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Company Suggestion Systems Thread
- Thread starter edro
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kranky
Elite Member
It's an easy way to mess with other people. Say there's another department that find perverse enjoyment in doing something stupid (any support department is a likely candidate). Maybe they have a lot of stupid forms to fill out that serve no purpose, or they have elaborate and needlessly complicated procedures for doing certain things. Maybe they have a lot of reasons why they can never do what you need to have done, when the real reason is they are just lazy.
Write up your suggestion for how those people could improve. The spotlight is turned on them and they have to squirm to justify keeping things the way they are, and chances are someone will make them change. You get the credit!
Maybe they can dodge the first one, but if the company sees repeat suggestions about a certain department, I guarantee things will change. That's because the people who set up the suggestion system are eager to brag about its success, and they will make something happen because they want to show the suggestion system is effective.
Write up your suggestion for how those people could improve. The spotlight is turned on them and they have to squirm to justify keeping things the way they are, and chances are someone will make them change. You get the credit!
Maybe they can dodge the first one, but if the company sees repeat suggestions about a certain department, I guarantee things will change. That's because the people who set up the suggestion system are eager to brag about its success, and they will make something happen because they want to show the suggestion system is effective.
kranky
Elite Member
I don't mean they are the easiest, but it's a way to get another department to change stupid ways of doing things if they don't have any interest in doing it themselves.
If you have suggestions for your own department, by all means use them. Since the whole point of these programs is to reduce costs, make sure you point out how your idea will achieve that. If you do that, I guarantee your idea will get serious consideration, which is important if you can make money from your idea.
For example:
"My suggestion is to eliminate a paper form used in the storeroom.
Form X12 is used to record damaged goods when delivered. Four copies are made of each X12 form and mailed to other departments. The computer system used for inventory should allow the information about damaged goods to be entered directly into the system. That way all departments could access that information from the inventory system and the paper copies could be eliminated. This would save an hour each day in copying the forms, preparing them for distribution to the other departments, and filing them. Also, accessing the information would be much faster than manually searching through the files."
Another example:
"I am suggesting that wireless headset telephones be issued to all personnel in the warehouse. Many hours each day are spent going back and forth to the telephones. Most of the warehouse staff are each making a couple dozen calls each day to customer service to update them on inventory levels and shortages. Each time this is done the person in the warehouse has to walk down to the main office to use the phone. A wireless headset phone would make it possible for calls to be made from anywhere in the warehouse while continuing to pull stock. These phones cost under $300 each, and by eliminating the unproductive time spent in going to the main office they would pay for themselves in under three months."
If you have suggestions for your own department, by all means use them. Since the whole point of these programs is to reduce costs, make sure you point out how your idea will achieve that. If you do that, I guarantee your idea will get serious consideration, which is important if you can make money from your idea.
For example:
"My suggestion is to eliminate a paper form used in the storeroom.
Form X12 is used to record damaged goods when delivered. Four copies are made of each X12 form and mailed to other departments. The computer system used for inventory should allow the information about damaged goods to be entered directly into the system. That way all departments could access that information from the inventory system and the paper copies could be eliminated. This would save an hour each day in copying the forms, preparing them for distribution to the other departments, and filing them. Also, accessing the information would be much faster than manually searching through the files."
Another example:
"I am suggesting that wireless headset telephones be issued to all personnel in the warehouse. Many hours each day are spent going back and forth to the telephones. Most of the warehouse staff are each making a couple dozen calls each day to customer service to update them on inventory levels and shortages. Each time this is done the person in the warehouse has to walk down to the main office to use the phone. A wireless headset phone would make it possible for calls to be made from anywhere in the warehouse while continuing to pull stock. These phones cost under $300 each, and by eliminating the unproductive time spent in going to the main office they would pay for themselves in under three months."
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