CIRCADIAN provides specialized assistance to plan and facilitate 5- to 7-day plant expansions (or any initiatives where the working hours will change). These support services will help you realize the full benefits of the change, and achieve the desired return-on-investment.
If this is your situation:
- You are investigating the cost benefits of expanding your hours of operation versus capital expense of more equipment/machinery
- You have already determined that you need to expand work hours to 24/7
- You are analyzing your staffing levels to determine whether you have the resources to cover 24/7
- You want to reduce forced overtime by implementing a 4 crew 24/7 schedule
This is how CIRCADIAN can help you:
We provide technical and facilitation support to management, unions, employees and internal task teams on how to properly plan and implement the new, longer, schedule, and how to monitor the results. The process includes:
Operational Analysis and Planning
CIRCADIAN consultants review your operating policies, practices and procedures to understand your business needs, and identify opportunities and problem areas. This includes assistance with
- How to employ 7-day operations in your facility
- Which parts of the plant to convert
- Cost/benefit analysis
- How to announce the plans to the organization
- Whom to involve in the change process
- Implementation advice
We guide you through this planning process, challenge assumptions, and provide you with the benefits of our extensive experience. Shouldn’t you avoid preventable mistakes and costs in this area? We will work carefully with you to ensure the smoothest possible transition and achieve the optimal 7-day schedule.
Education and Consensus Building
Politically or arbitrarily derived shift schedules are problematic: they adversely affect morale, employee relations, absenteeism, turnover, and plant performance. You can avoid these problems by achieving consensus between managers, supervisors, union officials and shift workers as to:
- The business needs for the change
- An effective method for determining the best alternative schedule
- Involvement of the employees in the selection process.
The best way to accomplish this is to educate all parties so everyone has the same facts. CIRCADIAN provides seminars and training workshops for just this purpose.
Developing and Implementing the Optimal 7-Day Work Schedule
CIRCADIAN serves as a neutral, third party expert to facilitate a proven process to yield the optimal work schedule every time. It turns out that the best shift schedules are site-specific phenomena, as each workforce has a unique demographic composition and local culture. CIRCADIAN brings the expertise to help you sort through these issues.