by Gayle Noakes | Apr 26, 2021 | People
When new people join our company, we are often already behind. We put pressure on the new people to get up to speed fast. We move them through “onboarding” quickly and soon they are on the production floor, feeling the pressure of the production schedule and the need...
by Gayle Noakes | Mar 20, 2021 | Operations, People
The Supervisor’s job has grown over the years. It used to be mostly about meeting the production schedule and making sure all the machines are running. Now they also need to work on scheduling issues, attend multiple meetings, support Lean and Continuous Improvement...
by Gayle Noakes | Nov 19, 2020 | Operations, People
All too often when we realize our Supervisors need more skills, we sign them up for a training program and wipe our hands, thinking the job is done. The Supervisors probably do need to learn new skills, but there is so much more that needs to happen for the...
