Employee Involvement

Do you ever feel like getting orders in and out the door is a burden shouldered by just a few people and a large “audience” is just sitting there watching? Does it seem like everyone waits for you to make a decision? Can you remember at least one failed attempt at the improvement process? Do you wonder what really went wrong?

If quality and attendance are slipping, workers compensation cases are rising, and you feel like your organization lacks the sense of urgency that makes companies great, you’re not alone. Many manufacturers bleed profits because they miss the opportunity to get their employees passionately involved – and keep them involved.

Birch Consulting’s real-world approach doesn’t just reverse these problems. Our techniques make an amazing impact on your bottom line and in record time. Our goal is to unearth the hidden profits in:

• Employee empowerment – We’ll show you how to put decision-making in the hands of the right people, while minimizing or even eliminating risk.
• Team improvement – Go beyond empty “motivational exercises” and capitalize on what really drives your employees to do more and do it better. Supervisors are no longer glorified babysitters, but energetic improvement experts making real contributions.
• Employee suggestions – Learn how to use ideas that originate from the floor, and make innovation part of your corporate culture.
• Measurement – If you can measure it, you can improve it! We’ll find ways to measure even the most subjective aspects of your business and make them “count.”
• Cultural change – We’ll help you transform the “mood” of your company so initiative is encouraged and rewarded, not stifled.
• Employee ownership – Employees who care deeply about sales and customer satisfaction take ownership of their work life. A better product and increased profit becomes everyone’s goal.

Competitive advantage isn’t just about beating the other guy. It’s about creating an empowered organization. In this type of organization first-line supervisors don’t spend most of their time dealing with personnel and discipline issue. Improvement begins at the bottom and rises to the top.

If you feel life could be a lot better in the manufacturing world, Birch Consulting can get you on the path to an empowered workforce that leads the charge with bottom line results.