Hello readers, and sorry for my LOONNGGG absence away from my writing. Through reading my last older posts, it should be obvious that I was in the process of starting with a new company. I have been there now for coming up on one year, and have focused my energies to the success of that position. I am still there, and have had many great experiences that I think would be great to share with everyone. Please stay tuned, as I plan to continue at my old pace of 1 or 2 posts a week!! Thanks for sticking with me....or tuning in for the first time!!
As we are all searching for the next best way to cut costs, I ran across an old article about an approach Delta Airlines took in the mid-90's. They asked their employees! On an employee suggestion, they removed the lettuce leaf that was served in their food trays as garnish to an astounding $1.4 million in annual savings! http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/win93/delta.html I recently worked for a company that was so incredibly operationally inefficient that I was amazed they were still in business. Three months later, they weren't! From having way too much lighting in the stock areas, to a time-wasting price change procedure, to unnecessary shipping costs($4ship fee for a $.99 item), to incredible wastes of paper (I actually counted a minimum of 45 sheets per day wasted...in one store). This store had so many little things that could have completely changed the cost of business, it is a shame they didn't listen to their employees. Employees may not have t...
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