MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES
advancements killing jobs is no more than scaremongering . The research showed in fact , that there will be a net increase in jobs in the long run , thanks to the proliferation of robotics . So , what is the key to managing change effectively for a manufacturing organisation ?
“ The most successful change projects I ’ ve seen in companies – where they ’ ve gone to the lengths of having round-hall meetings , where they ’ ve stapled newsletters to people ’ s pay slips – it ’ s all about the information flow , and allowing the employees to question you ,” says Bourne .
“ It shouldn ’ t be like a dictatorship , it should be about getting their input in it , because they ’ re the ones on the shop floor who see it day-in and day-out .
“ I ’ ve also seen customers where they ’ ve gone at it more from an IT project perspective , and there has been resistance in there and therefore they haven ’ t got all of the benefits they thought they were going to get . That ’ s the key . It is about driving it through , but in a good way , with communication .
“ And you have to have a top-down
approach . Again , I ’ ve spoken to many customers where they ’ ve said their old boss did not accept that things were changing , and he or she ’ s no longer in the company . And when a new person comes in , who has appreciated that the world has changed and continues to change ,
10 April 2018