Engineered Productivity Standards

JSC provides the SUCCEED℠ Labor Management System which is a proven approach that enables the realization of improved productivity, lower operating expenses, enhanced service and accuracy levels, and performance feedback to associates on-the-floor. This approach focuses on establishing Preferred Methods (using LEAN Process Improvement) and actual time studies of associates in the work areas to develop and implement objective measurements for labor activities. These studies, in combination with our many years of experience in engineered productivity standards development, are used to develop engineered standards tailored to a specific client need.

JSC offers clients a tailored engineered labor standard, to represent the time it should take properly trained employee, working at a sustainable steady pace, to complete a particular task for any given process throughout the day. JSC’s professionals utilize state-of-the-art tablet computers to collect actual on-site elemental task times. These devices enable the project engineers to spend more time on the floor with associates and less time performing data calculation summaries.

SUCCEED℠ Management Training which was developed over a period of fifteen years to prepare managers for labor management and continuous improvement initiatives. The SUCCEED℠ Workshop is a three-day interactive workshop to educate managers concerning Change Management, Basic Leadership, Continuous Improvement, Fundamentals of Lean, Labor Management, Productivity Measurement, and culminating with the SUCCEED℠ Performance Counseling method. Managers are equipped with an understanding of the importance of front-line leadership, the impact they truly have on others, and proven techniques for influencing behavior.

Bonus REWARD$^sm Wage Incentive Plan Development & Implementation provides a structured approach developed for a client’s situation with customized, individual incentive guidelines to calculate employee bonus rewards. This plan is generally offered in conjunction with the SUCCEEDsm Labor Management System. Clients can save between 12% – 30% in cost savings with an additional 15% when the bonus rewards program is implemented.