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It's all about the expertise of the people that will actually work on your projects.There are many reasons why you should choose to work with us rather than with a large consulting firm. If you haven't looked at our Team, we invite you to review the expertise of the people that will be working on your projects. Unlike most of our competitors, we don't do bait and switch. Our management team are industrial engineers and they actively work on projects. We operate in a nimble fashion, no CEO, CFO, Shared Services, large fancy offices in expansive downtowns. Your hard earned dollars go towards working with experiences experts rather than paying for the huge overheads of larger consulting firms.
As part of the implementation process, we will work with you to determine the best way to ensure that you maximize your investment in Engineered Labor Standards.Maintenance and updating of Engineered Labor Standards are crucial to the success of any workforce management initiatives. There are various ways to accomplish this task, whether it be through an internal engineering group or by contracting us to do the maintenance. Our current client base includes companies that have opted for both models.
Ensuring that your Engineered Labor Standards are updated is an integral part of a sustainable workforce management program.Engineered Labor Standards are meant to model the current reality. Closely monitoring your operations for changes (e.g.: new equipment, new work processes, major volume fluctuations) is key in maintaining fair and equitable measurements. Make no mistake, if you are investing in Engineered Labor Standards, you need to be cognisant of the requirements for future investments in maintaining those standards. G. H. Bishop will guide you in adopting the most cost effective maintenance program based on the dynamics of your work environment.
Technical by nature the implementation of Engineered Labor Standards must become part of management's toolbox.In order to translate your investment into real savings, G. H. Bishop uses a comprehensive approach that includes training management on how to optimally use Engineered Labor Standards in their planning, monitoring, and optimizing of their operations.Furthermore, G. H. Bishop will implement a program to enable the associates to safely meet the established productivity goals.This strategy has been used successfully since the early 1990's.
Our engineers have been working with union engineers for almost 40 years.Not only have we implemented Engineered Labor Standards in hundreds of unionized environments, we have also worked on behalf of many union locals to audit the work of corporate engineers.Our work has been audited by some of the largest unions in North America including The International Brotherhood of Teamsters ("IBT"), The United Food & Commercial Workers ("UFCW"), Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux ("CSN") and Unifor. The results of these audits have proven the our work to be of the outmost quality.Some of those same union have become part of our customer base and rely on our expertise to assess the validity of productivity measures implemented by the employer.
Every implementation is different and returns on your investment will be dictated by your starting point. Increases in the range of 15% to 25% are very common.The single biggest variable in answering this question is how are you currently performing with relation to your best practices, your ability to manage your operations and your workforce.Given the variability that can exist, unsure of what to expect? Many companies will chose to engage us for an initial audit or operational diagnostic to be better understand the potential of a larger implementation project.
If you haven't? The sooner the better!Due to the tremendous gains resulting from the implementation of Engineered Labor Standards, their implementation should be a priority. This being said, there should be a comprehensive implementation plan in place prior to the start of the development. It is important to stabilize your processes and implement the best possible practices prior to building the standards. This will no only guarantee a higher throughput but it will also avoid multiple rounds of changes to the standards as you refine your processes. If you are considering an Engineered Labor Standards implementation, G. H. Bishop can guide you through the process by developing a work measurement program that will address the potential pitfalls associated with prematurely building the standards.
Engineered Labor Standards need to viewed as an information system that tells you "how much time it should take to accomplish . . .".Engineered Labor Standards have been so successful a workforce management to the point where many can't make the distinction between the two and thus ignore the full potential of their investment in standards. Work measurement needs to be viewed as an engineering tool that provides information on time, to be more accurate the time it would take a qualified associate to perform a specific task at a normal pace. This information is crucial to the execution of many functions within the industry, these would include: planning, budgeting, justification of investments, incentive compensation, etc.
