The Dilemma of Contract Industrial Staff: How to Use Contract Workers More Productively

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Productivity in the United Kingdom, in the manufacturing segment, has increased in 1984. This increase in productivity has paralleled the increase use of contract industrial workers. These workers provide flexible help in peak periods. With the use of contract laborers, new questions about industrial policy come to the fore. Business needs to check to see who is responsible for health insurance and other benefits. The use of contract workers can effect union contracts, productivity of the firm and health and safety issues. It is estimated that over 500,000 individuals do temporary work of some kind.

Business, Manufacturing, Employment services, Industrial productivity, Personnel, Trends, Productivity, United Kingdom, Temporary Help

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The Changing Face of Leyland's Parts Store

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Leyland Parts is totally reorganizing its warehousing to handle its 145,000 line items. A new extension of the picking and dispatch areas is a major part of phase one to meet the supply and demand. A twenty per cent increase in floor space increased the storage capacity by eighty per cent.

Product information, Warehousing, Production control, Demand, Increase, Reorganization, Parts Supply, Supplies, Supply, Leyland Parts

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