Author: Lic. Viviana P. Liptzis
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5S: more than order and cleanliness, a cultural change
“5S? Ah, I know that one. At the company, we call it the SOL Program (safety, order, and cleanliness). We already use it. Now we're looking for something else.” And yes, that's the risk of 5S: thinking it's just a little program to learn how to sweep better, or to prevent the enormous volumes of unfiled papers from getting lost…
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What comes first: the chicken or the egg? Work environment and performance/retention
Como es por todos conocido, el costo de reemplazar a un empleado se estima en 2,5 veces su salario al momento de salir. Estos costos se asocian habitualmente a: disminución del desempeño en ese puesto de trabajo, baja moral entre los pares y compañeros de equipo en los aspectos blandos; y gastos de reclutamiento y…
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How to Improve Performance or the Parable of Felix the Flying Frog
Había una vez un hombre llamado José que tenía como mascota una rana llamada Félix. José tenía un pasar modesto pero confortable, sostenido por lo que ganaba como empleado de una importante cadena de supermercados. De todos modos siempre había soñado con ser rico… ¡Félix! Dijo un día, lleno de una repentina inspiración, “vamos…
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TPM in Administrative Areas
For companies to achieve the overall goal of continuously reducing costs while simultaneously improving the quality of their products and services, effective administrative support is essential. Unlike production, administrative departments (purchasing, administration, engineering, HR, etc.) do not directly add value. What is required is…
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We are oversubscribed!
In our Newsletter No. 4 of February 2006, and in relation to a statistic indicating that 851% of the surveyed industries reported being at their production capacity limits, we dared to speak of “Industries that are NOT working at their limits.” The central idea of the article was to offer a different response to…