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7 Ways to Improve Operations Without Sacrificing Worker Safety

Harvard Business

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. Needed repairs and upgrades were delayed, worker training postponed, and risk assessments overlooked. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Examples of Organizations Who Have Top Business Training Programs

Clarity Consultants

Many companies are already operating with lean staff, due to high attrition rates and not replacing staff, not to mention downsizing as a result of a difficult economy. In this kind of environment, focusing on worker retention and cross training to make existing workers more efficient makes a lot of sense. Bain & Company.

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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

HHI had delivered more than 2,150 ships to 320 shipowners in 51 countries as of 2017. Credit: HHI’s Integrated Report 2017 According to the HHI Integrated Report 2017 , the shipping industry was severely impacted by the global recession and confronted stagnation. billion in revenue by 2022.

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Is Your Company’s Data Actually Valuable in the AI Era?

Harvard Business

That is what we heard throughout 2017 and will likely continue to hear throughout this year. Yes, data, like oil, is used day-to-day to operate your prediction machine. Instead, the data you have now, which your company accumulated over time, is the type of data used to build the prediction machine — not operate it.

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Higher Wages Aren’t Enough to Turn Mediocre Jobs into Good Ones

Harvard Business

Higher wages are also necessary for many companies that are stuck in a vicious cycle of bad jobs, bad operations, bad customer service, low productivity, and high costs. Bureau of Labor Statistics cited $23,210 as the median annual wage for a retail salesperson in 2017, but that assumes a regular 40-hour week. Take-home pay.

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Give Your Team the Freedom to Do the Work They Think Matters Most

Harvard Business

By 2017 it had grown organically to $12.79 In 2017 and 2018 , Decathlon was ranked the #1 Great Place to Work in France. Operators set their work schedules and their vacations, design and monitor their own performance indicators, do their own maintenance, and are consulted on the choice of new machinery. billion worldwide.

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How a U.S. Health Care System Uses 15-Minute Huddles to Keep 23 Hospitals Aligned

Harvard Business

In this article, I’d like to share the insights we’ve gleaned from the model’s first full year of operation, which hopefully organizations in health care and many other industries will find useful. On the business side, the escalation process has provided improved visibility into operations.

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