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How to Build an Effective Recognition Program

The goal of an effective recognition program is to make employees feel valued. They want to know that their efforts, big or small, are appreciated. In fact, employees produce better work when they are recognized for it – this directly affects your bottom line. Additionally, having an employee rewards and recognition program is an important part of an employee engagement strategy. So, in other words, recognition is essential to driving employee engagement. 

What is a Suggestion System?

What is a Suggestion System? A suggestion system is a program that encourages employees to submit helpful ideas that can potentially improve internal business operations or shed light on any issues or problems they may be facing. Furthermore, suggestion systems enable employee-to-management communication that benefit bother employees and employers. In essence, it provides a two-way channel of communication between employees and management. Employees submit their ideas then management either accepts or rejects the suggestion and provides feedback.

How to Create a High-performance Culture

A high-performance culture is an organizational culture built on a set of behaviors and norms that lead an organization to achieve better results. That is to say, companies with high-performance cultures achieve better financial and non-financial results than companies without high-performance cultures. Non-financial results include employee retention, customer satisfaction, competitiveness and innovation. In other words, having a high-performance culture isn’t just about encouraging good behavior or empowering employees, it’s a combination of both.

The 5 Ms of Lean Manufacturing

A core focus of lean manufacturing is to improve efficiency and productivity by eliminating waste. Furthermore, it takes the 5 Ms of lean manufacturing and uses it simultaneously to create the best possible outcome for your manufacturing operations. Management can maintain and improve their workflows by consistently examining the 5 Ms.

The Five Elements of Kaizen

The word ‘Kaizen’ is composed of two Japanese words: ‘kai’ meaning ‘change’ and ‘zen’ meaning ‘for the better’. It is also known as “continuous improvement”.  Moreover, Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that refers to business activities that continuously improve all business functions. In addition, these activities must also include all employees within the organization. Before implementing this approach into a company, it is important to learn about the five elements of Kaizen.

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