Women of STEM: Greene Tweed’s Amy AlSahsah
Why one mother and engineer gives back to young women interested in STEM fields During her career, Amy AlSahsah has certified over 300 candidates in Lean Six Sigma from White Belt to Black Belt. Her first Black Belt project saved $995,000 in one year and increased the product’s profitability. The team she led eliminated a source of contamination that had caused a line stop issue, and reconfigured the inspection process to mitigate...
IRS reminder: Get tax withholding right; do a Paycheck Checkup at least once every year
The Internal Revenue Service urged taxpayers to review their 2019 tax withholding using the IRS Withholding Calculator and make any changes with their employer as soon as possible. This is especially true for anyone who adjusted their withholding during the middle or later parts of 2018. That’s because a mid-year withholding change, only affecting part of 2018, may have a different impact if it remains in effect for all of 2019. If...
Just Announced: One-Day Dealer Conference for Forklift Dealer Top Management
Material Handling industry publications Material Handling Wholesaler and Material Handling Network have announced an industry conference to be held this fall in the Chicago area. The industries first fast paced one-day Dealer Conference that is focused on dealership profitability for top ownership, operational and financial management will take place on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Rosemont, IL at the Wintrust Financial...
Customer experience needs to speak well beyond Survey Scores to make business better
Customer Experience (CX) professionals love survey scores. After all, what could tell you more about the customer experience than their own words and evaluations? Survey scores offer numerical evaluations, text analytics, and score trending over time which make them, hopefully, meaningful. The Net Promoter Score (NPS) Survey Question Explained CX professionals employ the Net Promoter Score (NPS). The NPS is based off the question,...
OSHA reminds you about Heat-related Illnesses and First Aid
Heat-related Illnesses and First Aid Heat stroke, the most serious form of heat-related illness, happens when the body becomes unable to regulate its core temperature. Sweating stops and the body can no longer rid itself of excess heat. Signs include confusion, loss of consciousness, and seizures. Heat stroke is a medical emergency that may result in death! Call 911 immediately. Heat exhaustion is the body’s response to loss of...
Do these five things every day to keep Forklift Operators safe
Don’t let safety take a back seat to productivity When it comes to selecting a fuel for a forklift fleet, facilities managers and operators continue to choose propane to give their operation a lift. In fact, 90 percent of Class 4 and 5 operators are using forklifts powered by propane, according to data from the Propane Education & Research Council. And they’re choosing propane over diesel or electric for a variety of reasons....
The top six Leadership Competencies everyone should know and grow
If you turn to most organizations—including your own—you’ll likely be able to list out the “core values” that anyone within the workplace should embody. Look in the break room, on the annual performance appraisal, or maybe on some cool tchotchke given out at an annual workplace event; you’ll see things like “integrity,” “team work,” and “customer focus” listed. This is the social contract that anyone working for that organization...
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