup Will Deliver Unimaginable Results
Reach full production faster—while engaging employees, reducing waste, and producing more finished product—with full commitment of cross-functional leaders and stakeholders.
Four Critical Factors in
Fortifying Your Supply Chain
Strengthen your supply chain through integrated business planning, reliability engineering and asset optimization, digital insights, and transformational OEM relationships.
Millennial workforce achieves 100% performance improvement
This once regional company committed to go full throttle growth in an industry that was on the verge of exponential expansion. Guiding the organization to achieve and sustain industry leadership status was further complicated due to the lack of a regulatory framework. Manufacturing and distribution was managed on a state-by-state basis. The SVP Operations applied […]
“Focus On The Floor” Engaged Plant Workforce Drove Customer Success And $6 Million Savings
Just when you thought the business was going in right direction, a series of missteps with a major customer turns into a critical and urgent re-evaluation of the plant’s performance reliability. This privately held, multi-plant producer of natural products, was facing quality challenges, order fulfillment issues, and encroaching competition. All of this within the COVID […]
