On top of these alarming statistics, there are other concerns, Murthy said. Please drop me a line if you have any questions on implementing this schedule or would like my assistance as a change-agent to implement it.According to a nationwide survey, 44% of high school students said they feel "persistently sad or hopeless." Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, suicide rates jumped 57% among kids and young adults ages 10 to 24, and have only worsened in some states since. Feedback from operators has been universal both here and around the globe. companies rarely have excess personnel nowadays, at least in the USA. The three day span of 6 hour days allow operators and line personnel time for important home activities, such as watching the children's sport games, concerts, and the like, repairing the car and renewing their driver's licenses, and cutting the grass, to name a few. However, it must be realized that nearly all round-the-clock schedules require working many days in a row, and most of them many 12-hour days in a row.
On the negative side, this schedule does require each shift to work 7 days in a row during the during week cycle. Under typical overtime rules, this work week averages 42 hours, where many others average about 48 hours per week, thus saving 9 hours of straight-time pay per week, which is a very significant savings over a year for the company. Though there are more, I will lastly point out that this schedule provides from less overtime hours than any other 3- or 4-shift plan I have encountered. Working a grueling schedule for part of the year is better than working a grueling schedule ALL year from an operators point of view. It is also easier to plan for and cover vacations because of the planned 6-hour days. Happy employees are good employees with less lost-time accidents, less sick-time and arguably higher productivity and better quality and morale. Operators and supervisors have unanimously supported this schedule as workable,and feel the 6 hour days provide a great relief, both physically and mentally, personally and family-wise. The benefits of this schedule are fairly obvious, but I shall enumerate a few. The following week, A & B shifts work the weekend while C & D shifts work Thursday and Friday. C & D shifts then work Saturday and Sunday, while A & B have the weekend off. A & B shifts then work 12 hour days on Thursday and Friday, while C & D have that time off. Along with time off, this allows operators and line supervisors to recuperate from 12 hours days worked. īasically, with this schedule, each of the four shifts,work six hours on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of every week. Material interesante de nuestros socios en el enlace. The schematic below outlines the schedule. It is relatively easy on operators and line supervisors, little to no impact at all on management that requiring a change-agent, and best of all for the bottom line in requires less overtime pay, thus lowering cost. a 4-shift around-the-clock schedule that EVERYONE will love. Now, for the first time ever, I am about to publicly disclose my secret weapon for management, supervisors, unions and operators alike.
In my experience, this is less of a problem overseas for example in Southeast Asia, as in general there is an ample supply of workers, however, in the USA, companies rarely have excess personnel nowadays. Covering for vacations with either schedules is problematic to say the least, as many exhaustive days in a row are required to cover for time off by fellow workers. The 4-shift schedule typically involves two to four 12 hour days in a row, with more or less an equal number of days off. The 3-shift schedule requires working several days in a row without a break, normally 6-10 days in row. While continuous processing of industrial equipment is optimal in terms of waste, cost, and energy efficiency while maximizing machine efficiency, around the clock operations are not necessarily operator friendly, and perhaps not even management friendly.Ĭontinuous operations require either a grueling 3-shift schedule or an unfriendly 4-shift schedule. I recently updated this blog, and it can be seen by clicking HERE. A 4-Shift, Around-the-Clock Schedule that EVERYONE Will Love