Employee Recognition for Manufacturing Companies

Attracting and Retaining Talent in Manufacturing is more difficult than ever

Only 3 in 10 parents recommend manufacturing to their kids.

80% of manufacturing workers are over 45 years of age
Average worker is 56 years old
2.7M experienced workers will be retiring by 2025

Your Baby Boomers are retiring and chances are you are either already struggling to fill positions or you anticipate difficulties in the near future.

Most of our manufacturing clients usually come to us for help to improve safety or employee engagement. In the last few years, however, onboarding has become more and more popular as the workforce gets more and more diversified. Wellness also scores high with Millennials and Gen Z.

Business Results Improvements

Research proves that employee recognition in manufacturing can bring significant improvements:

70% fewer safety incidents
24% less turnover
40% fewer quality errors
21% higher profits

Willis Towers Watson reports that operating income drops 33% when employees are disengaged.

How does all this apply to you?

It’s not all bad news. Manufacturing as a whole is rather slow to respond to change – you can get ahead of the curve by acting early. Set the stage for future-proofing your organization’s ability to attract and retain talent, recognize and reward employee contributions and create a high-performance culture.

Our Discovery Team will help you evaluate your company’s current state and suggest the appropriate action based on your business goals.

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Finding Budgets for Employee Recognition Programs

Many CFOs we talk to are surprised how far we can take their budgets. A common misconception is that employee recognition “costs a lot”. It can, but doesn’t have to, if we’re all smart about it.

Evaluate Your Existing Solution

First, you don’t necessarily have to find new budgets – our Discovery Team is very good at evaluating your existing solution (if you have one) and oftentimes we help the client transition from antiquated or poorly performing solutions within the same or similar budget.

70% of Recognition Should Be Non-monetary

We believe 70% of recognition should be non-monetary. High performing manufacturers invest about 8% of payroll in safety programs and between 0.5% – 3% of that is allocated towards recognition.

Our platform allows you to structure your programs to emphasize non-monetary recognition – and it works very well across our manufacturing clients.

ROI

Over the 40+ years of delivering smart recognition solutions, we’ve assembled an impressive array of strategies and tactics to maximize your investment. Upon review of your business goals, we’ll put metrics in place to help you keep track of your execution strategy.

Tax Compliance

We pay special attention to tax compliance and ensure you get every available tax benefit with your program.

Reporting and Invoicing

We don’t drive with our eyes closed and we don’t run a recognition platform without key reporting ingredients! Exportable reports and key metrics are available to you through our platform – ready for analysis at any time. Our Data Team will work with you to surface what you want to see and help you interpret what the numbers are telling you.

Invoicing is also a big part of our solution – we’ve won many of our current clients over with our flexibility on how invoices are compiled and presented. Other platforms are often too rigid to meet the more complex invoicing requirements. Our Discovery Team is a goldmine of practical information on this subject.

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SSO, Your Employee Recognition Program and IT

Various integrations are available to make our lives easier, depending on how you want your program configured.

HRIS Integration

Data integrity is paramount – we can integrate your HRIS data through automatic imports and various APIs we have available.

Single Sign-on (SSO)

Single Sign-on (SSO) is available (both proprietary and SAML 2.0). You can have complete control over access to your programs by acting as the authentication authority for all program logins. You can also quickly revoke access to a recently terminated employee as part of their regular employee termination process.

Data Security

Our ability to do business is tied strongly to our ability to manage and protect Client’s data. We routinely conduct scans, audits and inspections in order to comply with security and privacy requirements. Some additional key points:

Our facility is CSAE 3416, ISAE 3402, and SSAE 16 Type II certified
We use state-of-the-art key-card and biometric access
We use Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and sophisticated firewalls
Always use AES-128 encryption for all sensitive data
We use Encrypted communication channels(HTTPS, SSH, SFTP)
Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) compliant

Our IT team will be happy to answer specific questions you may have for them.

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Full suite of employee recognition solutions

Naturally with over 40 years of dedicated service in the employee recognition space you can expect a full gamut of various solutions for every conceivable business case.
We’re not here to overwhelm you with options – we’re here to guide you through the process to ensure you get exactly what you need.

As proud as we are of all we are able to offer, your main benefit is not the technology components of our offer, but the experience of the team behind it. There are many things other providers simply cannot possibly offer at all and many they cannot offer at a reasonable price point.

We stand out in the marketplace by being unique. Our process ensures success – we start with communication.

Dedicated Program Manager, not a Call Center

Your Dedicated Program Manager is an expert who understands your goals, challenges and issues.

On-Demand Training

Your training is included, as needed, at no additional charge. Your managers will appreciate this as some may need additional help to make your program a success.

CHROs Love the Modular Nature of Our Programs

Start with just one program of choice and build as you’re ready. Service Awards, Incentives, Wellness, Onboarding, Safety, Social Recognition – all are designed to improve your business results and overall engagement. All are equally effective together and as standalones – your choice.

Insights, Like Never Before

Measuring results has never been easier. You’ll have unique insights to your organization’s “inner workings”, making your job a lot easier and your efforts more effective.

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